Another sign that the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement is biting. A few weeks back Code Pink announced…
Dear Leonard Cohen,
I realize that via your manager you have received numerous requests not to appear in Israel. This is not such a letter, even though I do agree with the requests and the principles of the boycott. Still, you are an adult and must come to your own conclusions.
However, your decision should be grounded on facts, as, for instance the cost of Israel’s occupation and colonization to Jewish Israelis.
I do not want to only write about the injustice and tragedy that Palestinians have suffered. I am sure that you have had more than enough of that in other letters. Again, I by no means imply symmetry between Palestinian suffering and Israeli when I claim that Israeli Jews pay a high price for occupation.
Still, that price exists, and you should be aware of it. It can be stated in a single phrase: the devaluation of human life, Jewish as well as Palestinian. This devaluation is due to the policies of expansion and ethnic cleansing common to all Israel’s governments.
The following was written by Samia Khoury. Khoury was born in Jaffa, Palestine on November 24, 1933. She has had a lifetime of of involvement in Palestinian civil society through Birzeit University, the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center and the…
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel reports: We are now pleased to announce that we have received confirmation from the Palestinian Prisoners‘ Club Society that they will not be hosting Leonard Cohen in Ramallah. A…
Today marks the five-year anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion which found Israel’s Separation Wall in the West Bank to be “contrary to international law.” Although the Court called for Israel to cease construction, dismantle the parts…
Rob Browne responds to a post I did the other day about Trader Joe’s stocking Israel goods to counter the boycott movement: I just read an article from the North Jersey Jewish Standard about local NJ Jewish motorcycle clubs trying…
Here’s an invitation (after the jump) from the vice chair of California’s state Board of Equalization (which collects $53 billion in sales tax and other fees), inviting people to an “Investing in Israel” discussion with Israeli consulate officials next week….
The Yes Men are a group of “culture jamming activists” who impersonate heads of corporations to embarrass them in the media. They are increasingly well known and put out a movie in 2003 about their work called, The Yes Men…