Monthly Archives: May 2013

A teacher at a Jaffa school accounted encountering a policy of segregation between Arab and Jewish students while attempting to book tickets for his class at the Superland amusement park in Rishon Letzion. Khaled Shakra, who teaches seventh grade at [...]

Alice Walker, renowned American author of “The Color Purple” who made headlines in Israel last year after refusing to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning book, has published an open letter urging singer Alicia Keys to cancel her scheduled July concert in Israel. [...]

Dear Alicia Keys, I have learned today that you are due to perform in Israel very soon. We have never met, though I believe we are mutually respectful of each other’s path and work. It would grieve me to know [...]

Dear Alicia Keys   I read today Alice Walker‘s eloquent and moving entreaty to you in her open letter.    It is hard to add anything except to implore you to follow all the links she has directed you to.  [...]

 Best-of-the-Net video: On May 6 CAIA protested outside the venue where Morgan Freeman accepted an award from Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, ignoring the cultural and academic boycott of Israel launched by Palestinian civil society in 2005. Radio host Jian [...]

Earlier this month, the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University (CFHU) awarded Morgan Freeman the ‘Key of Knowledge.‘ Emceed by popular Canadian broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi, the gala celebration has become the subject of powerful international criticism, with Desmond Tutu and [...]

This new Education Report: Academia Undermined, deals with the implications of Israeli restrictions on the entry and residency of foreign passport holding academics wishing to serve at institutions of higher education in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)- English Report   íÑßøÒ [...]