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Statement on the Situation in Israel and Palestine

Posted on | The International Sociological Association (ISA)

The International Sociological Association (ISA) expresses its deep concern about the horrific events of October 2023 in Israel and Palestine as the human carnage there is unfolding in plain view. There have been far too many victims in this and previous cycles of violence. War and violence are never acceptable solutions and are against all the values we uphold. We stand by and respect the UN resolutions concerning this situation and share the call by many of our Palestinian and Israeli colleagues for an immediate release of hostages, exchange of prisoners, and the ending of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Yanis Varoufakis: My Berlin speech on Palestine that German police entered the venue to ban – and whose publication here led to my being banned from Germany!

Posted on | Yanis Varoufakis

Watch/read the speech that I could not deliver because German police burst into our Berlin venue to disband our Palestine Congress (1930s style) before I could address the meeting. Today, because I dared publish this speech here, the Ministry of Interior issued a “Betätigungsverbot” against me, a ban on any political activity. Not just a ban on visiting Germany but also from participation via Zoom. Judge for yourselves the kind of society Germany is becoming when its police bans the following words:

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Ghassan Abu Sittah calls out German state as ‘accomplices to crime of genocide’

Posted on | Middle East Eye

« Accomplices in a crime try to hide the evidence, and silence the witnesses. » British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sittah, who has become known for his work in Gaza’s hospital, spoke outside of the German embassy in London after being detained and deported from Germany while trying to attend a conference where he would present evidence on the war in Gaza and his witness statement as a doctor working in its hospitals.

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ECCHR and Palestinian human rights organizations Sue to Stop German Weapons Exports to Israel

Posted on | The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)

Today, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), supported by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza and the human rights organization Al Haq in Ramallah, filed a lawsuit seeking to suspend export licenses issued by the German government for arms shipments to Israel.

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Bisan Lecture Series – David Mumford – Are fully intelligent robots coming soon?

Posted on | Scientists for Palestine
The upcoming Bisan Lecture webinar will take place on April 17 at 7pm Palestine time (7 pm Central European Time, 1 pm US Eastern time). We will have the pleasure to welcome Prof. David Mumford (Brown and Harvard University) who will address the following question (in English with simultaneous Arabic translation for those who wish): Are fully intelligent robots coming soon? You can register for the webinar by clicking here!
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Jewish faculty reject the weaponization of antisemitism

Posted on | Columbia Spectator

To President Shafik: « We write as Jewish faculty of Columbia and Barnard in anticipation of your appearance before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 17, where you are expected to answer questions about antisemitism on campus. Based on the committee’s previous hearings, we are gravely concerned about the false narratives that frame these proceedings to entrap witnesses. We urge you, as the University president, to defend our shared commitment to universities as sites of learning, critical thinking, and knowledge production against this new McCarthyism. »