April | 2009

Open letter to the organizers and attendees of Sci-Fi-London International Festival 2009

PACBI Statements | Posted on April 29, 2009

Israeli Apartheid is not Fiction!Cancel the special tribute to Israel in the London Sci-Fi Festival!Open letter to the organizers and attendees of Sci-Fi-London International Festival 2009Ramallah, 29 April 2009The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) [...]

Scottish TUC commits decisively for Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions

News and Opinion | Posted on April 23, 2009

Scotland today joined Ireland and South Africa when the Scottish Trade Union Congress, representing every Scottish trade union, voted overwhelmingly to commit to boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. This is the third example of a national trade union federation [...]

AN OPEN LETTER TO LEONARD COHEN

News and Opinion | BRICUP Posted on April 23, 2009

Dear Leonard Cohen:Your songs have been part of the soundtrack of our lives -- like breathing, some of them. But we can’t make sense of why you’ve decided to perform in Israel in September this year.If we understand anything about [...]

Palestine and the Cultural Boycott

News and Opinion | ZNet Posted on April 21, 2009

Cultural resistance, consciousness, and Palestinian existence Since its inception Israel has taken great pains to destroy all signs of Palestinian culture and target Palestinians who chose cultural production as their method of resistance. Edward Said explained "Culture is a way [...]

Support the right to Boycott Apartheid Israel!

Action Alerts & Events | Posted on April 15, 2009

The five Scottish PSC members who were arrested when they disrupted the performance of the Israeli-state-sponsored Jerusalem Quartet at last August’s Edinburgh Festival will be at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (Chambers St) on Friday from 9.30am.In the aftermath of the Gaza [...]

URGENT: Protest Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) decision to display stolen antiquities

Action Alerts & Events | Posted on April 11, 2009

The Dead Sea scrolls, confiscated from East Jerusalem during Israel‘s 1967 military invasion and occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, are coming to Toronto. The move is part of Israel consul general Amir Gissin‘s official "Brand Israel" campaign that attempts [...]

Arab Students Marginalized by Israeli Universities

News and Opinion | MRZine Posted on April 10, 2009

Obstacles to Israel‘s Arab minority participating in higher education have resulted in a record number of Arab students taking up places at universities in neighboring Jordan, a new report reveals.Figures compiled by Dirasat, a Nazareth-based organization monitoring education issues, show [...]