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The Alternative Seminary Invites you to   Palestinian Liberation Theology: A Challenge to De-Colonize the Bible   Wednesday evenings, October 2 – 23 7:00 – 9:00 pm Historic Germantown Mennonite Meeting House 6121 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia [NOTE: Not the current Germantown Mennonite Church building] One of the most profound challenges for North American Christians is to …

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BDS Egypt is calling for the immediate release of its general coordinator Rami Shaath. Shaath’s family revealed Wednesday that Egyptian security forces seized the campaigner in a dawn raid on his Cairo home on 5 July. He is accused of having ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. There is no indication his arrest is related …

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C-J Allies did two-part examination of antisemitism, separating it from opposition to the policies of the state of Israel. We also found good pieces: Anti-Semitism and white supremacy and an examination of the definition of antisemitism as put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Attachment: Bibliography

Truly amazing. A Palestinian Freshman student who had been living in Lebanon, was interrogated and his phone and computer exhaustively searched for multiple hours, until an agent declared that because a friend of his had declared some political opinions, he would not be able to enter the US to attend Harvard. I myself have been …

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Ahmad Amara, Yara Hawari Indigeneity has re-emerged within the discourse on Palestine and is becoming a facet of political mobilization. But what does this mean in practice and how can indigeneity be harnessed to further Palestinian rights? Al-Shabaka’s Ahmad Amara and Yara Hawari examine indigeneity in the context of international law and suggest ways to employ …

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Major court victory announced today! Judge invokes Fordham University’s own mission statement to overturn their decision to disallow Palestine club on campus. Gene Ramsbottom, UUJME The lawsuit, filed in April 2017, argued that Fordham’s veto of the student government’s approval of SJP [Students for Justice in Palestine] was arbitrary and capricious, violating its own policies. …

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