omar barghouti

Freed to travel, Barghouti will receive Gandhi award on Sunday at Yale

April 23, 2017

By Arab America

Omar Barghouti (Intal/Flickr) By Philip Weiss Mondoweiss This is special: On Sunday afternoon at Yale, Omar Barghouti, a leader of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS), will receive a Gandhi peace award, along with Ralph Nader. At the last minute Barghouti was allowed by an Israeli judge to travel to the States. Rebecca … Continued

BDS Co-Founder Omar Barghouti Arrested By Israel For Tax Evasion

March 24, 2017

By Nisreen Eadeh

BY: Julia Jahanpour/Contributing Writer Co-founder of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement, Omar Barghouti, was arrested Sunday for alleged tax evasion in the amount of $700,000. This income was supposedly hidden from the Israeli government and coming from his other business ventures, including his book, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, public speaking fees, and … Continued

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