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Belgian theater group pulls out of Israel Festival after boycott call
The Belgian performance group CAMPO is the latest act to cancel an appearance in Israel. The Ghent-based dance/theater group had been scheduled to participate in the Israel Festival this summer,….
Israeli soldiers ordered to kill civilians in Gaza, says Breaking the Silence
Israeli soldiers were under orders to shoot civilians dead while attacking Gaza last summer, according to testimonies published today by the group Breaking the Silence. The testimonies, which include several….
Student Representative Councils of Five S. African universities join student academic boycott of Israel
04 May 2015 – We gather here today as the Student Representative Council (SRC) presidents of five of South African universities, namely: University of South Africa, Cape Peninsula University of….
Apartheid and the Palestinian National Struggle
Preliminary Observations In this period when the centenary of the genocidal victimization of the Armenian people in 1915 is being so widely observed and discussed, it seems especially appropriate to….
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3902 Endorses Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel
In a landslide vote at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 27 April 2015, the Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3902 voted to endorse the global campaign….
Freedom Theatre: The Siege – cultural resistance in Palestine
The room was overflowing with people who had come to witness the opening of the play The Siege. Pushing our way through the throng we managed to find some seats,….
Univ. of Illinois protected white supremacist, but not Steven Salaita, report finds
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has issued a damning report on the University of Illinois’ firing of Steven Salaita that sets the stage for the institution to be….
Night of horror at Ben Gurion airport for two French music students
We are two students, both studying musicology at the Université Paris 8 and in the CRR 93 at Aubervilliers and the CRD at Gennevilliers [translator’s note: all located in the….
AIPAC-backed legislation targeting BDS movement advances in Congress
From the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 to the anti-Apartheid campaigns in the 90s, Senator Ben Cardin has spent his life supporting boycotts as a tool for achieving racial, social….