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Political Pressure as medicine
120 Flemish physicians (updated to 140) call for an economic and military embargo against Israel and join the International call which was published this week in The Lancet
The Historical Perspective of the 2014 Gaza Massacre
People in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine feel disappointed at the lack of any significant international reaction to the carnage and destruction the Israeli assault has so far left behind….
Open letter Gaza – Dutch Academic and affiliates
– See also : International Institute of Social Studies in the Hague (ISS) staff and researchers endorse BDS against Israel
If you are an academic or employee of a university or a Dutch High School and want to sign the letter below, send an email with your name, your title and your institution to dutchacademiciopenlettergaza@gmail.com
Univ. of Illinois admits pre-emptive firing of Israel critic Steven Salaita
Finally breaking its silence, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today claimed that the firing of Steven Salaita was “was not influenced in any way by his positions on the….
Israel expels PLC member Khalida Jarrar
PLC member Khalida Jarrar has been in meetings since Wednesday to evaluate political possibilities following Israel’s order deporting her to Jericho. Jarrar has refused to voluntarily leave her Ramallah home….
Gaza will rise from its ashes: Will Israel recover sanity?
The Israeli national consensus behind the massacre in Gaza is the result of a fifteen year old process of deterioration of Israeli society, both politically and ethically, a process that….
Letter from BRICUP and AURDIP to the Chancellor of UIUC
Phyllis M Wise, Chancellor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dear Chancellor Wise, The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and the Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du….
Israel using human shields in Gaza
The Israeli government has tried to defend its indiscriminate killing of civilians by claiming resistance fighters hide among the people, when actually there is no safe place in Gaza. We….
Psychologist to bereaved Gazans becomes one of them
A sequel to the article « Dutch nonagenarian returns Righteous Among the Nations medal after six relatives killed in Gaza » by Amira Hass (Haaretz, August 15, 2014).
Hassan Ziadah, who lost five members of his family last month, has been treating traumatized Palestinians since 1991.