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PACBI Statement

 In mid December 2013, the American Studies Association endorsed an academic boycott of Israel   where 66 percent of the ASA membership voted  in favour of thisresolution following a referendum organized by the ASA National Council.

January 5, 2014
PACBI Statement

Following Israel‘s 2008-09 massacre of more than 1400 Palestinians, including hundreds of children, in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip and its bloodbath against the Freedom Flotilla in May 2010, you, along with other prominent music bands and artists, cancelled [1] your scheduled performance in Tel Aviv.

January 2, 2014
PACBI Statement

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the American Studies Association’s members (ASA) who voted to endorse the Association’s participation in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions on December 16th  2013. In an election that attracted 1252 voters, the largest number of participants in such a referendum in the history of the organization, 66.05 percent of voters endorsed the resolution.

December 22, 2013
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December 6, 2013
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December 6, 2013
PACBI Statement

Note: In light of the recent withdrawal of the two international keynote speakers, as noted below, the text of the original letter/boycott call of 8/12/2013 has been revised and re- formatted. The signatures are current. 

December 5, 2013
PACBI Statement

When far-right Christian Zionists as infamous as John C. Hagee and Rick Perry and Israeli leaders accused of war crimes like Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu propose a project, any project, it cannot be good for Palestinians or for humankind.

November 7, 2013
PACBI Statement

When far-right Christian Zionists as infamous as John C. Hagee and Rick Perry and Israeli leaders accused of war crimes like Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu propose a project, any project, it cannot be good for Palestinians or for humankind.

November 7, 2013
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October 5, 2013
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October 5, 2013