Oppression is not a point of view
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Lisa Taraki | Zmag | 19 August 2004 Calls for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions have generated a great deal of controversy in some quarters, notably among Israeli academics and their supporters in Europe and the United States. The Palestinian voice, the voice of the Palestinian academy and of Palestinian public intellectuals, has
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Note by the United Nations Centre against Apartheid | African National Congress Website | 1983 The cultural boycott of South Africa became an important aspect of the anti-apartheid movement in 1961 when the British Musicians Union adopted a policy decision that its members should not perform in South Africa as long as apartheid exists.
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) African National Congress (ANC) | African National Congress Website | Lusaka, May 1989 1.1. The cultural and academic boycott were conceived as important aspects of the ANC’s strategy for the total isolation of the racist minority regime. After intensive campaigns, conducted by our movement and people, with the support of the world’s anti-apartheid forces,
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mazin B. Qumsiyeh | New Haven Register | 27 July 2004 THE United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly last week to accept the ruling of the International Court of Justice on Israel’s apartheid wall and demand Israel dismantle it. The vote was 150-6, the dissenters being the United States, Israel, Australia, and three U.S.-dependent
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Nathan Guttman | Ha’aretz | 22 July 2004 WASHINGTON – The Presbyterian Church’s 216th General Assembly caught American Jewish organizations off guard and by surprise. The Presbyterians have never concealed their criticism of Israeli policies in the territories, but years of dialogue between Jews and Presbyterians had created an impression of an understanding between
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mazin Qumsiyeh | Qumsiyeh: A Human Rights Web | July 2004 On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to accept the ruling of the International court of Justice on Israel’s apartheid wall and demand Israel dismantle it. The vote was 150 countries in support and six against (US, Israel, Australia, and three
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent | Ha’aretz | 19 July 2004 Justice Minister Yosef Lapid warned Sunday that Israel is on the verge of becoming an international pariah and urged the government not to ignore the International Court of Justice. “The Hague court, groups like Amnesty, and United Nations committees, act as a kind of
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Melissa Radler | Jerusalem Post | 17 July 2004 Leaders of the Presbyterian Church in the US approved a divestment campaign against Israel in a series of annual resolutions that included a condemnation of Israel’s security fence, a decision to continue funding churches aimed at converting Jews to Christianity and a disavowal of Christian
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Gerald Kaufman | The Guardian | 12 July 2004 What worked with apartheid can bring peace to the Middle East. The bomb attack in Tel Aviv yesterday highlights the desperate need to achieve a peace settlement. It highlights, too, the futility of the wall Israel is building in Palestinian land, a wall condemned by
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Eric J. Greenberg | Forward | 16 July 2004 In an unprecedented victory for pro-Palestinian activists, leaders of the largest Presbyterian denomination officially equated the Jewish state with apartheid South Africa and have voted to stop investing in Israel. With the decision, approved in a 431-62 vote at the 216th annual General Assembly of
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