Today, a fact-finding report commissioned on the University of Johannesburg’s relationship with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) was released. The report, titled, “The UJ-BGU Report”, is attached to this media release and can be accessed at www.ujpetition.com. The UJ-BGU Report reveals “damning”…
International academics are invited to sign the petition from the University of Johannesburg, calling for an end to the university’s relationship with Ben-Gurion University(www.ujpetition.com). The UJ Petition was initiated late last year by South African academics, who have now asked for…
Macy Gray published this on her official Facebook page: “I’m booked for 2 shows in TelAviv. I’m getting alot of letters from activists urging/begging me to boycott by NOT performing in protest of Apartheid against the Palestinians. What the Israeli government is doing to the…
Monday, 27 September 2010 12:21 CAPJPO-EuroPalestine The repression against BDS activists in France is reaching a new height with the prosecution of a French MP, Alima Boumediene-Thiery (member of the French Senate) who participated in a BDS action in the…
(Distributed by the Green Party of the United States, http://www.gp.org) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 For further information, contact: Bruce Dixon, 678-298-9463 x3 Press Secretary, Georgia Green Party http://www.GeorgiaGreenParty.org/ Georgia Greens cite reports of IDF atrocities In correspondence…
Occupied Palestine, October 4th 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, calls upon the US non-profit pension fund TIAA-CREF to live…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, September 22, 2010 – About 40 protesters gathered this evening to call upon New Yorkers to boycott the Israeli dance troupe Batsheva Dance Company during their performances at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan. Backed…
18 September 2010 Your Excellency Angel Gurría SecretaryGeneral of OECD Cc:OECD Member States The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), a broad coalition of the largest civil society political parties, mass organizations, networks,and trade unions, strongly condemns the…
Besieged Gaza, 24.September.2010 At a time when the Israeli ongoing crimes against us the Palestinians are at their most visible, their most documented and their most condemned by civil society around the world, we were shocked to learn of the…
PETITION to sever links with Ben Gurion University http://www.ujpetition.com This petition was first disseminated on the 05th of September, within two days it was signed by over 100 South African academics from more than 12 SA universities. To date it…
U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel 