On 28 November, Students Against War held a rally outside the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) ‘New Contemporaries’ Graduate Exhibition, protesting the SCA’s ties with the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
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The “missing link of action leads to a destructive future,” in the wake of an “unfair distribution of justice,” and the intergenerational injustices inflicted in Gaza.
Hourani began writing in 2020, was working on his first draft during the 2021 Intifada, and wrapped up the book in early October 2023. The timing of publication was not lost on him, and neither was writing in present tense.
In landslide votes, they each called on their respective universities to endorse an academic boycott, divestment from weapons and arms manufacturers and end its relationships with Israeli universities, in accordance with the demands of Palestinians.
This decision comes after months of pressure imposed by student activist groups such as Students 4 Palestine ANU, Students and Staff Against War ANU, and an ongoing encampment presence that has lasted over 100 days.
The motion was moved by Djarrawunang/Ashfield councillor Dylan Griffiths and focused on the “Council’s Investments And Procurement Relationships In Relation To The Boycott, Divestment And Sanctions Campaign.”
The Australian National University invests more than half a million dollars in blacklisted companies supporting illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
The City of Canterbury-Bankstown Council has passed a motion to review council investments and suppliers in accordance with the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement on Tuesday evening.
The “Report on City of Sydney Suppliers and Investments in Relation to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and Israel” motion carried with a majority vote.
City of Sydney for Palestine and local councillors rallied in support of implementing BDS principles at a local government level.
