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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
Palestinians Welcome Resounding Trump & Israel Failure at the UN
Any decisions and actions which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal...
South African university joins Israel boycott
A major university in South Africa has announced that it will respect the call for the boycott of Israeli institutions complicit in the...
Palestinian Bar Association and Professors’ Unions Urge European Society of International Law To Move Research Forum from Hebrew University
Dear European Society of International Law Board Members, We are writing from the Palestinian Bar Association, representing 10,300 lawyers, and...
EU Research Collaboration With Israeli Police in Tatters After Belgian University Exit
December 11, 2017 — The Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium has announced its withdrawal from a controversial EU-funded research cooperation...
Palestinian Response to Reports That U.S. Will Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
December 5, 2017 — News has just broken that President Trump plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and that he...
From Palestine to Colombia: United for Human Rights, Together for a Military Embargo on Israel
[Español aquí] December 4, 2017 - The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian civil...
Hundreds of Elected Officials in the Spanish State Endorse BDS for Palestinian Rights
December 1, 2017 — This week, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, more than 350 elected officials across the Spanish...
Dr. Ashrawi denounces Giro d’Italia for presenting Jerusalem as a unified city under Israel’s sovereignty
In response to media inquiries concerning Giro d’Italia bowing to pressure from Israel’s right-wing coalition government by deleting any reference to...
Giro d'Italia bows to Israeli pressure, backpedals to recognise illegal annexation of Jerusalem
November 30, 2017 — Palestinian civil society has condemned Giro d’Italia for yielding to political pressure from Netanyahu’s far-right...
Letter to world-renowned comedian Chris Rock from the Palestinian performing arts community
“You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity and in as many ways as possible that you were a worthless human being. You were...