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It’s time to admit it. Israeli policy is what it is: Apartheid
I used to be one of those people who took issue with the label of apartheid as applied to Israel. Not anymore.
Artists Launch “Letter for Palestine” Campaign at Venice Biennale
On Sunday, artists participating in and attending the 2015 Venice Biennale launched a campaign titled “Artists’ Letter for Palestine.” More than 20 prominent artists, academics, and activists have signed the….
Israeli Occupation bars Palestinian academic from Birzeit University teaching position
Israeli occupation authorities blocked professor Amro Issa Omar Sourani from entering the occupied West Bank to lecture over the coming academic year in Birzeit University’s Department of Engineering. University officials….
From Gaza to Oxford: persistence triumphs over tyranny
As I prepare to leave the UK to return to Gaza, my mind is a jumble of thoughts. When I originally filed my visa application so that I could study….
Israeli citizens against “Tel Aviv on the Seine”
We are Israeli citizens, active against our government’s policies of racism, occupation, and Apartheid. One year ago, nearly two thousand people were massacred by the Israeli army in Gaza, including….
In victory for activists, drone manufacturers linked to Gaza war cross-examined in Scottish courts
After a gruelling fourteen day trial, a group of activists known as the Thales Ten,* received their verdict in Glasgow Sheriff Court last week. Five were convicted, and five acquitted,….
Ya’alon Hints Israel May Target Iranian Scientists
[AURDIP’s note : How can the community of physicists tolerate without reacting that Israel assassinates Iranian nuclear scientists with impunity and claims to continue to do so ?]
‘We can in no way tolerate an Iran with nuclear weapons,’ Israeli defense minister tells German Der Spiegel.
Judge Permits Free Speech Case Against University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to Proceed
University’s Attempt to Dismiss Salaita Suit Over “Uncivil” Tweets Rejected by Court
Now more than ever, Solidarity
I am deeply honored to be invited to write the editorial for this edition of the AURDIP newsletter. I write a time of great tragedy, and of crisis, one which….