Tom Hickey is a Principle Lecturer in Aesthetics and Political Economy at the University of Brighton and member of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) that was established 5 years ago by Professors Hilary and Steven Rose. Tom is also an elected member of the National Executive Committee of the University and…
Mary Senior, Assistant Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) speaking at ISM France conference, 30 June 2009 I have seen the apartheid wall, the checkpoints, and the displacement of people from their homes and their land. This is ethnic cleansing. … It is not the STUC, and those that support BDS, that are the racists.…
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Storm Over Dr. Blachar – Israeli Doctors Collude in Torture by Jonathan Cook, Nazareth, Israel. Israel’s watchdog body on medical ethics has failed to investigate evidence that doctors working in detention facilities are turning a blind eye to cases of torture… The accusations will add fuel to a campaign backed by hundreds of doctors from around…
Israeli Military abducts crew on mercy mission to besieged Gaza The Israeli Military recognises no limits to its criminal behaviour. Having imprisoned, massacred, and starved the people of Gaza, they have now kidnapped a group of people sailing with a small cargo of olive trees, medicine and children’s toys to Gaza. The small vessel was…
Boycott from within for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) for Palestinian rights. We, Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, join the Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel1 and call on others to do the same. As people devoted to the promotion of just peace and true democracy in this region, we are especially opposed to…
Brazilian soccer teams won’t play in Israel Published in Ynet 18 June 2009 The Brazilian government decided to extend a gesture to the Palestinian people and hold a friendly game between two of its leading soccer teams – Sao Paulo’s Corinthians and Rio de Janeiro’s Flamengo – in the West Bank city of Ramallah. With…
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