They Can’t Hide the Sun: An interview with Omar Barghouti ~ by Peter Rugh at @Mondoweiss

Peter Rugh | Mondoweiss | Febr 8, 2013 Controversy continues to swirl around a planned forum scheduled to take place tonight at Brooklyn College to discuss the growing global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The man at the center of the storm is Omar Barghouti. In 2005, together with Palestinian unions and […]

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Gaza gears up for Israeli Apartheid Week

Rana Baker and Joe Catron The Electronic Intifada Gaza Strip 1 March 2012 Israeli Apartheid Week in Gaza aims to strengthen Palestinian activism. (Ashraf Amra / APA images) For the third consecutive year, students in Gaza are holding a series of events to mark Israeli Apartheid Week. Gaza’s contribution to this international on-campus initiative is […]

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We — the global 99% — shall overcome! ~ by Omar Barghouti

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. The co-founder of the BDS movement salutes the Penn Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Conference By Omar Barghouti · February 3, 2012, 12:30 am Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is primarily about freedom, justice and equality. The BDS movement, which is led by the BDS National Committee […]

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Virtual statehood or the Right of Return ~ by Omar Barghouti

Many Palestinians feel the newest version of the bid for statehood no longer represents them and their interests. Omar Barghouti | 14 Sep 2011 Some Israeli officials support the UN bid because the PA would replace the PLO for negotiations with Israel – the PLO represents all Palestinians regardless of location while the PA represents […]

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‪An Interview with Omar Barghouti – July 9, 2011 – video

Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian political and cultural analyst whose opinion columns have appeared in several publications. He is also a human rights activist involved in civil struggle to end oppression and conflict in Palestine. Barghouti is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, PACBI. Video […]

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BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions by Omar Barghouti – Book Review

By Theresa Wolfwood (Barghouti, Omar. BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. 2011. Haymarket Books, USA.) “The BDS campaign is among the most important forms of such ‘resolute struggle’ by the great majority of Palestinians, who resist the colonization of their land and minds and demand nothing less than self-determination, freedom, justice […]

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Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation and the Palestinian Struggle – Omar Barghouti – video

Omar Barghouti: Will this further Palestinian rights or just divide power under occupation? Bio Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist committed to upholding international law and universal human rights. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the […]

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Palestinian Activist Says Obama Speech “Irrelevant” – video

TheRealNews | May 20, 2011 Omar Barghouti: The US continues to oppose Palestinian basic rights, Arabs will make their own democracy. Source

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Human rights groups organise public protest at power of AIPAC

Jews for Justice for Palestinians | May 17, 2011 Challenging AIPAC’s Abuse of Taxpayers Money By Omar Barghouti The Arab democratic spring, striving to end authoritarian rule and establish freedoms and social justice, has not been welcome by all. Israel and its main lobby in the U.S., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), for […]

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BDS: Breaking New Barriers

by Eric Walberg | April 28th, 2011 | Dissident Voice From 7-20 March, more than 75 university groups on six continents held their seventh annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). According to Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti, “Our South Africa moment has finally arrived.” “ Israel’s version of apartheid is more sophisticated than South Africa’s was. It’s […]

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“Hypocrisy-seeking missile”: Omar Barghouti’s “BDS” reviewed | The Electronic Intifada

Abraham Greenhouse | The Electronic Intifada | 22 April 2011 “Our South Africa moment has finally arrived,” said Palestinian author-activist Omar Barghouti in a series of speeches delivered in 2010. With the publication of BDS: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, the first book dedicated to the game-changing boycott, divestment and sanctions movement — known […]

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“Omar Barghouti en France – “Je vous souhaite l’Égypte !” – video

bdsfrance on Apr 16, 2011 Omar BARGHOUTI : Je vous souhaite l’Égypte ! Chorégraphe et philosophe, Omar Barghouti est membre fondateur de la campagne palestinienne BDS (Boycott, Désinvestissement, Sanctions). Il vit et travaille à Ramallah. … Je vous souhaite d’avoir la force de résister ; de combattre pour la justice sociale et économique ; de […]

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