Protest Batsheva Dance Company’s 2012 performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:45pm - 7:45pm Save the Date! Join Adalah-NY to protest a performance by Batsheva, ”Israel’s leading cultural ambassador”. In an exchange of letters with Adalah-NY, Batsheva’s host, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, tried the excuse that Batsheva’s performance won’t “further a political agenda”, but there’s no denying it’s [...]
On February 1, 2012, Occupy Oakland, in a major step forward for the US occupy movement’s recognition of BDS and Palestinian rights, endorsed the BDS campaign with a 135-1 vote. See the video below: For more coverage of the Occupy Oakland vote, please seeAllison Deger’s piece at Mondoweiss or Nora Barrows-Friedman’s article at the Electronic [...]
The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on February 3, 2012: In an open letter dated October 21, 2011 [1], Palestinian students wrote to their counterparts across the world, “we hope you put BDS at the forefront of your campaigns and join together for [...]
As BDS organizers around the world prepare for Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, a new video was launched, highlighting preparations for the upcoming week of activities and events.
Omar Barghouti, of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), presented via video to the PennBDS conference taking place at the University of Pennsylvania on February 3-5, 2012. “We–the global 99%–shall overcome!” Omar Barghouti’s Salute to UPenn BDS Conf., Feb. 2012 from Omar Barghouti on Vimeo.
Malini Johar Schueller, Professor of English at the University of Florida, published the following piece at Counterpunch, calling for academic boycott and discussing the Palestinian right of return following her experience on a delegation to Shatila refugee camp. Far from the opulent Golden Tulip hotel where I was staying in Beirut and a world away [...]
Published in Al-Masry al-Youm, January 27, 2012 The Palestinian Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) condemned on Thursday the participation of Arab figures from Egypt, Jordan and Qatar in the 12th annual Herzliya conference. The Herzliya conference is considered the most important annual event for Israel’s military intelligence as it is concerned mainly with the [...]
Authors: Darnell L. Moore & Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz - published at NewBlackMan Colorlines recently featured a story entitled “The Israel Lobby Finds a New Face: Black College Students,” which highlighted the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) recruitment of young black and brown college students to support their Zionist agenda. According to AIPAC’s website, they recruit “[o]n [...]
The following letter to James Blake was issued by Boycott from Within: Dear James Blake, We are a group of Israeli citizens who support the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. We oppose our government’s policies of ethnic cleansing, occupation and apartheid, we strongly believe that international pressure is essential in [...]
The following article was written by Ali Abunimah for the Electronic Intifada: Noted French philosopher and political theorist Jacques Rancière has canceled a visit to Israel after an appeal by PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Rancière, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Paris VIII and Professor of Philosophy at [...]