Tag: BDS

  • Why boycott Israel?

    13 August 2011 | Al Jazeera English, Lisa Taraki and Mark LeVine A founding member of the campaign for the academic and cultural boycott outlines the motivation behind the movement. Author and history professor Mark LeVine speaks with sociologist Lisa Taraki, a co-founder of the Palestinian campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Mark…

  • Palestinians prepare for massive uprising

    29 July 2011 | Inter Press Service, Mel Frykberg BEIT UMMAR, Occupied West Bank – Leading members of the Palestinian Popular Committees in the West Bank plan massive civil unrest and disobedience against the Israeli occupation authorities come September when the Palestinians take their case for statehood to the UN. “We plan to take to the streets…

  • For human rights advocates, boycotting Israel is a no-brainer

    29 July 2011 | The Daily Star, Nadia Hijab Making the Palestinian case has never been a problem. It is a powerful story grounded in universal principles of human rights and in international law. The question has always been how to shift the balance between one of the strongest military powers in the world and…