Posts Tagged ‘divestment’

UK threatens to fine town halls that boycott Israel

Asa Winstanley Activism and BDS Beat 18 February 2016 UK Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock announced new measures at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Prime Minister of Israel/Flickr) UK government minister Matthew Hancock this week announced new rules aimed at stopping public bodies from boycotting Israel. The rules are so broad […]

Israel revokes Jerusalem residency of four Palestinians

Charlotte Silver Rights and Accountability 21 January 2016 Israel’s newly appointed interior minister Aryeh Deri has revoked the residency of four Palestinians from Jerusalem. All four, three of them teenagers, are currently in prison awaiting trial. The revocation orders were delivered to their attorneys at HaMoked, an Israeli human rights organization that is representing them. […]

Video: The archaeological battle over Tel Rumeida in Hebron

Cultural heritage has long been an innocuous pawn in conflict, from the Europe-wide pillage of art in the Second World War, to the more recent ruin of Palmya’s Roman temples in Syria. A prominent example that is often overlooked is the role of archaeology in the Israel-Palestine crisis. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has limited executive […]

URGENT ALERT — ‘Disaster is Imminent’… Constitutional Attorney: "States Have The Legal Authority To Defend Border Under Constitution"

Video: Richard Falk and Ali Abunimah on Palestine

Ali Abunimah From the Editors 8 December 2015 On 2 December, I joined Richard Falk in Santa Fe for an evening of discussion that ranged from the prospects for self-determination in Palestine and the special relationship between Israel and the US, to responses to the rise of Islamic State. Falk served as special […]

San Jose State University becomes first California State University to pass student government BDS resolution

The following press release was issued by Students for Justice in Palestine at San Jose State University: San Jose State University Students Pass Resolution to Divest from Corporations that profit from the Israeli Occupation. On Wednesday November 18, 2015, San Jose State University became the first California State University to pass a student government resolution […]

‘Keep It In The Ground’ Victory: BLM Utah Halts Oil And Gas Lease Sale

Print Friendly Above Photo: Celebratory Rally in front of the BLM offices in Salt Lake City. Canyoncountryrisingtide.org. SALT LAKE CITY— Elders and climate activists are celebrating today as the Bureau of Land Management made a last-minute decision to halt an oil and gas lease sale owing to a “high level of public interest.” Dozens of citizens […]

‘What I know is that I can’t take it anymore’: Palestinian woman killed by Israeli troops explains decision to carry knife to checkpoint in suicide note

Violence / Detentions Israeli troops shoot and kill young Palestinian woman IMEMC 9 Nov — A 24-year old woman was killed by Israeli troops Monday morning at a military checkpoint [near Qalqiliya] in the West Bank when she approached the checkpoint from afar, holding a knife in her hand and a suicide letter in her […]

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