Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
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The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was launched in Ramallah
in April 2004 by a group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals,including Lisa Taraki
and Omar Barghouti
.
PACBI is a member of The Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC).
issued in August 2002 and a statement made by Palestinian academics and intellectuals in the occupied territories and in the Diaspora calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions in October 2003.
In 2005 PACBI worked closely with the British Committee for Universities of Palestine
(BRICUP) which lobbied the Association of University Teachers
(AUT) to adopt an academic boycott of Israeli universities.
PACBI argues that "Israel's colonial oppression of the Palestinian people
comprises:"
In February 2011, Mazin Qumsiyeh, writing for Al-Jazeerah mentions the PACBI-led boycott of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
since it is "one of the flagship institutions of the Israeli state" and "as long as it continues to partner with the state in planning, implementing, and whitewashing war crimes and international law violations, the Israeli cultural establishment cannot expect to be exempted from the growing boycott movement."
Ramallah
Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority...
in April 2004 by a group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals,including Lisa Taraki
Lisa Taraki
Lisa Taraki is a Palestinian journalist, teacher and a sociologist. She was born to an American mother and Afghan father, but now lives in Ramallah with her Palestinian husband and child. She lectures at the University of Birzeit on the West Bank....
and Omar Barghouti
Omar Barghouti
Omar Barghouti is a founding committee member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel who is currently studying for a masters degree in philosophy at Tel Aviv University...
.
PACBI is a member of The Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC).
History
The Campaign built on a call for an economic, cultural and academic boycott of IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
issued in August 2002 and a statement made by Palestinian academics and intellectuals in the occupied territories and in the Diaspora calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions in October 2003.
In 2005 PACBI worked closely with the British Committee for Universities of Palestine
British Committee for Universities of Palestine
The British Committee for Universities of Palestine is an organisation of academics based in the United Kingdom set up in response to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.BRICUP has two aims:...
(BRICUP) which lobbied the Association of University Teachers
Association of University Teachers
The Association of University Teachers was the trade union and professional association that represented academic and academic-related staff at pre-1992 universities in the United Kingdom...
(AUT) to adopt an academic boycott of Israeli universities.
PACBI argues that "Israel's colonial oppression of the Palestinian people
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
comprises:"
- Denial of its responsibility for the Nakba -- in particular the waves of ethnic cleansing and dispossession that created the Palestinian refugeePalestinian refugeePalestinian refugees or Palestine refugees are the people and their descendants, predominantly Palestinian Arabic-speakers, who fled or were expelled from their homes during and after the 1948 Palestine War, within that part of the British Mandate of Palestine, that after that war became the...
problem—and therefore refusal to accept the inalienable rights of the refugees and displaced stipulated in and protected by international law;
- Military occupation and colonization of the West BankWest BankThe West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
(including East JerusalemEast JerusalemEast Jerusalem or Eastern Jerusalem refer to the parts of Jerusalem captured and annexed by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and then captured and annexed by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War...
) and GazaGaza Stripthumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
since 1967, in violation of international law and UN resolutions;
In February 2011, Mazin Qumsiyeh, writing for Al-Jazeerah mentions the PACBI-led boycott of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. It was originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, and in Hebrew as התזמורת הסימפונית הארץ ישראלית The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit...
since it is "one of the flagship institutions of the Israeli state" and "as long as it continues to partner with the state in planning, implementing, and whitewashing war crimes and international law violations, the Israeli cultural establishment cannot expect to be exempted from the growing boycott movement."
See also
- Boycott, Divestment and SanctionsBoycott, Divestment and SanctionsBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions refers to a campaign first initiated on 9 July 2005 by 171 Palestinian non-governmental organizations in support of the Palestinian cause ".....
- Economic and political boycotts of IsraelEconomic and political boycotts of IsraelBoycotts of Israel are economic and political cultural campaigns or actions that seek a selective or total cutting of ties with the State of Israel...
- Academic boycotts of IsraelAcademic boycotts of IsraelProposals for an academic boycott of Israel have been inspired by the historic academic boycotts of South Africa which were an attempt to pressure South Africa to end its policies of Apartheid....