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Is academia the last bastion of progressive thought in Israel?
Israeli universities have long been viewed as a bulwark against extremism. A new database, compiled by a group of Israeli dissident academics, reveals how the academy works in concert with the state.
South Africa tells UN: Israel is only apartheid state in the world today
The South African government has described Israel as the only apartheid state in the world, in remarks made at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in….
Speech by Ivar Ekeland at the International Trade Union Forum for Support and Solidarity with Palestine organized by the UGTT in Tunis on January 20, 2018
Following the decision of US President Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) organized an International Trade Union Forum of Support and Solidarity with Palestine in Tunis on January 20th. 2018, which corresponds to the seventy second anniversary of its creation. More than 50 unions around the world and many civil society organizations including AURDIP participated in this forum.
Many participants to the Forum called for BDS, including Hael Al Fahoum, the Palestinian ambassador to Tunisia, Azzam al Ahmad, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Shaher Saad, president of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions, and Ivar Ekeland, treasurer and former president of the AURDIP.
Below is the speech of Ivar Ekeland.
Norman Finkelstein’s ‘Gaza’ is an exhaustive act of witness
GAZA
An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom
Norman Finkelstein
440 pp. University of California Press. $34.95.
Fauda: An Israeli Netflix Series that Makes Oppression Sexy
Well-made TV dramas are addictive and “Fauda” is no exception. Still, we would all do well to remember that it is part of Israel’s well-oiled public-relations machine, which knows how to transform Israeli brutality into sexy, heroic images.
Trump cut causes “worst financial crisis” in UNRWA history
“This is the worst financial crisis in UNRWA’s history,” Chris Gunness, the spokesperson for the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, told The Electronic Intifada on Wednesday. Gunness’ dire warning….
PLO endorses BDS, makes unprecedented call for sanctions
On Monday, the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, officially announced its support for the BDS movement and called, for….
Falsely accused of anti-Semitism
Moshé Machover – recently reinstated into the Labour Party – has written this testimony on behalf of Tony Greenstein
Ongoing Israeli Policies to Disrupt and Isolate Palestinian Higher Education
To Members of Global Civil Society and Academia: Birzeit University, a Palestinian institution of higher learning, is currently facing heightened challenges in the form of systematic measures being taken by….