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Academic statements express solidarity with Palestinians and condemn Israeli actions

Canadian artists and workers in the culture sector call for boycott of Israel

Canadian artists and workers in the culture sector call for boycott of Israel Canadian flag [Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images] June 1, 2021 at 3:33 pm More than 1,000 Canadian artists and workers in the culture sector have signed an open letter in solidarity with Palestinians living under Israel s brutal military occupation. In another indication of the growth of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, and increasing support for Palestine in Canada, the letter denounced Israel for its apartheid and settler colonialism and called for cultural institutions in the country to end cooperation with Israeli-sponsored art and cultural activities. The call follows Israel s latest offensive against Gaza which killed more than 250 Palestinians, including 66 children, 39 women, and 17 elderly people. We are deeply shocked by the recent developments on the ground in Palestine/Israel the fourth bombardment since 2009 in Gaza, said the signatories. Enough is e

Academics worldwide show unprecedented wave of solidarity with Palestine

THOUSANDS of university departments and academics around the world have joined the global outcry against Israel’s latest violence  against Palestinians.  The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) a group with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has described the recent surge of support on campuses for Palestinian rights as an “unprecedented wave of solidarity.”  The campaign group highlights the action being taken at Cambridge University, where 1,600 faculty members, staff, students and alumni have urged management to “sever formal links and partnerships” with firms complicit in Israeli apartheid.  Cambridge has almost £2 million worth of investments in firms linked to Israel’s violations of international law, one of the highest of any British university, according to research by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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