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Jan 13, 2025 | 
znetwork.org | Omar Barghouti |Fatima Bhutto
Omar Barghouti is co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, a grassroots Palestinian movement inspired by the South African anti-apartheid struggle. One of the most prominent Palestinian human rights defenders, Omar has been recognized internationally for his campaigning. In 2017, he received the Gandhi Peace Prize for his work.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Omar Barghouti
Well before US president-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated in January 2025, the UN has been atrophying in power, credibility, and even relevance. The international organization has faced many challenges since its establishment in 1945 in the shadow of the most horrific chapter in modern human history. Yet few chapters of the UN have been darker than its meek looking on as Israel livestreams the genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza with “total impunity”.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Omar Barghouti
Canada abstained when the United Nations general assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for sanctions on Israel on 18 September 2024, objecting that the resolution “aligns with boycott, divestment, sanctions, which Canada firmly opposes”. This formulation, hypocrisy aside, actually turns the truth on its head.
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May 3, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Omar Barghouti |Barbara Ransby |Tanaquil Jones
As three former 1980s student leaders at Columbia University, we applaud the courage and conviction of Palestine solidarity student activists in the eye of the storm.
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Feb 18, 2024 | 
bookshop.org | Rebecca Vilkomerson |Alissa Wise |Stefanie Fox |Omar Barghouti
What does the politics of solidarity look like in practice, and how can left-wing organizations grow--in numbers and power--while remaining accountable to the broader movements of which they are a part? Against enormous odds and in the face of fierce pushback, the Palestine solidarity movement has succeeded in transforming the landscape of American politics.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
haymarketbooks.org | Omar Barghouti |Angela Davis |Mohammed El-Kurd |Sai Englert
In the final months of 2023, as this ebook is published, Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. Israeli officials have repeatedly made their intentions to do so extremely clear; talking of collective punishment, mass murder, and ethnic cleansing in newspapers, at press conferences, and on television. All the while, European and American states have continued to support Israel, to claim its murderous campaign is justified self-defense, and to send weapons, troops, war boats, and spy planes.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Lucas Febraro |Mehran Khalili |Omar Barghouti
Europe’s media and politicians are on a quest to make racism mainstream againOpinion PieceBy | 24/10/2023Gaza Islam Israel Palestine How the genocide in Gaza is being used to fuel prejudice at homeImagine encountering a few workers in your apartment building and offering them a friendly greeting. Minutes later, police officers knock on your door. You’re under arrest for saying “hello”. The issue? You did it in Arabic.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Mehran Khalili |Omar Barghouti
Israel-Palestine: Notes on an information warOpinion PieceBy | 23/10/2023Israel-Palestine has exploded once again. It started with an attack by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Which was followed by an even bloodier retaliation by Israel in the form of airstrikes on Gaza, which as I write has killed at least 3,700 people, almost half of whom are estimated to be children.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Omar Barghouti |Alain Alameddine |Maya Rosen
Three Palestinians describe life under constant Israeli bombardment – and lay out their visions for liberationAs Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza enters its 11th day, communication between the besieged enclave and the outside world is quickly becoming impossible.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Omar Barghouti |Ivana Nenadovic
Anyone with ideas for real change in Germany is asking themselves: is their plan just more of the same? Sahra Wagenknecht is launching the BSW association – Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance for Reason and Justice – today. The abbreviation BSW and the name of the homepage already anticipate it: a lot will be about her. Her politics are the politics of cynicism – the type that have led Germany and Europe into the sorry state we are in.
