POLITICS, POETRY & SATIRE
Further to the previous written report of the protest held outside the offices of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the video above captures the testimonies of people from British Jews Against Genocide who participated. Here’s selections from some of the powerful speeches at the event: Selma James: “I have to remind people of …
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My email to the Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Phyllis Wise, objecting to the firing of Professor Steven Salaita and demanding his reinstatement is below. You can send one too. I am shocked and dismayed that you would end the employment of the honourable Associate Professor of American Indian Studies, Steven Salaita, due to …
Dr. Mads Gilbert makes a powerful case for global solidarity against Israel’s callous, criminal attack of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Some quotes: ‘It was a hell of death and horror and bombing of such brutality as I have never experienced before. A kind of blind, evil rage that that increased forever, day and night.’ …
Letter to the Artistic Director of the Tricycle Dear Indhu Rubasingham, We write to thank you for refusing to accept Israeli sponsorship of the Jewish Film Festival. We particularly appreciate that you distinguish between Jews in Britain and the Israeli State. We could not be further apart from the Israeli state. The insistence of the …
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews is condoning genocide in Gaza. They don’t represent us. Today, 4 August 2014, outside of the offices of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, on the 27th day of Israel’s military attack on the Gazan people, Jews in Britain Against Genocide staged a die-in to commemorate the …
