It's a pity that Argentine agreed to play a "friendly" game against Israel football team. Shame on them!
The 14th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week of actions is taking place all around the world.
In 2018, it happens between February 19th and April 17th 2018.
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international series of events that seek to raise awareness of Israel’s apartheid system over the Palestinian people and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
A report released earlier this year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) proves beyond doubt that Israel has imposed a system of apartheid on the entire Palestinian people and calls for BDS measures to end Israel’s apartheid regime.
Inspired by the popular resistance across historic Palestine and struggles worldwide, IAW 2017 included a wide range of events from lectures, film screenings, cultural performances, and BDS actions, to postering in metro stations, setting up apartheid walls on campuses, and many more. These actions took place in more than 200 cities across the world.
The coming year (2018) will mark 70 years of Palestinian popular resistance against the ongoing process of dispossession and ethnic cleansing, since the 1948 Nakba.
The Palestinian people’s resistance against colonization has in fact been longer than that. From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the present moment- Palestinians have fought for their dignity, their rights, and their lands.
IAW is an opportunity to reflect on this resistance and further advance BDS campaigns for the continued growth and impact of the movement.
Despite Israel’s legal and propaganda war on BDS internationally, IAW and the BDS movement continue to build linkages and solidarity with other struggles to achieve freedom, justice, and equality.
If you would like to organize and be part of Israeli Apartheid Week on your campus or in your city, check out what events are already planned at apartheidweek.org, on Facebook and Twitter, register online http://apartheidweek.org/organise/ and get in touch with IAW coordinators in your region. For more information and support, please contact iawinfo@apartheidweek.org.
Who is behing Israeli Apartheid Week?
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) was initiated by student activists at the University of Toronto in 2005 and has since spread to cities across the world, including cities in Palestine and South Africa. We are a global network of student, youth, and community organizations working to build Israeli Apartheid Week as part of worldwide actions in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement.
We push forward an understanding of Israel an apartheid state. Palestinian citizens of Israel are barred from controlling and developing over 90% of the land, and discriminated against in most aspects of life, particularly in education, health care, public services and employment; simply because they are Palestinians. Palestinians expelled in 1948 and 1967 are denied the right to return to their homes and lands, while the fact that anyone of Jewish background – from anywhere in the world – has the automatic right to become an Israeli citizen and live in Palestine. In the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinians live under separate and discriminatory military law, in isolated Bantustans surrounded by the Wall.
IAW work to end all international complicity with this apartheid state. Governments provide extensive political and economic support to the Israeli apartheid regime. Corporations profit through investments and joint operations with Israeli companies. Institutions, organizations and unions provide economic and moral backing by maintaining investments in and relations with Israel. Artists, intellectuals and sports teams legitimize Israeli apartheid by continuing business as usual. It is this type of support and cooperation, which allows apartheid to continue to exist, and this is why ending international complicity is so important.
We understand Israeli apartheid as one element of a global system ofeconomicand military domination. To this end, we stand in solidarity with all oppressed groups around the world, in particular, indigenous communities suffering under settler colonialism, exploitation and displacement.
We are against the racist ideology of Zionism, which is the impetus for Israeli colonialism, because it inherently discriminates against those who are not Jewish. We are against all forms of discrimination, and believe that there can never be justice without the restoration of full rights for everyone, regardless of religion, ethnicity, or nationality. Our demands are based upon the Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, issued on 9 July 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organizations, which states that Boycott, divestment and sanctions should be imposed and maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:
1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands, dismantling the Wall and freeing all Palestinian and Arab political prisoners;
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality;
3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN General Assembly resolution 194.
To be part of the Israeli Apartheid Week International Network, organizations should commit to the basis of unity above, coordination with the international network, c) building, as part of Israeli Apartheid Week activities, local BDS awareness and campaigns.
Register now using the form on this page to receive an info pack full of ideas and inspiration and to be able to promote your events on this website. Get in touch via iawinfo@apartheidweek.org if you have any questions.
1. Show a film
Showing a film can be a great way to engage new audiences and help people understand the realities of Israeli apartheid. Organise a discussion after the film to allow people to further develop their understanding and share their thoughts. Register and receive our organising pack for more info.
2. Hear from inspiring speakers
There are many speakers ranging from academics, politicians, trade unionists and cultural activists that we can suggest for you to host. Be in touch with us via iawinfo@apartheidweek.org and we can put you in contact.
3. Organise a creative protest action
Organise a creative protest action to highlight the complicity of a company or put pressure on a university or other institution to meet the demands of your campaign. Use creative visuals to help communicate your message and make sure to share photos and videos on social media using the #IsraeliApartheidWeek hashtag.
4. Build links with other movements
Joint events and initiatives with other movements that explore how different forms of oppression and linked and how we face common opponents can help us to build links with other movements and strengthen our commitment to a world free from oppression.
5. Hear from an organisation in Palestine via Skype/telephone
Organising an event where an activist in Palestine speaks via Skype or telephone can be a great way to connect with ongoing events and struggles in Palestine. Download our pack for more info.
6. Host a cultural event or concert
If it’s part of Israel’s colonial project to erase Palestinian culture, then let’s make it part of our organising to showcase and celebrate Palestinian art and music. Organising a cultural event or concert can be a great way to celebrate Palestinian culture, build connections between people and strengthen our movement, and to draw in people who wouldn’t normally be interested in a panel event or workshop type event.
7. Get people together for a workshop
Organise a workshop about Israeli Apartheid, the BDS movement or your current campaign. Hear from an expert, share skills and experiences, or plan the next steps of your campaign. Be in touch with us via iawinfo@apartheidweek.org and we can suggest workshop facilitators in your area and help you plan your workshop.
8. Spread the word! #IsraeliApartheidWeek
Help us spread the word online about Israeli Apartheid Week. Follow Israeli Apartheid Week on Twitter and Facebook, including using the hashtag #IsraeliApartheidWeek and share photos and reports from events you organise or attend.
É pena que a Argentina jogue um amistoso contra o time de Israel em vez de boicotá-lo. Uma vergonha para nós todos. Quanto a Federação argentina estará ganhando para fazer esta propaganda? Que vergonha!
In 2018, it happens between February 19th and April 17th 2018.
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international series of events that seek to raise awareness of Israel’s apartheid system over the Palestinian people and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
A report released earlier this year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) proves beyond doubt that Israel has imposed a system of apartheid on the entire Palestinian people and calls for BDS measures to end Israel’s apartheid regime.
Inspired by the popular resistance across historic Palestine and struggles worldwide, IAW 2017 included a wide range of events from lectures, film screenings, cultural performances, and BDS actions, to postering in metro stations, setting up apartheid walls on campuses, and many more. These actions took place in more than 200 cities across the world.
The coming year (2018) will mark 70 years of Palestinian popular resistance against the ongoing process of dispossession and ethnic cleansing, since the 1948 Nakba.
The Palestinian people’s resistance against colonization has in fact been longer than that. From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the present moment- Palestinians have fought for their dignity, their rights, and their lands.
IAW is an opportunity to reflect on this resistance and further advance BDS campaigns for the continued growth and impact of the movement.
Despite Israel’s legal and propaganda war on BDS internationally, IAW and the BDS movement continue to build linkages and solidarity with other struggles to achieve freedom, justice, and equality.
If you would like to organize and be part of Israeli Apartheid Week on your campus or in your city, check out what events are already planned at apartheidweek.org, on Facebook and Twitter, register online http://apartheidweek.org/organise/ and get in touch with IAW coordinators in your region. For more information and support, please contact iawinfo@apartheidweek.org.
Road Map o Apartheid
The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement.
We push forward an understanding of Israel an apartheid state. Palestinian citizens of Israel are barred from controlling and developing over 90% of the land, and discriminated against in most aspects of life, particularly in education, health care, public services and employment; simply because they are Palestinians. Palestinians expelled in 1948 and 1967 are denied the right to return to their homes and lands, while the fact that anyone of Jewish background – from anywhere in the world – has the automatic right to become an Israeli citizen and live in Palestine. In the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinians live under separate and discriminatory military law, in isolated Bantustans surrounded by the Wall.
IAW work to end all international complicity with this apartheid state. Governments provide extensive political and economic support to the Israeli apartheid regime. Corporations profit through investments and joint operations with Israeli companies. Institutions, organizations and unions provide economic and moral backing by maintaining investments in and relations with Israel. Artists, intellectuals and sports teams legitimize Israeli apartheid by continuing business as usual. It is this type of support and cooperation, which allows apartheid to continue to exist, and this is why ending international complicity is so important.
We understand Israeli apartheid as one element of a global system ofeconomicand military domination. To this end, we stand in solidarity with all oppressed groups around the world, in particular, indigenous communities suffering under settler colonialism, exploitation and displacement.
We are against the racist ideology of Zionism, which is the impetus for Israeli colonialism, because it inherently discriminates against those who are not Jewish. We are against all forms of discrimination, and believe that there can never be justice without the restoration of full rights for everyone, regardless of religion, ethnicity, or nationality. Our demands are based upon the Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, issued on 9 July 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organizations, which states that Boycott, divestment and sanctions should be imposed and maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:
1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands, dismantling the Wall and freeing all Palestinian and Arab political prisoners;
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality;
3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN General Assembly resolution 194.
To be part of the Israeli Apartheid Week International Network, organizations should commit to the basis of unity above, coordination with the international network, c) building, as part of Israeli Apartheid Week activities, local BDS awareness and campaigns.
Road Map to Apartheid
subtitulado en español
Ideas for action
Israeli Apartheid Week is organised by an international network of grassroots solidarity groups, unions and activists. We can support you to organise IAW events on your campus or in your city.Register now using the form on this page to receive an info pack full of ideas and inspiration and to be able to promote your events on this website. Get in touch via iawinfo@apartheidweek.org if you have any questions.
1. Show a film
Showing a film can be a great way to engage new audiences and help people understand the realities of Israeli apartheid. Organise a discussion after the film to allow people to further develop their understanding and share their thoughts. Register and receive our organising pack for more info.
2. Hear from inspiring speakers
There are many speakers ranging from academics, politicians, trade unionists and cultural activists that we can suggest for you to host. Be in touch with us via iawinfo@apartheidweek.org and we can put you in contact.
3. Organise a creative protest action
Organise a creative protest action to highlight the complicity of a company or put pressure on a university or other institution to meet the demands of your campaign. Use creative visuals to help communicate your message and make sure to share photos and videos on social media using the #IsraeliApartheidWeek hashtag.
4. Build links with other movements
Joint events and initiatives with other movements that explore how different forms of oppression and linked and how we face common opponents can help us to build links with other movements and strengthen our commitment to a world free from oppression.
5. Hear from an organisation in Palestine via Skype/telephone
Organising an event where an activist in Palestine speaks via Skype or telephone can be a great way to connect with ongoing events and struggles in Palestine. Download our pack for more info.
6. Host a cultural event or concert
If it’s part of Israel’s colonial project to erase Palestinian culture, then let’s make it part of our organising to showcase and celebrate Palestinian art and music. Organising a cultural event or concert can be a great way to celebrate Palestinian culture, build connections between people and strengthen our movement, and to draw in people who wouldn’t normally be interested in a panel event or workshop type event.
7. Get people together for a workshop
Organise a workshop about Israeli Apartheid, the BDS movement or your current campaign. Hear from an expert, share skills and experiences, or plan the next steps of your campaign. Be in touch with us via iawinfo@apartheidweek.org and we can suggest workshop facilitators in your area and help you plan your workshop.
8. Spread the word! #IsraeliApartheidWeek
Help us spread the word online about Israeli Apartheid Week. Follow Israeli Apartheid Week on Twitter and Facebook, including using the hashtag #IsraeliApartheidWeek and share photos and reports from events you organise or attend.
Road Map to Apartheid Questions and Answers
PALESTINA
The United States government announced that it is formally established the embassy in Jerusalém on May 14, a day Israel uses as a day of independence. A day that Palestine labels as the "Nakba", or catastrophe. A day of international shame.
Meanwhile, one more Palestinian was beaten by multiple Israeli soldiers, and later died in custody.
Life Under occupation
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