Palestinian BDS National Committee | February 17, 2016 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that it is suing Distinctive Assets, the company distributing a luxury gift bag to Oscar nominees, which this year includes an all-expenses paid trip to Israel sponsored by the Israeli government. Palestinians had denounced the inclusion of the […]
Birzeit University | February 19, 2016 Birzeit, Ramallah, Occupied Palestine – Birzeit University administration, Workers’ Union, and students organized a sit-in in solidarity with its former student and head of students council, Journalist Muhammad Al-Qiq, who has been on hunger strike since November 25 against his imprisonment without charges or trial. Protestors called for immediate […]
RT | February 18, 2016 Britain’s ban on the public boycott of goods from Israel’s occupied territories contradicts its own official business guidelines, documents have revealed. The controversial new law, which would ban local councils, student unions and other public bodies from boycotting goods for political reasons, was announced by the government on Monday and […]
Congress Moves against BDS By Lawrence Davidson | To The Point Analyses | February 17, 2014 It was bound to happen – an attempt by the U.S. Congress to sanction the attacks on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement already taking place in some states and municipalities. The strategy is to legitimize an increasingly standard […]
MEMO | February 15, 2016 Public bodies in Britain are to be prevented from boycotting “unethical” goods, such as those from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, under a plan expected to be announced later Monday, local media reported. Publicly funded institutions such as local municipalities and universities will face “stiff penalties” if they bar products […]
International Solidarity Movement | 15th February, 2016 Occupied Palestine – Today, Palestinians are facing an enormous amount of pressure in their lives due to the growing violence of Israeli forces. They face restrictions of movement, daily harassment, intimidation and attacks at hands of Israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers. ISM is a Palestinian-led movement; our actions […]
By Paul Larudee | Dissident Voice | February 13, 2016 12 February, 2016 Sonia Bojanowska-Cantor Association France Palestine Solidarité Dear Ms. Bojanowska-Cantor Thank you for your message of 12 February, 2016. We take very seriously the threats to freedom of speech in France and everywhere, and we are appalled that the courts have upheld the […]
International Solidarity Movement | February 9, 2016 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – On Tuesday, February 9, Israeli forces patrolled the Palestinian market in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), harassing and intimidating residents. Israeli forces on their patrol through the Palestinian market A group of soldiers marched through the souq, the main Palestinian market since the closure of Shuhada […]
By Fran Quigley | Dissident Voice | February 9, 2016 Jessica Reznicek, 34, an Iowa peace activist, was arraigned yesterday and charged with two felonies for breaking three windows with a sledgehammer at the Northrup Grumman facility outside the Omaha Nebraska Strategic Air Command at Offut Air Force base. After her court appearance she was […]
Press TV – February 8, 2016 “Unfortunately today, these neoconservatives whose philosophy is that intellectuals should be in the service of tyrants who rule using big lies and mass murder, have taken over the academy and they don’t belong in the academy,” said Kevin Barrett, who has a Ph.D in Arab and Islamic studies and […]
