From the Hampshire SJP blog: This is a monumental and historic step in the struggle for Palestinian equality, self-determination and peace in the Holy Land by non violent means. I see what these students have accomplished as a replica of…
It is hard to imagine that after all the coverage of Gaza you could go into an event in New York and walk out stunned, but such was my experience hearing Mustafa Barghouti this afternoon at Columbia University. The Palestinian…
Notice the namecalling and sophomoric goofiness in this post: Palestine is an addiction for Europe. Manchester University has once again announced a boycott of Israel. Very important university. Oy vey: in continuous decline since Chaim Weizman (later first president of…
Gary Ackerman, the Long Island congressman. Far too little–where was he when it mattered–but it’s an important signal of where the mainstream is moving. Even AIPAC is going to start on this soon, trying to save two states, which they…
People should bring coffee to “Jews Say No,” the fabulous ladies (and a few men too) outside the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency offices on Third Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets in New York. The east side of…
The Jerusalem Post has picked up on the Hampshire divestment movement and reports that: A pro-Palestinian student group at Hampshire College in western Massachusetts irked the college administration by disseminating a message on-line Thursday congratulating the school for becoming the…
More news from the student actions that are still expanding across UK universities. What started on January 13th as a a 24-hour occupation at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London has now spread to the London School…
Alan Dershowitz certainly doesn’t waste any time in trying to shut down academic freedom. Hampshire SJP is reporting that Dershowitz has already contacted them with a threat. From the Hampshire SJP blog: Allen Dershowitz has just called SJP members and…
Students at Hampshire College have reason to celebrate. Hampshire has become the first college in the US to divest from the Israeli occupation. As the Students for Justice in Palestine press release points out, Hampshire was also the first college…