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“British campus watch organisation” Student Rights attacks Palestine solidarity

Submitted by Ben White on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 15:54
“British campus watch organisation” Student Rights attacks Palestine solidarity in name of ‘balance’. Group says it’s “non-ideologically aligned”, but intimately supported by right-wing think tank Henry Jackson Society.

The chilling effect of a discredited definition of antisemitism

Submitted by Ben White on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 09:07
Birmingham’s Debating Society confirms my account of events, at the same time as J-Soc members dig a bigger hole.

UK student body slams university's Ahava link

Submitted by Ben White on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 10:50

A collaboration between King’s College London (KCL) and an Israeli company located in an illegal West Bank settlement has been condemned by the UK’s National Union of Students (NUS), in a significant boost for campaigners.

In a meeting Monday night of the NUS’ National Executive Council (NEC), a motion demanding the “immediate end” of KCL’s research project with Ahava was passed with no votes against.

Don't mention the 'A' word: attack on freedom of speech turns into another own goal

Submitted by Ben White on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 07:37
At the University of Birmingham, attempts to stifle discussion about Israeli apartheid on campus backfire.

Preventing "Infiltration"

Submitted by Ben White on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 14:43
Freelance journalist Mya Guarnieri on the origins of the proposed Prevention of Infiltration Law being considered by the Knesset.

Cambridge students vote to break contract with Veolia

Submitted by Ben White on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:00

From the Cambridge Bin Veolia campaign:

58% of students vote to break contract with company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses

Students at Cambridge have voted to call on the University to cut ties with a company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses.

Press Release: Cambridge students to begin vote on company with Israeli settlement ties

Submitted by Ben White on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 12:35

Palestinian academics and Cambridge lecturers join call for boycott

Students at Cambridge will start voting Friday in a referendum calling on the University to cut ties with a company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses.

The referendum, scheduled for 21-24 October, calls on CUSU (Cambridge University Students Union) to campaign to have the University cut ties with Veolia, a company involved in infrastructure projects in Israeli settlements, and employed by the University on a waste disposal contract.

Israel plans expulsion of some 60,000 Bedouin Palestinians

Submitted by Ben White on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:30
In the de facto one state that exists between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River, Israeli authorities are currently planning mass expulsions of around 60,000 Palestinians, specifically in order to free up more territory for Jewish settlement.

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