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Israel’s legal warfare on BDS fosters repression and McCarthyism across the world
Occupied Palestine, 17 March 2016 — The global movement supporting the Palestinian people’s right to freedom, justice and equality has taken impressive steps into the political mainstream in recent years…..
The pro-Palestinian Jewish activists on U.S. college campuses
Supporting the Palestinian cause, as they see it, is not a betrayal, but rather an affirmation, of their Jewish values.
Israeli forces raid Tulkarem-area university twice in 18 hours
TULKAREM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Tuesday raided al-Khadouri University in the northern occupied West Bank district of Tulkarem for the second consecutive day, the university’s administration said in a….
Declaration of Faculty and Librarians in Support of the GSU Campaign for Divestment from the Israeli Occupation
We, the undersigned faculty and librarians at the University of Toronto, declare our support for the Graduate Student Union’s petition for the University of Toronto to divest its holdings in….
Academics take their university to court over Israel conference
Two professors who were asked to stump up £24,000 to cover policing and security for a conference on the legitimacy of Israel are challenging Southampton University in a test case….
Over 60 Massachusetts organizations protest ‘anti BDS’ legislation
“Legislation that bars BDS activity by private groups, whether corporations or universities, strikes at the heart of First Amendment-protected free speech, will be challenged in the courts and is likely….
Letters: profs, alumni, Noam Chomsky on Fortier’s BDS statement (McGill)
Not in our name: profs respond to Fortier on BDS As McGill professors committed to justice and equity, we strongly disagree with Principal Suzanne Fortier’s official response on behalf of….
BDS: security company G4S announces plans to exit Israeli market
G4S has lost contracts worth millions of dollars in more than a dozen countries following BDS campaigns protesting its role in Israeli prisons, settlements and checkpoints Campaign against G4S to….
Feminist Palestinian legislator’s letter from an Israeli jail on International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is celebrated across the globe today, March 8th, and is most commonly associated with advancements for the role of women in the workplace and workers’ rights and….