November | 2006

BIRZEIT STUDENTS AND LECTURERS CALL FOR ACADEMIC BOYCOTT

Palestinian Boycott Initiatives | Right to Education Student Committee, Birzeit University Posted on November 30, 2006

The recent attacks and re-invasion of Gaza and Lebanon expose the contempt with which Israel treats the UN, its resolution and its own bilateral agreements. We strongly condemn the death, chaos and destruction inflicted upon Gazans and Lebanese, and call [...]

APARTHEID Israelis adopt what South Africa dropped

News and Opinion | John Dugard | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted on November 30, 2006

As a South African and former anti-apartheid advocate who visits the Palestinian territories regularly to assess the human rights situation for the U.N. Human Rights Council, the comparison to South African apartheid is of special interest to me. On the [...]

Two laws, one trap for family unification

News and Opinion | Shahar Ilan | Haaretz Posted on November 30, 2006

Both bills are being championed by the Attorney General's Office and are likely to gain broad support in the Knesset. The similarity between the bills is so great that one must question whether the Justice Ministry is proposing them both [...]

Principled Dutch ASN Bank ends relations with Veolia

News and Opinion | Adri Nieuwhof | The Electronic Intifada Posted on November 27, 2006

Since it first announced its intentions to become involved in an Israeli project to build a light rail / tramline system, to be constructed in occupied East Jerusalem, Veolia Transport, a French multi-national corporation, faced a lot of criticism from [...]