New Books:1) 'Conflict Transformation and the Palestinians: The Dynamics of Peace and Justice under Occupation'https://www.routledge.com/Conflict-Transformation-and-the-Palestinians-The-Dynamics-of-Peace-and/Ozerdem-Thiessen-Qassoum/p/book/9781138666535[I have a chapter in this book and my chapter is titled: Critical andHistorical Assessment of BDS (Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions) Pp.98-113]2) 'Assuming Boycott: Resistance, agency and cultural production'http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/assuming-boycott/---------------
ActionsUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights staff spearheaded a letter to NFLplayers planning to attend an Israeli government-sponsored propaganda tripto Israel, urging the players to cancel. The next day, former Super Bowlstar Michael Bennett boldly proclaimed “I’m not going to Israel” in a tweetalong with a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr with Stokely Carmichael.Then, one by one, other players publicly cancelled with him. Of the 11players initially slated to go, 6 athletes skipped the trip!http://uscpr.org/this-is-a-game-changer/Learn and take action: Israel’s Illegal Production, Trade and Dumping ofToxic Pesticides Violate Human Rights, Threaten Food Sovereignty inOccupied West Bankhttp://apnature.org/en/content/israels-toxic-pesticides-poison-palestine-reports-find-----------------------
InformationBelow stories that happen far too often thanks to ISIS (Islamic State inIraq and Syria) and JSIS (Jewish State of Israel and Syria) -Yes, JS doesoccupy the Syrian Golan.On Earth as it is in Heaven: ISIS Mine Kills 3yr Old Girl and Wounds 6 fromthe Same Familyhttp://www.freeburmarangers.org/2017/03/01/on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven-isis-mine-kills-3yr-old-girl-and-wounds-6-from-the-same-family/Teen suffers medical neglect in JSIS prison and recounts the horror.Nothing unusual about this as it happens to hundreds of prisonershttps://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775399Walled-off hotel opens in Bethlehemhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/03/walled-hotel-banksy-opens-dystopian-tourist-attraction-bethlehem/In last monologue, Israeli comedy show host implores Israelis to wake upand smell the "apartheid" (in JSIS)https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/837009257635663872JSIS demolishes infrastructure, leaving Palestinian farmers without waterfor domestic and agricultural needshttp://www.btselem.org/water/20170228_demolition_of_water_infrastructureJSIS regularly blocks entry to advocates of Human Rights. Here is thelatest:http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=4Qi2MJa54219464904a4Qi2MJStay HumanMazin QumsiyehA bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at homeProfessor and (volunteer) DirectorPalestine Museum of Natural HistoryPalestine Institute of Biodiversity and SustainabilityBethlehem UniversityOccupied Palestinehttp://qumsiyeh.orghttp://palestinenature.orgJoin me on facebook https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9 |