News type: Analysis
Gaza: Young Palestinians Lead a Global Movement
On a warm, sunny afternoon, I met Eman Sourani and Rana Baker in an airy outdoor café several blocks from the port of Gaza. Both are members of the...
ULU: Why We Voted for Boycott
The week just gone has been an excellent one for student activism for Palestine in the UK. The NUS executive council finally adopted a policy that...
Lessons from Marrickville for BDS Activists
On April 19th, the Marrickville Council in Sydney’s inner west, Australia, met to debate and eventually overturn its four months old motion...
Just as well that Obama had no details about Middle East peace
Nadia Hijab, director of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, makes reference to the growing strength of the BDS movement in her powerful...
Dangerous for Jews and Other Living Things
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is holding its annual conference May 22-24, where Congress people and many of our national leaders...
Israeli Officials and History Affirm the Power of BDS
Are boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) proving effective at isolating Israel as a form of pressure to end its violations of Palestinian rights...
Science in the service of bad politics
Shortly after the University of Johannesburg resuscitated an apartheid-era agreement with Ben Gurion University of Israel (BGU) in late 2009,...
Dr. Cornel West endorses BDS, supports Ethnic Studies at University of Arizona
Dear University of Arizona Community, My visit to your university in Tucson earlier this month filled me with utmost joy and reverence, especially...
Costs of arming Israel can no longer be ignored
Israel may be forgiven for failing to realize the current fiscal woes of the United States. After all, US military aid to Israel not only sailed...
"Hypocrisy-seeking missile": Omar Barghouti’s "BDS" reviewed
“Our South Africa moment has finally arrived,” said Palestinian author-activist Omar Barghouti in a series of speeches delivered in 2010. With the...