Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
Academic Boycott
While the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip has significantly impacted Palestinians' right to education, Israeli academia has remained conspicuously silent and continues to play a role in the system of oppression. As Israeli Professor Oren Ben-Dor wrote, "The academic boycott is central to starting the process of Israeli self-examination that is a core prerequesite to a resolution of the conflict." (Added 8 September 2006)

  • Read the text of the Palestinian civil society call for academic and cultural boycott

    The Palestinian Call for Boycott
  • On the Academic Boycott of Israel, Virginia Tilley (27 May 2007)
  • Boycott the Israeli Academy Now!, PACBI (26 May 2007)
  • The boycott of Palestinian Education: Can the Anti-Boycotters Please Stand Up?, Birzeit University Right to Education Campaign (3 June 2006)
  • The Palestinian Call for Academic Boycott Revised: Adjusting the Parameters of the Debate, PACBI (28 January 2006)
  • Federation of University Unions Calls on All Parties to Uphold Palestinian Call for Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions, PACBI (25 May 2005)
  • Palestinian teachers union calls for Sari Nusseibeh's dismissal, Khalid Amayreh (24 May 2005)
  • Boycott as Resistance: The Moral Dimension, Omar Barghouti (28 December 2004)
  • Palestinians Call for Boycott of Israeli Academia, Victor Kattan (15 December 2004)


    Israeli Academia's Complicity with Repression of Palestinians
  • Academic Boycott: Shin Bet training program highlights academic complicity with occupation, Jonathan Cook (31 May 2006)
  • Haifa University spreads the message of fear towards Palestinians, Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker (13 October 2005)
  • One Hand Clapping: Applauding Tolerance and Pluralism in Israeli Academia, Sharif Hamadeh (31 May 2005)
  • Academic Boycott and the Israeli Left, Omar Barghouti and Lisa Taraki (15 April 2005)


    Israeli Boycott News & Calls
  • A rare voice: An interview with author Ilan Pappe (11 December 2006)
  • Academic boycott will lead to Israeli self-examination, Oren Ben-Dor (25 May 2005)
  • Why Us? On the academic boycott, Tanya Reinhart (25 May 2005)
  • Academic Boycott and the Israeli Left, Omar Barghouti and Lisa Taraki, (15 April 2005)
  • Academic boycott: In support of Paris VI, Tanya Reinhart (4 February 2003)


    UK & Ireland Boycott News & Calls
  • British academics endorse logic of boycott, PACBI (30 May 2007)
  • Boycotts and Academic Freedom and Responsibility, Nick King (30 May 2007)
  • Boycott the Israeli Academy Now!, PACBI (26 May 2007)
  • Palestinians hail Irish academics' support of Palestine, David Landy (21 November 2006)
  • Academic Boycott: "We do not want to continue business as usual, Birgit Althaler (8 November 2006)
  • Irish academics call on EU to stop funding Israeli academic institutions, David Landy (16 September 2006)
  • Palestinians welcome UK vote for Israel academic boycott, PACBI (29 May 2006)
  • Open Letter to NATFHE from Palestinian Academics Under Israeli Occupation, PACBI (23 May 2006)
  • The AUT Boycott: Freedom vs. “Academic Freedom”, Omar Barghouti and Lisa Taraki (31 May 2005)
  • Boycotting Israel Put High on the Agenda, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) (25 May 2005)
  • Palestinian farmers, women and youths support the AUT position to boycott Israeli universities, PARC (25 May 2005)
  • Palestinian teachers union calls for Sari Nusseibeh's dismissal, Khalid Amayreh, Al-Jazeera (24 May 2005)
  • Open letter from Palestinian Civil Society in Support of AUT Academic Boycott, Palestinian NGOs (16 May 2005)
  • Association of University Teachers to boycott Israeli institutions, Press Release, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) (22 April 2005)
  • 'It's water on stone - in the end the stone wears out', Andy Beckett, The Guardian (12 December 2002)


    North American Boycott News & Calls
  • Audio Report: Montrealers Denounce Israeli Apartheid, Stefan Christoff (21 December 2006)
  • 600 Attend Landmark BDS Conference in Toronto, CAIA (10 October 2006)
  • AAUP Conference on Academic Freedom and Boycotts Postponed, AAUP (13 February 2006)
  • Statewide Academic Union Calls for University of Wisconsin Israel Divestment, Press Release, Al-Awda Wisconsin (27 April 2005)


    Related Links
    The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel was launched in Ramallah in April 2004 by a group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals to join the growing international boycott movement. The Campaign built on the Palestinian call for a comprehensive economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel issued in August 2002 and a statement made by Palestinian academics and intellectuals in the occupied territories and in the Diaspora calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions in October 2003.
  • Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
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