Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is an on-going campaign by some Palestinian and pro-Palestinian groups, calling for – well – boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel to nudge it towards the end of occupation and discrimination of Palestinians both within and beyond the green line. It has garnered some support internationally, and even among . . . → Read More: Why I oppose BDS
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I am glad to host this guest post by Hanna Beit Halachmi I walked up this week into the painful knowledge that nothing has really changed in the Israeli anti-occupation activism in the last 28 years of my involvement. As in the past, now as before, women’s human rights are secondary to the Palestinians . . . → Read More: Genderized hidden occupation in anti-occupation protests / Hanna Beit Halachmi Activists organizing the Israeli part of the demonstrations in Sheikh Jarrah recently published a call to their friends in this important battle to come to the demos in modest clothing. The activists, well aware of how problematic this request is, not only clarified right away that “nobody is asking women to don a hijab”, . . . → Read More: Of Arabs and Women |
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