Rachel Zoll: The top legislative body of the United Church of Christ voted Tuesday to divest from companies with business in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, in a sign of the growing momentum of a U.S. protest movement against Israeli policy.
Ann Laura Stoler: …the dispossession of Palestinians and the colonial nature of the Israeli state have stayed on the outer fringes of anthropology for so long.
John Reed: Israel is not at war, but its political leaders are showing rare unity over what they see as a potent new threat to the survival of the Jewish state.
Omar Barghouti: Earlier this year, almost a thousand cultural figures in Britain signed a pledge in support of the cultural boycott of Israel, following similar initiatives in Montreal (Canada), Ireland, and South Africa.
In 2013 and early 2014, journalist Nora Barrows-Friedman crisscrossed the United States interviewing the young activists who form the core of this movement and their voices ring out strongly from every page of her new book, In Our Power, which reveals the rich political legacy these students are building.
Nadia Hijab describes the limits on the Palestinian struggle for justice due to the paralysis and fragmentation of the Palestinian national movement. She also addresses the dilemmas this prevailing disarray poses to Palestinian activists, as well as the international solidarity communities.
Video and Edited Transcript Philip Farah and David WildmanTranscript No. 423 (4 February 2015) Samirah Alkassim: Spiritual groups have often been at the frontlines of human rights movements in the U.S. In recent years there have been dramatic positions taken by faith-based groups such as the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church, the United … Read more
Panel I: “Palestinian Refugees: Waiting to Return”; Panel II: “BDS: Activism and Strategy for Change”; Panel III: “U.S Mediation in the Future of Palestine”; Panel IV: “Jerusalem: A Core Issue”
As the Israeli occupation deepens, despair over what to do to advance Palestinian rights grows. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) provides an answer that has mobilized and energized many. This panel looks at BDS activities and initiatives globally and in the United States at the community level, as well as specifically through U.S. churches and universities. What is the status of these initiatives, how can they grow and what is next for the BDS movement?
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