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Why the American Studies Association should adopt academic boycott of Israel

Submitted by Steven Salaita on Wed, 11/20/2013 - 18:03

At its annual meeting this week, the American Studies Association (ASA) will consider a resolution calling for boycott of Israeli academic institutions. What are the realities behind the misperceptions spread by boycott opponents?

Activists burst occupation profiteer SodaStream’s “feel-good” bubble

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 11/20/2013 - 15:29

Interfaith coalition days of action will ask shoppers to boycott and retailers to de-shelve SodaStream products made in illegal Israeli colony during “Days of Action” from 29 November to 10 December.

#IDFWithoutBorders: Israel's bluewashing campaign in Philippines

Submitted by Benjamin Doherty on Mon, 11/18/2013 - 19:46

Israel wasted no time to exploit the catastrophe in the Philippines.

Boycott campaigns cost G4S two university contracts

Submitted by Michael Deas on Mon, 11/18/2013 - 16:13
The University of Southampton and King’s College London both snub G4S after campaigns by Palestinian solidarity groups and other students.

Video: As siege stops pumps, Gaza children wade to school in sewage

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 11/17/2013 - 13:59

This is no “natural” disaster. It is the result of the sewer-like politics of the region, where Israel and Egypt collude, with US and EU complicity, to tighten the Gaza siege.

What future for the Palestinian movement? Two debates

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 11/16/2013 - 20:11

Watch as Bill Quandt, Ali Abunimah, Osamah Khalil and Manal Jamal address the past, present and future directions of the Palestinian national movement and the “peace process” at the Palestine Center.

Arms dealers sniff opportunities as French president visits Israel

Submitted by David Cronin on Fri, 11/15/2013 - 20:17
Drones will almost certainly be on the agenda when François Hollande meets Benjamin Netanyahu.

Pension giant TIAA-CREF drops Veolia from Social Choice fund

Submitted by Abraham Greenhouse on Fri, 11/15/2013 - 18:57
Under heavy pressure from human rights activists, pension giant TIAA-CREF has divested a $1.2 million stake in Israel occupation profiteer Veolia from its Social Choice fund.

Three Palestinian films nominated for Asian Pacific Screen Awards

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 11/15/2013 - 13:51
Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar is coming to US cinemas later this winter, plus more Palestine film news.

Rasmea Odeh’s day in court

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 11/14/2013 - 16:03

Rasmea Odeh spent ten years and faced torture and abuse in Israeli prison. Now as she faces the full weight of the US government trying to jail her for alleged “immigration fraud,” her first day in court reveals much about the violence of US “justice.”

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