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Why is Palestine solidarity being criminalized on California campuses?

Kristin Szremski
Chicago
3 April 2012
Cooperation between academic authorities at the University of California at Davis and influential Zionist organizations could have an adverse impact on Palestine solidarity work there and on college campuses across the country.

South Africans recall their own history during Israeli Apartheid Week

Adri Nieuwhof
Geneva
26 March 2012
Israeli Apartheid Week in South Africa aimed to reach a wide audience and strengthen the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.

Athlete abused by Israeli soldier for carrying Palestine flag in Jerusalem marathon

Emily Lawrence
Jerusalem
20 March 2012
An activist running the Jerusalem Marathon sought to bring attention to Israel’s rights abuses at the event.

"I can't take part in these crimes": Israeli refusenik interviewed

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
14 March 2012
Eighteen-year-old Noam Gur, the first Israeli to reject mandatory military service this year, speaks out about refusing to partake in Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity even if it means jail time.

Palestinian Christians attacked for challenging Christian Zionism

Emily Lawrence
Bethlehem
12 March 2012
Christian theologians, academics and church leaders recently converged in Bethlehem to meet with the local Palestinian church and challenge the Christian Zionist influence within the evangelical movement.

Interview: why Hana al-Shalabi's hunger strike is the focus of Women's Day in Palestine

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
7 March 2012
Khitam Saafin, chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, talks to The Electronic Intifada about the challenges Palestinian women face today and why Hana al-Shalabi’s hunger strike should be supported.

Gaza gears up for Israeli Apartheid Week

Rana Baker and
Joe Catron
Gaza Strip
1 March 2012
Students across the occupied Gaza strip prepare for the third consecutive year of Israeli Apartheid Week events, structured around strengthening the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and bridging global struggles for liberation.

Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes "on the retreat" in UK

Asa Winstanley
London
22 February 2012
Because of the efforts by Palestine solidarity activists to expose the colonization project of the Jewish National Fund, 2012 could perhaps be the organization’s last year holding charity status in the UK.

Putting the spotlight on London university's links to Israel's war machine

Hilary Aked
London
8 February 2012
Students at the London School of Economics protest the university’s ties to the Technion — Israel’s Institute of Technology — which has inextricable links to Israel’s weapons industry.

Book identifies pressure points for boycott actions

Asa Winstanley
17 February 2012
A new handbook for BDS activists around the world offers tactical and practical suggestions for strengthening global boycott actions.

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