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Palestinian Academic Unions Commend Global Universities for Ending Ties With Complicit Israeli Universities, Urge Action From Others
We write as the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE) and Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (PalAST), which represent nearly 10,000 university faculty and staff members at 18 Palestinian universities, in response to the many principled stands by universities around the world on the situation in Gaza and the dire consequences it is having for Palestinians.
Do Not Honor the Dishonorable!
On April 18, 1996, when Israel still occupied southern Lebanon, Shimon Peres was Prime Minister. He was in the midst of an election campaign, so he...
Open Letter to Ms. Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the University and College Union
We shall continue to pursue other avenues to make our case heard in the academic community in the UK, and shall not be deterred by the cancellation...
Mamma Mia! Playing in Apartheid Israel?! An open letter from PACBI to the creators and cast of Mamma Mia!
Israel’s military occupation -- the longest in modern history -- is not an abstract notion to us. It manifests itself in wilful killings of civilians...
Open Letter to Slavoj Zizek
We believe that participation of international academics and intellectuals in conferences, festivals, or similar events in Israel not explicitly...
Divest from Oppression, Invest in a Just Peace
In 2004, your divestment overture gave us hope that, despite Israel’s ever expanding, land-grabbing colonies, its indiscriminate killings, its wanton...
A Stinging Tribute to an Apartheid State: An Open Letter to Sting Urging him to Cancel his Israel Gig
Mainstream Israeli and international media are reporting that Israel is launching a major public relations campaign highlighting its key place in the...
A Nobel laureate and Palestinian academics on Natfhe's proposed boycott of Israel
If the urge to boycott is irresistible, why not boycott academics in Sudan, where a government-supported militia rapes and murders blacks? Why not...
Open Letter to Actress Sharon Stone
Israel is recognized by the United Nations and the absolute majority of nations across the world as a repressive occupying power that maintains...
Open Letter to Roger Waters
Upon learning of your planned tour, Palestinian as well as several international artists asked in shock: How can the artist whose name around the...
Israeli Filmmakers Letter on Greenhouse Project
Leonidas Kioussis Catherine COLOMB-NANCY (EuropeAid Co-Operation Office of the European Commission) Rosamaria Gili (European Commission...