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Official Release: “The New Black” by The Mavrix

Posted on: March 13, 2012

13 March 2012 | Palestine Solidarity Alliance and PACBI

In a first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine, South African band, The Mavrix, and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released a music video called “The New Black”. The song is taken from The Mavrix’ upcoming album,”Pura Vida”, due for release in June 2012.

Written and composed by Jeremy Karodia and Ayub Mayet, the song was a musical reaction to the horror of the Gaza Massacre of 2008/2009 and then subsequently inspired by the book “Mornings in Jenin”, authored by Susan Abulhawa. Mayet had penned the first lyrics in … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Connect with the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI)

Posted on: January 23, 2012
Connect with the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI)

23 January 2012 | US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

A collective of students in Gaza has formed the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI). These students are seeking to expand their collaboration and participation in events and activities with solidarity activists at international universities.

PSCABI members participate in many activities here in Gaza and are heavily involved in supporting the international student solidarity movements, especially with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns. PSCABI members frequently write letters out of Gaza, some of which … Continue reading


Updated on April 13, 2012
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Don’t be complicit in Israel’s apartheid: boycott the 2010 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival

Posted on: January 18, 2010

A Joint Statement by PACBI and PSCABI
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Students‘ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) call on students, lecturers and film-makers to boycott the 13th International Student Film Festival, scheduled for June 2010 in the city of Tel Aviv. PACBI and PSCABI believe that this festival, as with similar cultural initiatives supported by the Israeli government, is openly designed to whitewash the crimes of Israeli apartheid.
Festival organizers have highlighted the aim of the festival, noting that it is “a unique cultural and social … Continue reading


Updated on January 19, 2010
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Open letter to Bono: entertaining apartheid Israel…U 2 Bono?

Posted on: January 13, 2010

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

13 January 2010

Dear Bono,

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was deeply disturbed to learn that that you are scheduled to perform in Israel this coming summer. Two years ago, you were invited by Israeli President Shimon Peres to attend a conference in Israel marking Israel‘s contributions to medicine, science, and conservation; we urged you then, as a prominent activist on issues of global inequality and a campaigner for basic human rights, to say no to Israel, especially since the invitation coincided with celebrations … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2010
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Amnesty International withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel concert fund

Posted on: August 19, 2009

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

18 August 2009

New York, NY, August 18 – Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement in the Leonard Cohen concert in Tel Aviv and will not be party to any fund that benefits from the concert’s proceeds. A number of media accounts had reported that Amnesty International was to manage or otherwise partner in a fund created from the proceeds of Cohen’s concert in Israel that would be used to benefit Israeli and Palestinian groups. Amnesty International’s announcement today followed an international outcry … Continue reading


Updated on August 19, 2009
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Village of Bil’in calls on Amnesty International to withdraw from Leonard Cohen concert

Posted on: August 8, 2009

8 August 2009
We, members of the Bil’in popular committee against the wall and settlements, have always appreciated Amnesty International’s role in the defense of human rights around the world and have recognized you as partners in our own struggle to defend our rights. We remember with great pleasure and pride your December, 2006 visit to our village to witness one of our protests. For these reasons we were surprised and deeply disturbed to learn that Amnesty International is sponsoring Leonard Cohen’s upcoming concert in Israel.
Dear Amnesty International,

We, members of the Bil’in popular committee against the wall and settlements, have always … Continue reading


Updated on August 8, 2009
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Leonard Cohen is not playing in Ramallah!

Posted on: July 12, 2009

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

12 July 2009

PACBI has been heartened by the untiring efforts of BDS activists in the US and UK in organizing demonstrations and pickets at Leonard Cohen’s performances in advance of his planned concert in Tel Aviv later this summer. The call, “don’t Play Israel!” has been heard loud and clear.

After exhausting all attempts to convince Cohen to apply his avowed humanistic principles in a morally consistent way by refusing to entertain Israeli apartheid and whitewash its crimes, we called on all supporters of a … Continue reading


Updated on July 12, 2009
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Palestinian students call for the BDS of Israel

Posted on: May 31, 2009

Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI)

29 May 2009

“Gaza today has become the test of our indispensable morality and common humanity.” – Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee

The Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) calls upon freedom-loving students all over the world to stand in solidarity with us by boycotting Israeli academic institutions for their complicity in perpetuating Israel’s illegal military occupation and apartheid system. We note the historic action taken by thousands of courageous students of British and American universities in occupying their campuses in a show of solidarity with the … Continue reading


Updated on May 31, 2009
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La Carrau cancels Israeli sponsored visit to Acre

Posted on: May 25, 2009

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

22 May 2009

After having talks with the platforms promoting the boycott of Israel and with representatives of Catalan institutions and gathering as much information as possible about the events taking place on 24-25 May at Acre, Israel in which La Carrau has been invited to participate, we feel that we should make the following public statement:

La Carrau is canceling its visit to Acre

First of all we would like to make very clear our total respect for the people of Israel and their different ethnic groups and cultures. We … Continue reading


Updated on May 26, 2009
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New York Activists to Singer Leonard Cohen: “Don’t Play Apartheid; Don’t Play Israel!”

Posted on: May 18, 2009
Activists urge Cohen to cancel Israel concert

Adalah-NY

17 May 2009

New York activists gathered in front of Radio City Music Hall Sunday night during a Leonard Cohen concert to call upon the singer/songwriter to cancel his scheduled September concert in Israel. The protesters sang songs, chanted, handed out leaflets to concert attendees and produced sidewalk art. The call comes in support of earlier calls by Jews, Palestinians, Israeli citizens and residents of the UK, and coincides with the publication of an open letter by the … Continue reading


Updated on May 18, 2009
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