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BACBI: Calls to Action.
- "Justice for Palestine now – end EUROPEAN complicity! A call from organizations throughout Europe" (ECCP, Feb 7, 2017): click here!
- "Hundreds of Belgian academics and artists urge their government to end participation in joint EU funded project with Israeli National Police" (ECCP, Feb 4, 2017): click here!
- "Hundreds of Belgian artists and academics urge government to end participation in EU project cooperating with Israeli National Police (BDS Movement, Jan 30, 2017): click here!
- Appel au Procureur Fédéral, Frédéric Van Leeuw, d' arrêter la participation belge au projet "Law-Train" (janvier 27, 2017): cliquez ici!
- Appel au Ministre Didier Reynders d' arrêter la participation belge au projet "Law-Train" (janvier 27, 2017): cliquez ici!
- Oproep aan Minister Koen Geens de Belgische deelname aan "Law-Train" stop te zetten (januari 27, 2017): klik hier!
- "In support of our colleague Eleonora Roldán Mendívil" (AURDIP, janvier 23, 2017): click here!
We have heard with dismay of the decision taken by the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science of the Freie Universität Berlin to suspend the follow-up teaching contract of Eleonora Roldán Mendívil, and to initiate an investigation of alleged antisemitic content in material that she has published.
- "TAKE ACTION! Urgent call to free Nael Barghouthi, longest-held Palestinian prisoner" (Samidoun, Petition): click here!
Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi, 59 has been imprisoned for 36 years in Israeli jails, and he is the longest-held Palestinian political prisoner. Today, on the basis of so-called "secret evidence," he is threatened with the re-imposition of life imprisonment with no charges and no legitimate trial.
- "Sign the Petition! Stop Israeli Military Detention!" (No way to treat a child): click here!>
Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes around 700 children in military courts each year. Three out of every four of these children endure some form of physical violence at the hands of Israeli soldiers or officers following arrest.
- LOPENDE PETITIE: "KU Leuven, stop samenwerking met Israëlische politie!", klik hier!
- Petitie: "Kritische stemmen moeten we koesteren, niet broodroven!": klik hier!.
Op 9 januari ontsloeg De Standaard zijn columnist Dyab Abou Jahjah. Hij had het standpunt ingenomen dat de bevrijding van Palestina 'by any means necessary' moet gebeuren.
- "Justice for Palestine now - end European complicity! A call from organizations throughout Europe" (European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine, ECCP): click here!
- "LAW-TRAIN" website (+ petition, FR-NL): klik hier!
- List of Law-Train resources (10 Dec 2016):klik hier!
- "Détention illimitée et sans inculpation même pour les mineurs". Signez en ligne! (Amnesty International, 26 mai 2016): cliquez ici!
- "Let Palestine Study. Keep the Israeli Army off Kadoorie campus! (The Friends of Kadoorie): click here!
- Petition: "Tell Netanyahu: Free Imad Barghouthi!" Dr. Imad Barghouthi is a renowned Palestinian astrophysicist who is currently under administrative detention for his Facebook posts. This is an unbearable attack on the Palestinian right to education. If you haven’t yet already, please sign our letter to Netanyahu" (Jewish Voice for Peace): click here!
Petition: "Sign our appeal to the UN about Israel’s war of repression on BDS" (BDS Movement): click here!
"Riposter à l’offensive anti-BDS : participez à l’opération “1.000 photos pour le boycott” (Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine): cliquez ici!
"Petition: Enough with the criminalisation of the BDS movement for justice in Palestine! – let's support right2BDS!": click here!
"Petition in support of the right to calling for a boycott of Israeli goods in France": click here!
Petition: "Israeli Defense Forces: Free Circus trainer and artist Mohammed Faisal Abu Sakha!" Avaaz.org: click here!"We call for the immediate release of Palestinian Circus trainer and artist Mohammed Faisal Abu Sakha, detained by the Israeli military on Monday 14 of December at the Zaatara Checkpoint while crossing by taxi from his home in Jenin to his work in Ramallah to assist a music concert. Mohammed was asked to step out of the car and was then taken to a military detention center. Mohammed will be subjected to six months detention, without charge or trial, renewable indefinitely".
Appel européen pour la défense du droit à l’éducation en Palestine : l’Union européenne doit agir maintenant pour arrêter les agressions israéliennes (pétition): cliquez ici!L’AURDIP et BRICUP ont écrit le 22 octobre 2015 au Haut Représentant de l’Union pour les affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité, et au Commissaire européen à la recherche, à la science et à l’innovation pour les alerter sur la situation dramatique des étudiants palestiniens confrontés à la nouvelle agression israélienne qui cible particulièrement la jeunesse palestinienne et son système éducatif. La lettre demande instamment la suspension de l’accord d’association UE-Israël.
European call to defend the right to education in Palestine : the European Union must act now to stop the Israeli aggression (petition) : klik hier!On 22 October 2015, AURDIP and BRICUP have written to the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and to the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation to alert them to the dramatic situation of Palestinian students confronted by the new Israeli aggression which targets in particular Palestine's youth and its education system. The letter urges the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
Petitie voor het annuleren van de Belgische economische zendingen naar Israël (PVDA): klik hier!"In 2014 slaagden we er samen met meer dan 10.000 Belgen in om de economische missie van het Vlaamse, Waalse en Brusselse Gewest naar Israël tegen te houden. Dit jaar willen de Gewesten opnieuw een economische missie sturen hoewel de toestand helemaal niet veranderd is, Integendeel! Israël heeft nog steeds niet het minste respect voor het internationaal recht noch voor de fundamentele rechten van het Palestijnse volk. Zijn extreem-rechtse regering gaat onverminderd door met de kolonisering van Palestina."
Petition: "Another Palestinian community displaced. Will Bon Jovi stand against forced economic despair?" (PACBI, September 1, 2015): klik hier!"Just this morning for example, Israel demolished 25 structures, including several homes, belonging to Palestinian Bedouins near the village of Jaba northeast of Jerusalem. 100 persons were left homeless, including 70 children. This makes 154 people, including 103 children that Israel has displaced, this week alone, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs."
Petition to US President Barack Obama: "Free all Palestinian Political Prisoners Now!" (Palestinian Refugees and the Right to Return - Al Awda): klik hier!"We demand that the US administration intervene without delay for the immediate release from Israeli prisons of all Palestinian administrative detainees and political prisoners including children. The Israeli occupation authorities and courts continue to detain Palestinians under the "Emergency Law of 1945", which was in force during the British Mandate of Palestine."
"Stop arming Israeli military units violating human rights!" (Defense for Children International Palestine): klik hier!"On August 1, 2014, Rafah’s streets were busy with residents emerging from shelter in anticipation of a 72-hour temporary truce set to begin at 8 a.m. that morning. The ceasefire never took shape as clashes broke out between an Israeli army reconnaissance unit and Palestinian fighters, which led to the capture of Israeli soldier Lieutenant Hadar Goldin... According to Amnesty International, an Israeli military inquiry determined that “more than 2,000 bombs, missiles and shells were fired during the entire day, including 1,000 in the three hours following the capture.”"
Pétition: "Carton Rouge au Match Belgique-Israël!" Petitioning À Monsieur le Bougmestre de Bruxelles Ville et au Conseil Communal (change.org): klik hier!"Le collectif de citoyens que nous représentons à l'honneur de vous interpeller sur l'événement sportif qui doit se dérouler au Stade Roi Baudoin à la date du 13 Octobre 2015. Notre brillante équipe nationale se verra opposée à la sélection nationale israélienne dans la phase éliminatoire de l'EURO 2016."
"Call for Urgent Action: Save Palestinian Hunger Striker Mohammad Allan from Force-Feeding and Torture!" (Addameer - Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, August 10, 2015): klik hier!"Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-IL) call for urgent action to save the life of Palestinian detainee Mohammad Allan, a Palestinian attorney who has been on hunger strike for 54 days in protest of his administrative detention without charge or trial since November 2014. Mohammad Allan is being held by the Israeli Prison Services (IPS). Early this morning he was transferred from the intensive care unit in Soroka Hospital, Beer Al-Sabe to Barzilai hospital, Askalan. Allan is in a critical condition, not taking any minerals, vitamins or supplements and has refused medical examinations."
"Stand With Palestinian Prisoners: Hunger Strike Solidarity!" We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, express our solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails launching hunger strikes and urge that their just demands be immediately implemented. Sign: here!"These demands are basic principles of justice. The violent raids and attacks by special forces; the ongoing denial of family visits and medical care to Palestinian prisoners; and the difficult and often dangerous living conditions in Israeli jails (particularly now, as temperatures soar and Palestinian prisoners suffer in the heat) are abhorrent. The use of administrative detention to imprison hundreds of Palestinians without charge or trial is an illegitimate and unlawful attack on Palestinians' basic civil and political rights."
"Call to action from Ahmad Sa’adat: Boycott Israel!" (Samidoun, July 29, 2015): klik hier!"Ahmad Sa’adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian national political leader, issued the following call to international supporters of Palestine to escalate the campaigns for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions at all levels in support of the prisoners’ struggle. Sa’adat was injured on Tuesday, 28 July when Israeli prison guards and special units attacked Palestinian political prisoners held in Nafha."
Petition: 2000 call on Bon Jovi to Boycott Israel! PACBI, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (change.org): sign here!World renowned band, Bon Jovi, is scheduled to perform in Israel on October 3rd. We ask the members of the band, Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, and Tico Torres, to reconsider their concert in apartheid Israel, until Israel complies with international law and respects the rights of the indigenous Palestinian people.
Petition against the trade agreements with the US, TTIP, and Canada, CETA. TTIP will also do away with the BDS movement. "Self-organised European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP and CETA" (already more than 2 million signatures!): https://stop-ttip.org/.
Petition: Tell musicians to boycott Israel's Red Sea Jazz Festival, scheduled for 23-26 August 2015 (alternativenews.org, June 7): sign here!
"Gaza: un an après". Carte blanche publiée dans La Libre Belgique le 8 juillet 2015": UPJB."...En conséquence, nous, organisations de la société civile belge et internationale, appelons les autorités belges à : 1. agir aux niveaux national, européen et international pour mettre fin au blocus illégal de Gaza ; 2. agir en vue de mettre fin à l’impunité qui prévaut à Gaza et en Israël. Il est essentiel que des comptes soient rendus pour les violations avérées du droit international humanitaire. La Belgique doit soutenir chaque démarche qui tend à cet objectif et garantir que les violations des droits humains ne se répètent plus ; 3. agir pour mettre fin à la politique israélienne de séparation drastique des entités palestiniennes et pour maintenir l’intégrité territoriale de la Palestine ; 4. relancer les négociations du Caire afin de reconstruire Gaza ; 5. suspendre immédiatement les transferts d’armes ou de munitions vers Israël (c’est déjà le cas pour les groupes armés à Gaza) vu le risque majeur de voir ces armes servir à des violations du droit international humanitaire. La Belgique doit garantir que la suspension du transfert des armes sera respectée au niveau européen en accord avec la position commune sur les transferts des armes du Conseil de l’Union européenne".
"Solidarité de l’UPJB avec Pierre Stambul et l’Union Juive Française pour la Paix". Communiqué de l'UPJB, du 9 juin 2015: cliquez-ici!"L’Union des Progressistes Juifs de Belgique (UPJB) est indignée et très inquiète d’apprendre que Pierre Stambul, co-président de l’Union Juive Française pour la Paix (UJFP) a été brutalement arrêté cette nuit à son domicile en France par la police anti-terroriste du Raid. Il a heureusement été libéré après quelques heures mais il est clair que cette arrestation relève de l’intimidation politique : le militant sioniste d’extrême-droite Gregory Chelli, dit « Ulkan », avait fait croire à la police française que Pierre avait assassiné sa propre femme ! Proche de la Ligue de Défense Juive, « Ulkan » est en phase avec la vaste campagne de délégitimation de celles et ceux, et notamment des Juifs, qui s’opposent à la politique israélienne. Pacifiste radical, Pierre milite de longue date pour la coexistence et l’égalité entre Israéliens et Palestiniens et, au-delà, entre les communautés juives et arabes en Europe. Nous exprimons notre entière solidarité envers Pierre Stambul et l’UJFP et nous nous insurgeons avec force contre la criminalisation de la solidarité avec le peuple palestinien".
“On Nakba day, Palestinian civil society in besieged Gaza decries collective failure to ensure accountability for Israeli massacre" (BDS Movement, May 15, 2015): klik hier!As Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, the catastrophe in 1948 when more than 700,000 indigenous Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homes by Zionist militias and later the State of Israel, life in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip is reaching a fatal tipping point, as the UN has warned.
Close to 2 million Palestinians are incarcerated by Israel in a small space condemned to a life of misery, where not even water, the source of life, is fit for human consumption. The provision of basic services such as health and education is faltering and the alarm must be sounded. This is an Israeli-made “tsunami” that can be stopped if enough people of conscience around the world would hold Israel to account and pressure their institutions and governments to do so. Israel must pay a heavy price for its criminal behaviour...".
“(UNICEF): "Remove Robbie Williams As Ambassador”. Petition, change.org: klik hier!To: The Board of Directors, UNICEF UK: "We, the undersigned, call on you to remove Robbie Williams from his ambassador role, and to remove Tim Clark (Robbie Williams manager) from his Vice President role. Your Ambassador Robbie Williams, by playing Tel Aviv, a concert organised by Tim Clark, has chosen to publicly endorse Israel, a state which undeniably and systematically mistreats children, as documented extensively, including by your own research...".
“Take Action: Demand freedom for Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan”. In: Samidoun, Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 8, 2015: klik hier!Khader Adnan, Palestinian political prisoner held under detention without charge or trial, launched an open-ended hunger strike on May 6 in protest of the third extension of his administrative detention, for a four-month period. Adnan, 37, a baker from Arraba near Jenin, is a previous long-term hunger striker...
Crisis in Yarmouk! UNRWA calls for donations! 18,000 Palestine refugees are under siege and trapped inside the camp since the outbreak of fighting inside Yarmouk on 1 April 2015 with limited access to food and water in particular for those displaced to the south east of Yarmouk, there is no electricity, and most civilians cannot meet essential needs such as health care, household items, adequate shelter and heating. When you donate, you feed, nourish, heal and save: klik hier!
Urgent Current Appeal (19 April 2015): "Call to action: Exclude Hebrew University from all EU grants, prizes and financial instruments": (Justice for Palestine Matters): klik hier!Violations: The Hebrew University has strong links to the Israeli armament industry and the military and is a contributor to Israel’s war crimes. Please urge Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation to respect the EU guidelines and rescind present grants and exclude the Hebrew University from all future grants, prizes and financial instruments.
Send letter of protest to H.E. CARLOS MOEDAS, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, H.E. Federica MOGHERINI, EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; H.E DONALD TUSK, President of the European Council, H.E RIYAD H.MANSOUR, Ambassador, Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations. Can be done on the webpage itself.
URGENT! Petition to Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon: "Include Israel’s army on the UN list of serious violators of children’s rights!": 4PALKIDS. 70 years of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and unspeakable wars have lead only to a shrinking Palestine and an oppressed unarmed population whose children are being systematically targeted by the Israeli military.
-- 700-1000 Palestinian children every year face arrest, interrogation, torture, detention and imprisonment for alleged crimes including throwing stones at Israeli soldiers. Resisting one's occupier is permissible under international law and yet Israel and the world see that as criminal and deserving of punishment.
-- 2,587 Palestinian children have been killed since 2000 by the Israeli forces.
-- 21,737 Palestinian children have been injured since 2000 by the Israeli forces.
-- 1,392 Palestinian children have been permanently disabled since 2000 by the Israeli forces.
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Current Affairs
- *Neve GORDON: "Gaza's Passover massacre" (Al-Jazeera, April 1, 2018)
- "Israel killed 3 Palestinian civilians, injured 500, in first half of March" (Middle East Monitor, March 16)
- Omar KARMI: “Gaza in a vice” (The Electronic Intifada, Feb 13, 2018).
- Gideon LEVY & Alex LEVAC: “Like a Safari: Israeli Troops in Jeeps Hunt a Palestinian Teen and Shoot Him in the Head” (Haaretz, Feb 9, 2018, now freely available via: If Americans Knew).
- Amira HASS: "On the Margins of the Murder”, (Haaretz, Nov 12, 2017): click here!
- "Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians, including 4 minors, in overnight raids" (Ma'an, March 29, 2017).
- Amira HASS: "Israeli Settlers Kill a Sheep in Latest Escalation in Jordan Valley, Palestinians Say" (Haaretz, Feb 18, 2017).
- "Israel aims to ‘Judaize’ historical Bethlehem village" (Middle East Monitor, Jan 13, 2017).
- Nasouh NAZZAL: "Israel’s pesticide war on Gazan farmers" (Gulf News Palestine, Dec 26, 2016).
- Emily MULDER: "Israeli guard: 'Go from this land or I will kill you'" (Al Jazeera, Dec 26, 2016).
- "A six-year-old Palestinian girl killed after being run over by Israeli settler" (Middle East Children Alliance, 2016).
- Gideon LEVY & Alex LEVAC: "In Some of the Israeli Army's Raids, Leaving Empty-handed Is Not an Option" (Haaretz, Aug 27, 2016).
- "Israeli settlers attack Palestinian girl in Ramallah, stab and kill her sheep" (Ma'an, Aug 5, 2016).
- "Un enfant palestinien [de 12 ans] tué par des soldats israéliens" (Libération, 19 juillet 2016).
- Kit O'CONNELL: "Israel Cutting Palestinians Off From Their Own Water Supply" (MintPress News, June 30, 2016).
- "Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Child Near Ramallah" (IMEMC, June 21, 2016).
- Edo KONRAD: "Tel Aviv mayor says the occupation is a cause of Palestinian terror" (+972, June 9, 2016).
- "After being shot three days ago by IOF, Palestinian youth dies from injuries" (Palestinian Information Center, June 6, 2016).
- Palestine PMO: Israel’s destruction of Palestinian water infrastructure is atrocious (Palestine News Network, May 26, 2016).
- Again, settlers burn Palestinian farms in West Bank (Days of Palestine, May 16, 2016).
- Michal ZAK: "Third intifada, terror wave, the 'situation': Just don't mention the 'O' word to Israelis" (Middle East Eye, March 13, 2016).
- Jon QUEALLY: "Brother and Sister, Children Aged 10 and 6, Killed by Israeli Bombing in Gaza" (Common Dreams, March 13, 2016).
- Jonathan COOK: "Aid subversion report makes for shocking reading" (The National, March 7, 2016).
- "Palestijns meisje van 13 geëxecuteerd" (alexandrina.nl, 23 jan, 2016).
- "UN decries Abu Nuwar demolitions, calls for immediate end to planned transfers" (Medical Aid for Palestinians, MAP, Jan 20, 2016).
- Julie PUTSEYS: "Palestijnse empowerment op Israëlische scholen." Geen gelijke kansen zonder evenwaardig onderwijs. Zo denkt de Arabisch-Israëlische professor Dalia Fadila er alleszins over. (MO*, 10 Jan 2016).
- Uri SAVIR: "Why solving Israel-Palestine conflict is still key for regional stability" (Al-Monitor, Jan 3, 2016).
- C.J.WERLEMAN: "The road to hell is paved with 'national security'". Israel is turning the West’s fixation on the Islamic State group into an opportunity to expand its apartheid laws and militarisation of the West Bank (Middle East Eye, Jan 1, 2016).
- Mazal MUALEM: "'Hate wedding' video offers glimpse at Jewish terror" (Al-Monitor, Dec 28, 2015).
- Maureen Clare MURPHY: "Catastrophe for Syrians and Palestinians alike in war-ravaged country" (The Electronic Intifada, Dec 23, 2015).
- Shlomi ELDAR: "Why the US is part of Middle East problem, not the solution". Interview with Ayman Odeh (Al-Monitor, Dec 14, 2015).
- Philip WEISS: "Obama’s ISIS czar says we can’t defeat extremism without resolving Palestinian issue" (Mondoweiss, Dec 14, 2015).
- Uri SAVIR: "How the Islamic State hurts Palestinian cause" (Al-Monitor, Dec 6, 2015).
- Al Jazeera: "Gaza's crumbling healthcare system" (Yahoo.com, Dec 8, 2015).
- Nurit CANETTI: "The radicalization of Israel" (Al-Monitor, Dec 2, 2015).
- Kate: "Prominent Israeli settler runs over 16-year-old girl, then shoots her dead" (Mondoweiss, Nov 23, 2015).
- Gideon LEVY: "So These Are Israel's New Heroes?" Israel's recent military operations in Palestinian hospitals are a blatant violation of the Geneva Convention, and make you wonder how low the country can sink (Haaretz, Nov 21, 2015).
- Philip WEISS: "The best way for Americans to defeat the Islamic state is to end support for Jewish nationalism" (Mondoweiss, Nov 15, 2015).
- Ahmed MOOR: "The Problem of Palestine is Zionism" (Fair Observer, Nov 11, 2015).
- Miko PELED: "Zionism is racism: Notes from Tel-Rumeida, Hebron, El-Khalil" (American Herald Tribune, Nov 13, 2015).
- Megan HANNA: "‘It Has Become A Prison’: The ghettoization of Hebron" (Mondoweiss, Nov 11, 2015).
- Avigail ABARBANEL: "Netanyahu’s craziness is calculated, to drive out Palestinians" (Mondoweiss, Nov 5, 2015).
- Michel WARSCHAWSKI: "La jeunesse palestinienne à couteaux tirés avec Israël" (Orient XXI, 15 Oct 2015).
- Kamel HAWWASH: "Palestinians have a problem with occupiers not (with) Jews" (MEMO, Oct 30, 2015).
- "Palestijnse baby vermoord met traangas" (Alexandrina, Oct 31, 2015).
- Ali ABUNIMAH: "Israel’s executions of Palestinian teens must end, Amnesty says" (The Electronic Intifada, Oct 28, 2015).
- Killian REDDEN: "Hebron at eye of the storm as death toll rises" (Ma'an News Agency, Oct 26, 2015).
- "Netanyahu Shamelessly Exploits the Shoah to Stoke Fear of Palestinians" (Jewish Voice for Peace, Oct 21, 2015).
- Amos GVIRTZ: "From Unilateral- to Bilateral War - or: How the Palestinians Fight to Prevent Being Expelled From the Country" (Occupation Magazine, Oct 20, 2015).
- Noam SHEIZAF: "Jerusalem, in context" (+972, October 19, 2015). "The current events in Jerusalem have a political history and context. Attempts to attribute the violence to some kind of Palestinian pathology while ignoring other factors is a recipe for making things worse."
- Meron RAPOPORT: "The paradox of Jerusalem" (Middle East Eye, October 17, 2015).
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