Month: February 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Students for Justice in Palestine Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, has become the first of any college or university in the U.S. to divest from companies on the grounds of their […]

http://manunioccupation.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/land-mark-policy-to-boycott-israeli-passed-at-university-of-manchester-student-union/ On Wednesday 11th Feb the University of Manchester Students Union passed a motion in support of the people of Gaza, which includes a resolve to boycott Israel, in an emergency general meeting [1]. The […]

February 2nd 2009  Two Surgeons from the UK, Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and Dr Swee Ang, managed to get into Gaza during the Israeli invasion. Here they describe their experiences,  share their views, and conclude that […]

Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada, 9 February 2009 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10286.shtml To end the Palestinian political impasse, elections for the Palestine National Council (PNC) should be the top priority for all Palestinian parties. The 669-member Palestinian […]

Dr. Haidar Eid, The Electronic Intifada, 11 February 2009 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10298.shtml Can the brutal 22-day Israeli war on the Gaza Strip be considered a victory for the Palestinian people? (Matthew Cassel) The ongoing bloodletting in the […]

Wednesday, 7pm Members of the University and College Union join Edinburgh University students and bring solidarity. Wednesday, 4.30pm Outside George Square Lecture Theatre. Follow the occupation: http://edinburghunioccupation.wordpress.com/ See how it ended: “This is only the […]

The activities of Veolia and Alstom clearly constitute misconduct sufficiently grave to warrant the exclusion of all its divisions from public contracts in Europe. It is difficult to imagine what misconduct could be more grave […]

International companies are disconnecting from the Occupied Territories by: Itai Rom, Globes G Magazine (Jan 2, 2009) http://www.kavlaoved.org.il/media-view_eng.asp?id=2097 A reason to worry for Israeli manufacturers – not only in the South: International companies are disconnecting from […]

Glasgow University students have entered into occupation. more pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gphrc-palestine/sets/72157613526663251/detail/   We are currently occupying the top floor of the Computer Science building in solidarity with the Gazan people, and in protest to the war […]