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We Will Not be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:53:04 +0000

Alternate Information Center (Israel) 13 July 2011

“We’re going to arrest you, but it’s difficult with you because all you do is talk.” – Israeli soldier to Palestinian organizer Mohammad Othman, 2009 [1]

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Israeli Apartheid 101 – A Winnipeg IAW production

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:42:09 +0000

Presentation by Howard Davidson at Israel Apartheid Week, University of Winnipeg on Israel as an ethnocracy and provides evidence from Israeli sources that debunks propaganda claiming that talking about Israel and apartheid is the work of anti-Semites.

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Applauding UofT Provost position on Peto thesis

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:39:18 +0000

Press Release For immediate release December 9, 2010

Jewish Group Commends U of T Provost for Supporting Freedom of Inquiry

Independent Jewish Voices – Canada (IJV) applauds University of Toronto Provost Cheryl Misak for standing behind the student whose thesis on Jewish identity and Holocaust education programs has been criticized by some observers as [...]

Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Conference, Montreal Oct. 22-24

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:47:33 +0000

http://bdsquebec.org

The IJV is organizing two workshops with Jewish Voices for Peace:

Jewish Support for BDS Jewish organizations and activists around the world are now supporting the BDS campaign. It hasn’t been easy, and in the case of Israeli organizations, it may soon be illegal. Invited panelists will discuss their analysis as Jewish supporters [...]

Israel and Apartheid: Is It a Fair Comparison?

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:48:43 +0000

by Edward C. Corrigan / March 1st, 2010

in Dissident Voice.org

There is a controversy raging in North America over Israeli Apartheid Week (March 1-7 2010). A resolution was passed in the Ontario Provincial Parliament which was unanimously supported (only 30 MPPs voted) and declared the comparison of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to [...]

Freedom of speech: the realities of campus criticism of Israel

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:32:03 +0000

The Trial of Israel’s Campus Critics

by David Theo Goldberg and Saree Makdisi

Tikkun Magazine septembre – october 2009

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains one of the most visible political issues on campuses around the nation. A rising level of concern about the continuing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory (now in its fifth decade), [...]