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Dear Charlatan, As members of Carleton faculty, we wish to express our support for the proposal put forward by Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA Carleton).
In his Jan. 22-28 Charlatan opinion piece, SAIA representative Ben Saifer called for a public debate with the Carleton administration on the academic institutional boycott of Israel.
by Ran Greenstein [Monthly Review Zine] - In the last few weeks, following the recent military attack on Gaza, we have seen an increase in calls for boycott of Israeli institutions in general, and academic institutions in particular.
[video below] - See footage of the Action on YouTube
After their university's president signed onto a denunciation of the Academic Boycott resolution passed by academics in the UK, students of Toronto's Ryerson Universitycampaigned for a university-hosted debate on the issue.
Jerusalem [Ma'an] 1 February 2009 - Al-Quds University will cease all forms of academic cooperation with Israeli academic institutions soon, the school's board determined on Sunday.
"In cooperation with all sides and under an accepted timetable," the university will phase out programs and cooperation, the university board said in a statement.
It added that, "If the two-state solution is as far away today as it was ten years ago, there is no justification for continued academic cooperation based on reaching that solution."
Gulf Times - Students of Qatar University will participate in an international campaign to mobilise the public for a boycott of goods produced by American and other Western firms that support Israel, a local Arabic daily reports.
Eleven countries are participating in the campaign.
The Palestinian Union of Workers’ Unions has called for a comprehensive boycott of Israeli products effective immediately.
Any product with a non-Israeli alternative should be substituted as an act of defiance and protest against the Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip, said a statement from the union.
It also called on the Palestinian government to encourage local production for any products without a viable alternative.
It called on those who import Israeli products to stop purchasing as soon as possible and seek for local alternatives.
The Association of Social Workers of Mauritius has asked the public to boycott all Israeli products on the local market.
Consumers Association of Turkey calls on Turkish citizens to boycott Israeli, US and British products by saying "We will not provide ammunition for siyonist Israel`s attacks".
The Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign (www.bigcampaign.org) is issuing an
international call to action against Carmel-Agrexco during February 2009.
