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An Open Letter to the World Music Institute: Do not present Idan Raichel
Tell the World Music Institute that presenting Idan Raichel is not in line with your values or theirs. Sign on and see complete list of signatories: http://adalahny.org/adalah-web-action/1202/open-letter-world-music-institute-do-not-present-idan-raichel To the staff and board of the World Music Institute: As organizations and individuals who support the struggle for justice, human rights, equality and democracy in the Middle East, […]
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Over 500 Middle East scholars and librarians call for academic boycott of Israel
The following letter calling on scholars and librarians within Middle East studies to boycott Israeli academic institutions was submitted in the name of the below signatories to Jadaliyya on 6 August 2014.] We, the undersigned scholars and librarians working on the Middle East, hold that silence about the latest humanitarian catastrophe caused by Israel”s new […]
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Audio: USACBI’s David Lloyd on academic boycott and the Steven Salaita case
David Lloyd, professor at the University of California at Riverside, and member of the USACBI Organizing Committee, was interviewed on two radio shows on September 12, speaking on the academic boycott and the case of fellow USACBI OC member and targeted Palestinian American scholar Steven Salaita: KDVS Speaking in Tongues, with Richard Estes, host – […]
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Movement for Aloha No ka ʻĀina (MANA) in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle
The following statement of solidarity with Palestine was read at the solidarity rally on August 13, fronting Kennedy Theatre at the University of Hawai’i. “ª#”Žfreehawaii”¬ “ª#”Žfreepalestine”¬ Movement for Aloha no ka ʻĀina (MANA) is a movement-building organization, established to achieve independence from the United States and social justice in Hawai’i. Hawai’i has been under US occupation for over […]
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As bombs fall on Gaza, take action: Endorse the academic and cultural boycott of Israel
Once again, Israel has launched a massive bombing campaign, killing and injuring hundreds of innocent Palestinian men, women and children in Gaza, while viciously racist mobs incited by the government and religious leaders have gone on a violent rampage in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Israel”s most recent military assault on Gaza, a densely-populated besieged area, where children make up over 50% of the […]
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USABI congratulates MLA on step forward in supporting Palestinian rights
USABI congratulates The Modern Language Association (MLA) on its step forward in supporting Palestinian rights. The MLA, North America”s largest association of humanities scholars, just announced results of a resolution calling on the US Department of State to contest Israel”s denials of entry to the Palestinian West Bank to US academics who have been invited […]
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Human Rights Groups Accuse NBC of Deceit About DIG Filming Locations in Occupied East Jerusalem
Contact Sydney Levy at sydney@jewishvoiceforpeace.org or Ramah Kudaimi at membership@endtheoccupation.org. Washington, DC– As Palestinians mark 47 years of Israel”s military occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, human rights groups are accusing NBC of complicity in Israel”s violations of international law and human rights by filming its new series DIG in occupied East […]
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Boycott Israel Movement Erupts in the US Academy: A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities
USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. The overwhelming support of the ASA membership who voted by a significant margin (66.05% “yes” to 30.5% “no”) in favor of the academic boycott resolution is sending shockwaves through US academia and the media. This […]
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Ending the academy’s silence about Israel
Magid Shihade The global boycott, divest and sanctions (BDS) movement against the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine won a victory two weeks ago when the National Council of the American Studies Association (ASA), an academic organization with nearly 4,000 members, unanimously approved a resolution calling for an ASA boycott of Israeli universities. The resolution, which […]
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NBC: Terminate film project promoting Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing and colonization in occupied East Jerusalem
Palestinian Civil Society and National Institutions to NBC: Terminate the NBC film project promoting Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing and colonization in occupied East Jerusalem Respect corporate responsibility for international law and Palestinian human rights We, the undersigned Palestinian civil society organizations and national institutions, condemn in the strongest terms the plan of the American TV […]
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