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Union members fight nullification of Israel boycott resolution
International executive officials at the United Auto Workers union last month overturned a December 2014 vote by its rank-and-file members to boycott Israel. The 2014 resolution, which passed in a….
Angoulême Festival of Comics Drops Sodastream
Organizers calling on the Angoulême International Festival of Comics (FIBD) to drop its partnership with the Israeli company Sodastream announced victory today in an email to the signatories of two….
Why Israel’s schools merit a U.S. boycott
At its annual convention this week, the Modern Language Assn., which represents 26,000 language and literature scholars, will become the latest academic body to consider the merits of adopting a….
Birzeit University condemns Israeli ‘military attack’ on campus
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Birzeit University on Monday condemned an Israeli army raid into its campus in Ramallah overnight, during which it said Israeli forces confiscated and damaged university equipment. « Birzeit….
Not so Much Anti-Boycott as Pro-Israel
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Jerusalem children squeezed out of school by Israeli discrimination
Every year, around 300 boys in the Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem complete middle school and are ready to advance to the next grade. But fewer than half….
FREE MOHAMMED FAISAL ABUSAKHA, trainer and performer of the Palestinian Circus School
UPDATE December 31, 2015 We are outraged and very sad to inform you all that our friend and colleague Mohammad Abu Sakha was sentenced to six months in administrative detention…..
Israel bans novel on Arab-Jewish romance from schools for ‘threatening Jewish identity’
Move comes despite the fact that the official responsible for teaching of literature in secular state schools recommended the book for use in advanced literature classes, as did a professional committee of academics and educators.