{"id":479,"date":"2014-02-17T18:18:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T18:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gphrc.org\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2014-02-17T18:20:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T18:20:53","slug":"announcing-israeli-apartheid-week-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/events\/announcing-israeli-apartheid-week-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Israeli Apartheid Week 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 itemprop=\"itemReviewed\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Thing\"><\/h1>\n<p>in\u00a0<a title=\"View all posts in Action Alerts\" href=\"http:\/\/palsolidarity.org\/category\/action-alerts\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Action Alerts<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"View all posts in Features\" href=\"http:\/\/palsolidarity.org\/category\/features\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Features<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"View all posts in Video\" href=\"http:\/\/palsolidarity.org\/category\/video\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Video<\/a>\u00a0February 14, 2014<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>14th February, 2014 |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apartheidweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Israel Apartheid Week<\/a>\u00a0| Various Locations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) seeks to raise awareness about Israel\u2019s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Reflecting the global grassroots rejection of Israel\u2019s military and political aggression, IAW was held in more than 200 locations in 2012 and more than 150 cities in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s0KONygMEg8?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" height=\"368\" width=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week \u2013 #apartheidweek<\/strong><br \/>\nUK and US: February 24-March 2<br \/>\nEurope: March 1-8<br \/>\nSouth Africa: March 10-16<br \/>\nBrazil: March 24-28<br \/>\nPalestine, Arab world and Asia: TBA<\/p>\n<p>IAW is an annual international series of events including rallies, lectures, cultural performances, film screenings, multimedia displays and boycott of Israel actions held in cities and on university campuses across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to organize and be part of Israeli Apartheid Week on your campus or in your city please get in touch with us at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apartheidweek.org\/call-out\/iawinfo@apartheidweek.org\">iawinfo@apartheidweek.org<\/a>. Also find us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Israeli-Apartheid-Week\/129266200471771\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apartheidweek\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Being part of Israeli Apartheid Week is easy \u2013 here are five things you can do:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Organize a film screening<\/strong><br \/>\nConsider hosting a film. For more info or for suggestions contact us at\u00a0iawinfo@apartheidweek.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Arrange a lecture, workshop, rally or protest<\/strong><br \/>\nThere 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 and we can put you in contact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Organize a BDS action<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize with others a practical boycott of Israel action or have a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) motion tabled at your relevant student council, trade union branch or municipality. If you are already working on a BDS campaign, Israeli Apartheid Week can be a great opportunity to build that campaign and bring it to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Join us online \u2013 #apartheidweek<\/strong><br \/>\nHelp us spread the word online about Israeli Apartheid Week. Follow Israeli Apartheid Week on Twitter and Facebook, including using the hashtag #apartheidweek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Be creative<\/strong><br \/>\nBe creative! Draw attention to Israeli apartheid by erecting a mock Israeli Apartheid Wall or Checkpoint, organising a flash mob or creative demonstration or by holding a concert or poetry reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in\u00a0Action Alerts,\u00a0Features,\u00a0Video\u00a0February 14, 2014 14th February, 2014 |\u00a0Israel Apartheid Week\u00a0| Various Locations Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) seeks to raise awareness about Israel\u2019s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Reflecting the global grassroots rejection of Israel\u2019s military and political aggression, IAW was held in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":57,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions\/483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gphrc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}