Monthly Archives: August 2012

 Yesterday the Jerusalem Post published an attack on the awarding of a major international prize to Judith Butler, the philosopher and Berkeley professor of comparative literature, because Butler favors boycotting Israel. Butler wrote this response and, unhopeful that the Post would [...]

  Al-Quds University President Dr. Sari Nusseibeh once again under attack for cooperating with Israeli universities, academics. Al-Quds University President Dr. Sari Nusseibeh is once again under attack for agreeing to cooperate with Israeli universities and academics. Palestinian academics on [...]

Three Lebanese filmmakers who were scheduled to participate in an international film training project in Jordan have pulled out after learning that Israel was among its key sponsors. The filmmakers, Habib Battah, Lucien Bourjeily and Samer Ghorayeb, said they were [...]

 On 27 July 2012, The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Student Representative Council (SRC) passed a resolution that called for a cultural and academic boycott of Israeli institutions. The resolution was brought forth to the SRC by the Wits Palestine [...]

Boycott a state that deprives Palestinian youth of academic freedom! August 27, 2012 We, a group of academics, activists and artists in India, came together in 2010 to campaign against yet another apartheid regime by extending support to the international [...]