Tag: BDS

  • The Time is Now

    by Colin Green, Guardian Unlimited Just as I campaigned for boycotts against apartheid in South Africa many years ago, now I shall do so against Israeli apartheid, says Colin Green The strong and hostile response from pro-Israeli groups, as well as the UK government fearful of offending Israel, to a recent motion carried by a…

  • AIC: In support of the economic and cultural boycott

    Written by Citizens of Israel, AIC, 5 June 2007 Citizens of Israel in support of the proposal for a UNISON Economic and Cultural Boycott of Israel We Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel strongly support the proposal for UNISON to implement an economic and cultural boycott of Israel. We commend this proposal, especially in the…

  • We Deserve the British Academic Boycott!

    Benny Tziper, Haaretz – June 4th 2007 Translated by Rann Bar-on Last Friday morning I drove to the Palestinian village of Bil’in. Bil’in, the village that has turned into a symbol of the struggle against the Apartheid Wall and against the confiscation of Palestinian land by fraudulent Jewish real-estate sharks who hide behind fake patriotism.…

  • PACBI : Boycotting Israeli Apartheid Back on the Agenda

    PACBI May 30, 2007 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the historic decision by the University and College Union (UCU) Congress today to support motions that endorse the logic of academic boycott against Israel, in response to the complicity of the Israeli academy in perpetuating Israel’s illegal military…

  • Building Design: Big names urge Israelis to end ‘oppressive’ works

    Alsop, Farrell and MacCormac join call to stop work on schemes that oppress Palestinians by Helen Crump, 25 May 2007 A host of celebrated architects including Will Alsop, Terry Farrell, Richard MacCormac, Rick Mather and Ted Cullinan have waded into the politics of the Middle East with a challenge to fellow professionals in Israel to…