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B’Tselem Head: Why I Spoke Against the Occupation at the UN
There is no chance Israeli society, of its own volition and without any help, will end the nightmare. Too many mechanisms insulate the violence we conduct in order to control the Palestinians.
Hamas-Fatah feud stalls Gaza higher education
Ahmad Abu Hasira has decided against joining his two older siblings at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa University, one of the biggest publicly funded Palestinian higher education facilities. Abu Hasira, 18, was about….
‘State of Terror,’ by Thomas Suárez
A review of State of Terror: How terrorism created modern Israel, by Thomas Suárez. Published today in the UK, available for pre-order in the U.S. To introduce the theme of….
California Scholars for Academic Freedom lay out recent history of assaults on universities regarding academic freedom, the right of free speech and dissent
California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF) a group of over 200 scholars at twenty California institutions of higher learning, urge a renewed and strong support by university administrators for academic freedom and the right to free speech and dissent in light of an alarming recent history of assaults on academic freedom.
Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi sentenced to 7 months imprisonment
Dr. Imad Barghouthi, professor at Al-Quds University in Abu Dis, was sentenced to seven months in Israeli prison at the Ofer military court on Sunday, 9 October. Barghouthi was sentenced….
Smear tactics targeting Palestine activists get personal
Palestine solidarity activists in Indiana are being subjected to a new kind of online harassment. Beginning in March, about two dozen websites emerged targeting at least three organizers for Students….
Israel and Academic Freedom: a Closed Book
You have a 17-year-old daughter… let’s call her Rachel, or perhaps Nadia… raised in a home where dialogue, debate and disagreement have been served as so much a mainstay of….
Over 1,000 faculty members sign statement condemning ‘Canary Mission’ blacklist
Over the past few years, as support for Palestinian rights has grown across the United States, student members of SJP chapters nationally have been facing intense online harassment for speaking….
We are the (Norwegian) artists responsible for the satirical and political art piece « Nationaltheatret beklager »
PRESS RELEASE BY NORWEGIAN ARTISTS