{"product_id":"the-case-for-sanctions-against-israel-paperback","title":"The Case for Sanctions Against Israel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOmar Barghouti\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eNaomi Klein\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eIlan Pappe\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn July 2011, Israel passed legislation outlawing the public support of boycott activities against the state, corporations, and settlements, adding a crackdown on free speech to its continuing blockade of Gaza and the expansion of illegal settlements. Nonetheless, the campaign for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) continues to grow in strength within Israel and Palestine, as well as in Europe and the US. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis essential intervention considers all sides of the movement--including detailed comparisons with the South African experience--and contains contributions from both sides of the separation wall, along with a stellar list of international commentators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOmar Barghouti\u003c\/b\u003e is a human rights activist, founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and the BDS movement, and author of \u003ci\u003eBoycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi Klein\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, fellow at the Nation Institute and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shock Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlan Pappe\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eGaza in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (with Noam Chomsky). He writes for, among others, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include \u003ci\u003eLiving in the End Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst as Tragedy, Then as Farce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRa'anan Alexandrowicz\u003c\/b\u003e is an Israeli filmmaker and activist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHind Awwad\u003c\/b\u003e is a coordinator with the Palestinian BDS National Committee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMustafa Barghouthi\u003c\/b\u003e is the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, the president of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a nonviolence democracy leader based in Ramallah. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDalit Baum\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMerav Amir\u003c\/b\u003e are project coordinators of Who Profits from the Occupation? in the Coalition of Women for Peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Beinin\u003c\/b\u003e is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStoryteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, \u003cb\u003eJohn Berger\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e, the fiction trilogy \u003ci\u003eInto Their Labours\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere Is Where We Meet\u003c\/i\u003e, the Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eG\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHold Everything Dear\u003c\/i\u003e, the Man Booker-longlisted \u003ci\u003eFrom A to X\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Seventh Man\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher, writer, scholar, and activist\/organizer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNada Elia\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Global and Gender Studies at Antioch University in Seattle. She is a member of the Organizing Collective of USACBI, the US Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc H. Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor of Jewish Studies, Professor of History and Founding Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Baylor University. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eEncountering the Jewish Future\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoura Erakat\u003c\/b\u003e is a human rights attorney and Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law at Georgetown University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeve Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is an Israeli academic and the author of \u003ci\u003eIsrael's Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRan Greenstein\u003c\/b\u003e works at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonnie Kasrils\u003c\/b\u003e is a former South African government minister and was an activist during the anti-apartheid struggle. Among other positions, he was chief of military intelligence of the ANC's military wing. Today he writes and lectures, is active in the Palestinian solidarity movement, and is a noted author whose recent book \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Secret Agent\u003c\/i\u003e won the country's prestigious Alan Paton Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFather Jamal Khader\u003c\/b\u003e is Chairperson of the Department of Religious Studies, Bethlehem University, Palestine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark LeVine\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Middle East History at the University of California, Irvine, and author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImpossible Peace: Israel\/Palestine Since 1989\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Loach\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of \u003ci\u003eThe Wind That Shakes the Barley\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLooking for Eric\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRebecca O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePaul Laverty\u003c\/b\u003e were the producer and writer, respectively, for the latter film. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaneen Maikey\u003c\/b\u003e is cofounder and Director of al-Qaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society, and cofounder of Palestinian Queers for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Pollak\u003c\/b\u003e is an Israeli activist who has been involved in the Palestinian popular struggle since 2002. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Pulido\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Taraki\u003c\/b\u003e is a Sociologist at Birzeit University in the occupied Palestinian territories, and a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Vilkomerson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Warschawski\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, political analyst, and veteran Israeli anticolonial activist. He is also the cofounder of the Alternative Information Center. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudrea Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate editor at Verso Books.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759163048224,"sku":"9781844674503","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7aa2644fde6fe11a8d39810ea89f678e.webp?v=1780143967","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-case-for-sanctions-against-israel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}