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Columbia prof Katherine Franke joins academic boycott of Israel and will not speak at the Equality Forum

Benjamin Doherty 4 May 2012

In a statement and video published on the Gender and Sexuality Law Blog of Columbia Law School, Professor Katherine Franke has made a very public declaration of solidarity with Palestinians and support for the Palestinian call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions on Israel. 

Hunger strike diaries: the fate of Palestinian political prisoners is "our shared responsibility"

Shahd Abusalama 3 May 2012

An ex-detainee Loai Odeh has taken writing as a way to express himself as one who has had enough of Israel’s brutality. This is my translation of Loai’s diaries of hunger strike that he wrote as Facebook status updates recalling his experience in Israel’s jails.