Statement: Academic Institutions Must Defend Free Speech

Sign on and show your support: https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/academic-institutions-must-defend-free-speech?just_launched=true The International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity issued the following statement on 23 December, signed by 155 distinguished members of academia and human rights advocacy: Academic Institutions Must Defend Free Speech We, the undersigned, oppose the coordinated campaign to deny academics their free speech rights due to…

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The Movement to Suppress and Impoverish Critics of Israel is Racist by Paul Larudee

The following article was originally published at Dissident Voice on December 10, 2018: Marc Lamont Hill, Tim Anderson, Steven Salaita, Rabab Abdulhadi, Hatem Bazian, Ahlam Muhtasib, Norman Finkelstein and other academics have all been targets of the movement to silence their criticisms of Israel and their defense of Palestinians. This includes threats and legal actions…

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West Hollywood Censors Palestine Documentary

The following article is republished from Palestine Legal:  The City of West Hollywood has blocked the screening of a documentary about Palestinian history, 1948: Creation and Catastrophe, in response to demands from pro-Israel groups. West Hollywood caved to pressure from Israel advocates, including Rabbi Denise L. Eger of Congregation Kol Ami in West Hollywood, who…

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Irish Senate approves bill criminalizing West Bank settlement activity

The following report is republished from Ma’an News Agency:  BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Irish Senate, also known as Seanad Eireann, approved a bill that prohibits the import and sale of goods, services and natural resources originating in illegal settlements in occupied Palestine, on late Wednesday. The Control of Economic Activities (occupied territories) Bill 2018, which…

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October 7, Culver City: Israel’s Nation State Law – What it Means for Palestinians

Sunday, October 7 6:00 pm Sepulveda Peace Center 3916 Sepulveda Culver City, CA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/344119419667095/ Activists with the Free Palestine Movement are involved in organizing this event along with people from many other groups and organizations: Is Israel an APARTHEID STATE? Do Palestinian citizens of Israel – 20% or more of the population – have…

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PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (23 – 29 June 2016)

  Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories continued during the reporting period (23 – 29 June 2016). Shooting: Israeli forces have continued to commit crimes, inflicting civilian casualties. They have also continued to use excessive force against Palestinian civilians participating in peaceful protests in the West Bank…

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Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Fourteen Palestinians In The West Bank

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, late at night and earlier on Thursday, at least fourteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, especially in the districts of Hebron and Jerusalem. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded many homes in the district, in the southern part…

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