Category: Press Releases
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A call to endorse: U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel 30 March 2009 In solidarity with the International Global Day of Action for Palestine, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel announce the endorsement of over 300 US academics and cultural workers, and the affiliation of over 20 organizations. As educators…
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Calls for independent investigation into military’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead
B’Tselem 30 March 2009 Israeli human rights organizations say, in response to the Israeli Army’s speedy closing of internal investigation files about war crimes in Operation Cast Lead: The speedy closing of the investigation immediately raises suspicions that the very opening of this investigation was merely the army’s attempt to wipe its hands of all…
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Israeli forces violently disperse Hebron demonstration, one German citizen arrested
11:30am on Saturday, the 28th of March, Israeli forces violently dispersed a Hebron demonstration, firing tear gas and sound bombs and arresting one German solidarity activist. video of the demonstration More than 50 Palestinian residents of Hebron, supported by international and Israeli solidarity activists, were nonviolently rallying against the illegal Israeli settlements inside of Hebron’s…