The movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against the State of Israel has taken major strides recently in the United States. With divestment votes moving forward on campuses across the country, and votes to boycott Israeli institutions passed by the American Studies Association and other organizations, discussions of the movement and its objectives have entered the mainstream.
At the same time, others have redoubled their efforts to suppress discussion of Israel's escalating war against Palestinians, promoting legislation to defund institutions that participate in boycotts, and pressuring university administrations to punish students and faculty who support BDS.
ALI ABUNIMAH and MAX BLUMENTHAL, two leading voices in the movement in solidarity with Palestine, discuss their acclaimed new books, recent developments in the Middle East and United States, and the future of Palestine.
Ali Abunimah is the author of The Battle for Justice in Palestine. Max Blumenthal is the author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.
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Sponsored by Haymarket Books and Lannan Foundation.
This event was endorsed by: Al-Awda - The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Arab Cultural and Community Center (ACCC),
Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC), Art Forces, Arab Talk Radio, International Socialist Organization, Palestinian American Coalition (Beit Hanina Association, Bethlehem Association, Birzeit Society, Jifna Association, Palestine Youth Movement, Ramallah Club, Saris Association, Zaytooneh Club), and Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine.
20 май 2014
