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UCC conference on Israel sparks row with Israeli embassy
Plans to hold similar conference at UK university were cancelled over ‘safety concerns’
An Israeli delegation of Intellectuals and former Ambassadors submit the « Petition of 1200 »: « Support for the Paris Peace Conference and Call To Recognize Palestine Now »
Tomorrow, Thursday 12.1.2017, a delegation of Israeli intellectuals and former ambassadors will meet with Helene Le Gal, Ambassador of France to Israel, in order to present a petition of support….
‘Progressive’ Defenders of the Racial State: Reflections on the Modern Language Association BDS vote
The news is in: on Saturday, a resolution to endorse the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions was rejected by the Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language….
MLA votes against BDS, tables resolution blaming PA and Hamas for restrictions on Palestinian academic freedom
At the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting in Philadelphia, on January 7, 2017, the Delegate Assembly voted against a resolution calling for the boycott of Israeli universities complicit in the….
PACBI mourns the loss of John Berger
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) mourns the loss of the venerable author and world-renowned art critic John Berger whose commitment to justice was….
The challenges of being a Palestinian doctor in the ‘Jewish state’
Let me start with a reference and ask the reader to check it out before delving into the delicate matter at hand. How did I miss this article till now,….
Graduate Students MLA members on the MLA Academic Boycott Resolution
We are gearing up for the MLA 2017 Convention in Philadelphia and the debate on the resolution to endorse the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Graduate student MLA members who support the boycott of Israeli academic institutions wrote the following message.
Precarious Childhood: Arrests of Jerusalemite Children
This film addresses the process of arrest, interrogation, and the policy of house arrest and their effects on children. The film provides accounts of children who were arrested in order….
The Hague: The reason the Palestinians are jubilant and Israel is spooked
The fresh support from the Security Council could cause the prosecution in International Criminal Court to dare to move ahead from a preliminary examination to an investigation on the settlements.