September | 2010

UJ senate decision on ties with Israeli university

News and Opinion | Posted on September 30, 2010

Following massive mobilisation among South African academics, the senate of the University of Johannesburg voted today ‘not to continue a long-standing relationship with Ben Gurion University (BGU) in Israel in its present form and has set conditions for the relationship [...]

South Africa Champions the Academic Boycott of Israel

PACBI Statements | Posted on September 30, 2010

We can easily be enticed to read reconciliation and fairness as meaning parity between justice and injustice. Having achieved our own freedom, we can fall into the trap of washing our hands of difficulties that others face. Yet we would [...]

BDS Goes South

PACBI Statements, Risala Editorials | Posted on September 29, 2010

In a landmark event held in New Delhi on 22-23 September 2010, the conference “A Just Peace for Palestine” ended with a clear call for BDS as a strategy for realizing justice for Palestinians. The conference was co-organized by the [...]

South Africa’s Israel boycott

News and Opinion | The Guardian Posted on September 29, 2010

When Chief Albert Luthuli made a call for the international community to support a boycott of apartheid South Africa in 1958, the response was a widespread and dedicated movement that played a significant role in ending apartheid. Amid the sporting [...]

Letter from Palestinian Graduate of UJ

News and Opinion | Posted on September 28, 2010

“It behoves all South Africans, themselves erstwhile beneficiaries of generous international support, to stand up and be counted among those contributing actively to the cause of freedom and justice…we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom [...]

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BDS CONFERENCE Melbourne, 29-31 October, 2010

Action Alerts & Events | Posted on September 28, 2010

Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation and Apartheid National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference Melbourne, 29 – 31 October 2010 - activism in support of Palestine - Endorsed by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Our confirmed speakers so far include: Rafeef [...]

SCORPIONS: “Wind of Change” for Justice or Apartheid?

PACBI Statements | Posted on September 28, 2010

An Open Letter from PACBI Dear Scorpions, Occupied Ramallah, 28 September 2010 -- The Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has learned from various sources that you are scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv [...]