February | 2010

Five Hundred Montreal Artists Against Israeli Apartheid

News and Opinion | Tadamon! Posted on February 26, 2010

A call from Montreal artists to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israeli apartheidToday, a broad spectrum of Montreal artists are standing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and supporting the growing international campaign [...]

First International Israeli Apartheid Short Film Contest

Action Alerts & Events | Stop the Wall and It Is Apartheid Collective Posted on February 26, 2010

Stop the Wall and itISapartheid.org are organizing the first International Israeli Apartheid Short Film Contest.The goal of this project is to raise awareness about Israeli apartheid in Palestine and create new tools to promote knowledge about the realities of the occupation. [...]

Behind Brand Israel: Israel’s recent propaganda efforts

News and Opinion | The Electronic Intifada Posted on February 24, 2010

"The Delegitimization Challenge" report from the influential Israeli think tank the Reut Institute has put the spotlight on efforts by Israel and the Zionist lobby to counter the growing movement for justice in Palestine, and specifically, the boycott, divestment and [...]

We cannot be neutral on a moving train! Open Letter to the International Geographical Union (IGU)

News and Opinion | Posted on February 23, 2010

As geographers, faculty, students, and people of conscience, we are profoundly dismayed by IGU’s decision to hold its July 2010 regional conference in Tel Aviv, in violation of the widely endorsed Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions [...]

PACBI Clarification concerning its statement “Intellectual Responsibility and the Voice of the Colonized”

PACBI Statements | Posted on February 19, 2010

PACBI‘s recent statement entitled "Intellectual Responsibility and the Voice of the Colonized [1]," which criticizes the research project that led to the publication of the book, The Power of Inclusive Exclusion: Anatomy of Israeli Rule in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [...]

Intellectual Responsibility and the Voice of the Colonized

PACBI Statements | Posted on February 17, 2010

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has recently encountered a number of projects that while intending to empower the colonized Palestinians, in essence end up undermining their will and choice of method of struggle [...]