Palestine solidarity group banned at Northeastern, students threatened with expulsion
12 March 2014
Palestine solidarity activists are facing harsh censorship and retribution on at least two US campuses during Israeli Apartheid Week.
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South African church leaders endorse Israeli Apartheid Week
10 March 2014
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and leaders of the South African Council of Churches compare Israel’s abuses to apartheid South Africa and reiterate backing for boycott, divestment and sanctions,
Irish students vote for Israel boycott by landslide
9 March 2014
In 2-1 vote, National University of Ireland Galway student union become’s country’s first to endorse Palestinian campaign to boycott Israel.
Faith leaders urge Pope Francis to denounce Israel's abuse of Palestinian children
5 March 2014
In anticipation of the Pope’s May visit to the Holy Land, more than 200 bishops, clerics, members of religious orders and theologians ask the Pope to speak out against Israel’s kidnapping, detention and systematic abuse of Palestinian children.
At AIPAC, Netanyahu launches “desperate” attack on BDS movement
4 March 2014
Speaking at AIPAC, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a frontal assault on the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.
Sainsbury’s supermarket pressured over Israeli land-grab firms
4 March 2014
Protests across 30 UK towns and cities condemn Sainsbury’s over its links to Israeli fresh produce exporters Mehadrin and Edom that operate in illegal Israeli settlements.
Harvard students collect testimonies of apartheid from Palestine to US
26 February 2014
Student activists at Harvard University ask fellow undergraduates, “what does apartheid mean to you?”
Urging “rethink,” Zionist students fight Israeli Apartheid Week with recycled tactics
23 February 2014
With campuses across the UK poised to host Israeli Apartheid Week events, pro-Israel students have launched a propaganda campaign called “Rethink 2014.”
140 Irish academics pledge to boycott Israeli institutions
21 February 2014
According to Academics for Palestine, “Irish universities have collaborated with Israel in 257 projects to date, seven of them listed as ‘security’ and 13 as ‘aerospace.’”
UK student union to cancel G4S contract over role in Israeli prisons
19 February 2014
G4S continues to lose contracts over its deep involvement in Israeli apartheid