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BOYCOTT ISRAEL: Brimingham University

Discussion on the need for a boycott of Israeli goods
Speakers include:

Mike Cushman BRICUP and Jews fro Boycotting Israeli Goods (J-BIG)
Sue Blackwell BRICUP
Medhi Beyati Kings' College London student boycott campaign
Tony Greenstein J-BIG

Wednesday 1st February: 5.00 - 7.00 pm Arts Lecture Theatre 1 University of Birmingham
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News of previous events

UK universities and Palestinian rights: Break the links with Ahava

Friday 20 January 1830-2030

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Omar Barghouti - PACBI
Jonathan Rosenhead - BRICUP
Mehdi Beyad - KCL Action Palestine
chair: Maha Rezeq - independent Palestinian activist and journalist

King's College London
Room K4U.12
Strand, WC2R 2LS

BRICUP press release on public meeting on Nanoretox project
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Meeting supported by: British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP), KCL Action Palestine, LSESU Palestine Society, UCL Friends of Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and University of London Union (ULU)

Finkelstein Boycott Discussion

Friday November 11.
2.00 p.m.
University College London

Norman Finkelstein discusses BDS with Jonathan Rosenhead, University College London, 11 November 2011
Norman Finkelstein public lecture, Logan Hall, London 11 November 2011

As part of Norman Finkelstein's UK tour he will be in discussion with Prof Jonathan Rosenhead, chair of BRICUP Full venue details will be available shortly.

They will consider the following proposition:

The Palestinians having being denied justice for 63 years, those who support their rights must endorse their call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), including academic and cultural boycott of Israel.

Prof. Finkelstein's UK tour is organised by UCL students with support from Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods (J-BIG) and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC).

More details of Norman Finkelstein's tour

Shir Hever on: The Price of Occupation to Israeli Society

Thursday 17 February 2011
Kings College London - 6.30pm
Chair: Victoria Brittain

This is the first meeting in a 14 city UK tour

Shir Hever is an author and economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in Jerusalem and Beit-Sahour. Pluto Press ‘The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation; Repression Beyond Exploitation’ released in 2010.

Researching the economic aspect of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, some of his research topics include international aid to the Palestinians and Israel, the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories on the Israeli economy, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against Israel. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of the economy of the Israeli occupation.

Organised by: Kings College Action Palestine, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and BRICUP.

Omar Barghouti in London

Omar Barghouti, a leading member of PACBI, will be speaking at the

6 Billion Ways Event
on Saturday 5 March 2011

Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
E1 6LA

ICAHD/BRICUP Speaking tour: Jeff Halper & Ghada Karmi - Fighting Israeli Apartheid: the case for BDS

Exeter, Birmingham, Glasgow Edinburgh, Bradford, London

15-20 March 2010

Ghada Karmi and Jeff Halper, two leading lights of the struggle to create the just conditions on the ground in Palestine-Israel which are prerequisite to sustainable peace and reconciliation in that region, are undertaking speaking engagements together in UK universities later this month. The dates and venues of public meetings where you can hear them are below.

Dr Ghada Karmi is a leading Palestinian academic and writer. She was born in Jerusalem, but was brought up and educated in England. Currently she is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, where she teaches conflict resolution in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She is also on the Board of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) and a patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Her major area of work has been on the Palestine/Israel conflict and she has published widely on this subject. She is also a well-known figure on British radio and TV. Her most recent and widely acclaimed memoir, In Search of Fatima; a Palestinian story (Verso Press, 2002), represents a rare example of Palestinian personal narrative writing in English. Her new book, Married to another man: Israel’s dilemma in Palestine, deals with the One-State solution in Israel/Palestine.

Prof Jeff Halper, a Professor of Anthropology,is co-founder and Director of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. The constructive activism of ICAHD and the quality of Halper's analysis of the conflict, combined with his prophetic voice on Israel's self-destructive policies, have won him wide recognition. In 2005 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Monday 15 March - Exeter
6:30pm – Lecture Theatres 1 & 2, Institute of Arabic & Islamic Studies Dept, Streatham Campus, Stocker Road, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4DD.
Local sponsors: Exeter PSC
Contact: Dave Chappell, davidchappell@tiscali.co.uk tel: 07790 727 965

Tuesday 16 March - Birmingham

1pm- Guild of Students Council Chamber, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT

Contacts: palestine@guild.bham.ac.uk , tel: Faris 07789 743 702

7:30pm – Birmingham Unite Offices, Broad Street, Birmingham
Local sponsors: West Midlands PSC, Birmingham-Ramallah Twinning Initiative, Midlands Palestine Community Association, Friends of Sabeel - UK
Contact: Martin Sullivan, pscwm@yahoo.co.uk , tel: 07941 452 034

Wednesday 17 March - Glasgow

1pm- Boyd Orr Building, Room 507 (Lecture Theatre C)
7:30pm - Boyd Orr Bldg, Room 611, (Lecture Theatre E)
Local sponsors: SPSC
Contact: Poppy Kohner, poppykohner@gmail.com, tel: 07824 849 714

Thursday 18 March - Edinburgh

1pm - Lecture Theatre 270, Old College, South bridge, Edinburgh EH8 OYL
Sponsor: Edinburgh Students for Justice in Palestine
Contact: Karen karentostee@hotmail.com

7:30 – Augustine Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL
Local Sponsor: SPSC
Contact: Vanessa Fuertes, vanesafuertes@hotmail.com , tel: 07713 246 599

Friday 19 March - Bradford
5:30pm – Bradford University Campus, Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre,
Richmond Building, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP,
Local Sponsor: Bradford United for Palestine
Contact: events@u4p.co.uk ,

Saturday 20 March - London
2:30 – 4:30 - G2 Main Building, SOAS
Local sponsors: SOAS Palestine Society, Action Palestine
Contacts:palsoc@soas.ac.uk or Pat Price Tomes: info@icahduk.org