Gaza Crisis Resources
Israel attacked Gaza in late December 2008, killing over 1300 people, injuring over 5,000, and destroying Gaza's buildings, schools, hospitals, water and electricity infrastructure over a month-long bombardment and invasion. We have assembled the following materials for those seeking to understand the crisis: below are background, key articles, statements from Palestine, academics, and labour unions.
Gaza Press Kit (includes FAQ) -- January 3/09
Brief: Legal Aspects of Israel's Attacks on the Gaza Strip during "Operation Cast Lead" -- Al-Haq, January 7/09
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Press Room
CAIA's Gaza Demo Leaflet -- January 9/09
"Exterminate all the Brutes": Gaza 2009 Noam Chomsky, January 20/09
Solidarity with Palestine: Crisis Responses and Movement Building Kole Kilibarda, January 11/09
Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction Naomi Klein, January 7/09
Where’s the Academic Outrage over the bombing of Gaza University? Neve Gordon and Jeff Halper, January 5/09
Phosphorous Bomb -- January 19/09
Phosphorous Victim -- January 19/09
Israel and the Palestinians -- January 21/09
Beit Lahiya Ruins -- January 28/09
Jabal –al-Rayas -- January 29/09
Samouni -- January 30/09
The right to education in Gaza
Right to Education Campaign Fact Sheet updated January 17/09
Why Would Israel Bomb a University? Akram Habeeb, December 29/08
Eyewitness Account of Gaza Strikes -- University Students Killed - Safa, December 28/08
- Original Call for Academic and Cultural Boycott (PACBI)
- Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) Press Release - "Stop the Massacre in Gaza – Boycott Israel Now!"
- Open Letter to International Academic Institutions from the R2E Campaign
- Greetings from the Right to Education Campaign (R2E)
- The Palestinian Association of University Teachers in Gaza calls for help
- Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE)
- Letter from Dr. Kamalin Shaath, President, the Islamic University, Gaza Strip, Palestine
- The High Follow Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel
- Israel Bombs University Teachers Association in Gaza - Boycott Now!
Recent Statements and open letters by prominent academics, students and unions (Canada, US, UK, South Africa)
- 300 Canadian academics send letter to Harper
- Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) statement on Gaza
- Faculty 4 Palestine (Canada) condemns Israeli bombing of Islamic University and massacre in Gaza
- Collective statement by UK-based academics and writers
- Letter by prominent British Jews on Israel's war on Gaza
- A Statement of Determination to Boycott Israel Sponsored by The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP)
- Two letters: Hundreds of Israeli academics and citizens calling for boycotts, sanctions
- Open Letter to Obama on Gaza: 900 US academics "divestment and pressure" against Israeli "apartheid"
- UofT Faculty Open Letter to Pres. Naylor
- Academic freedom under siege (University of Western Ontario) - statement
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Statement of GAZA and reaffirmation of BDS
- Canadian National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) critizes Canada's support for Gaza attack
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi's address to Lenasia Rally in solidarity with the people of Gaza
- Belgian union pressures Israeli counterpart over
- Gaza
- Norway - historical mobilization against Gaza massacres - unions on political strike - support for BDS
- Italy's largest union: Prosecute Israeli war crimes, suspend EU Association Agreement
- Council of Trade Unions (CTU) Endorses BDS actions (New Zealand)