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Louigi Addario-Berry @louigi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The McGill Association of University Teachers just endorsed the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, with over 90% of voters supporting the motion.

Be it resolved that we, the members of MAUT, endorse the Academic and Cultural
Boycott of Israel.
Be it further resolved that we call upon McGill’s administration to take all necessary
steps to implement the boycott of Israeli academic institutions, while ensuring that the
boycott applies to institutional partnerships and agreements, not individual Israeli
academics.
This resolution will sunset in two years unless it is renewed or extended by the
membership of MAUT at another General Meeting.

Resolution to Endorse the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Whereas, the International Association of Genocide Scholars has declared that “Israel’s
policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the
United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (1948)”;1
Whereas, the International Court of Justice has found that Israel’s actions plausibly
constitute violations under the Genocide Convention, and leading international
organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have
described Israel as maintaining a system of apartheid;2
Whereas, in May 2025 the United Nations documented that Israel’s campaign of
scholasticide has destroyed every university in Gaza and killed at least 5,479 students
(as of April 2024) and over 190 university academic staff (as of May 2025);3
Whereas, the complicity of Israeli academic institutions in denying Palestinian human
rights has been comprehensively documented;4
Whereas, McGill has current exchange agreements with four Israeli universities,5 as well
as coordinating a three-week study trip with Hebrew University Business School (under
the banner of the McGill-Israel Entrepreneurship Program);6
Whereas, every one of these partner universities is a pillar of Israel’s system of
apartheid, colonization, and military occupation directed against the Palestinian people
in contravention to international law;7
Whereas, in 2005, 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called for boycott,
divestment, and sanctions against Israel;8

Whereas, that call has been interpreted by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic
and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) to call for a boycott of Israeli academic
institutions, not individual Israeli academics;9
Whereas over the past two years, at least 18 University Faculty Associations in Canada
passed motions calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the state of Israel
given its ongoing military assault on Gaza;10
Whereas CAUT has reaffirmed that faculty associations have the right to hold political
and even partisan positions and to pass motions calling for boycott and/or divestment
and/or sanctions of the State of Israel;11
Whereas in 1985, McGill became the first Canadian university to announce it would
divest from companies with ties to Apartheid South Africa,12 and in 2006 McGill
divested from companies in Myanmar;13
Whereas in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, MAUT examined its financial
portfolio in view of divestment from Russian companies;14
Whereas, MAUT has a history of calling upon foreign governments to end their
campaigns against universities and to protect academic freedom;15
Whereas, as a faculty association, MAUT has a duty to stand in solidarity with scholars
whose academic freedom and right to education are under attack; therefore,

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

‼️BREAKING‼️ Quebec court blocks McGill administration attempt to restrict campus protests. Following months of student protests calling for action against the genocide in Gaza, McGill administration sought an injunction that would radically curtail many forms of protest 1/

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

كلُّ أرضٍ كربلاء وكلُّ يومٍ عاشوراء Every land is Karbala, and every day is Ashoura.

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Dallas Jokic @djokic.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

So can McGill take positions on geopolitical crises or not? (May 21, 2025/March 23, 2022)

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I can’t tell what he said. Sorry. But that would be my guess.

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I want to thank @velcrocat.bsky.social for pointing out the Lebanese insult “Khikha” before I watched this 😭😆 Straight into my notes for later.

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary. Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

caut.ca

CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

There’s a really disturbing article in Israel Hayom today. About ritual child abuse in Israel. x.com/suppressednw...

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Oh yes, the famous Rami Davidian! His lies about women tied to trees and raped at the Nova festival just seemed bizarre. Especially since he said he covered them up and didn’t photograph them because “no one else should have to see this.” But then no one did forensics either.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The numbers of people he claims to have saved from the Nova festival varied in different interviews from 700 to 125 to some more reasonable numbers. But the Channel 13 report apparently claims he didn’t just exaggerate, he made it all up. I hope the report is leaked!

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Slightly over 5 mins that I’ll have to split into 2 that @velcrocat.bsky.social brought to my attention 🖤 - he’s basically saying via a quote from VC that: “This is very good. So basically Hizb & Yemen are the only ones fulfilling intl. law obligations under the genocide convention.” [ vid 1/2 ]

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Thank you to @velcrocat.bsky.social for sharing this with me on the first day of Eid

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The video is just slightly over 3 minutes so I will make it 2 videos. Via RNN: “A solemn Nizar Banat expresses the reality of the Palestinian situation on the occasion of the blessed Eid.” —>

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

lol 🇱🇧 🌊

An incredibly cheap cheap necklace that I got that says in Arabic “go tile the sea” which is a common insult in Lebanon

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

💛 for posting this. I’ve been too devastated by watching people on the Syrian Coast, Alawites and Christians, being massacred in the thousands: at least 5000 over four days. The videos are filmed by the Takfiri groups themselves who clearly state genocidal intent and enjoyment in killing Alawites.

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Via @velcrocat.bsky.social “Aljazeera is INCITING to genocide in Syria. They are calling civilians “regime remnants” and literally making them targets. And their journalists are embedded (as in travelling with) the death squads/“security forces”. [ 1/2 ]

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

*taps mic* “Al Jazeera is canceled”

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

1.4 million people showed up to the martyr, His Eminence, Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral today. I cannot stop bawling 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔 Although I know it was an honor for him to be martyred, it still breaks my heart each and every day….

Aerial photographs of the funeral from Instagram account Ali Issa Mtyrek. These are stills from a video.

This one shows a higher view of all the people who have gathered to show their love and dedication

Aerial photographs of the funeral from Instagram account Ali Issa Mtyrek. These are stills from a video

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Very clever. Hidden in plain sight.

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Reading about a similar story now via @velcrocat.bsky.social Except it was Nasrallah who put a stop to it. I miss him so much.

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This is all from joyhabib on instagram 😆

“Rating things they use to close jouras with in lebanon” (jouras means like a pothole or a pit in the ground)

1. douleb tower
2/10 too cliché
(douleb means tire so “tire tower”)

2. Cardboard sign saying
'Entabeh hofra kabira'
1/10 cant even read it with zoom 😭
(Entabeh hofra kabira means like “watch out! A big hole” or there’s a pothole here”)

3. sponges 5/10 help with the rain, smart

4. tree 7/10 eco friendly purrr ✅

5. Sofa 1000/10 VIP lounge”

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

me to almost everyone and DEFINITELY to every oppressive system

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is tough. Will Helo drink tuna water (low sodium) or chicken broth? I’ve had minimal success rolling a cat in a towel to give her meds, but it’s traumatizing for both of us. I’m so sorry you have to deal with this.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The resistance has been warning the West Bank about this for more than a year. But only the refugee camps have moved, and in the meantime Jordan has jailed all the people who were helping smuggle arms into the WB and “new” Syria has confiscated shipments. And the PA are coordinating with the IDF.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Oh, in my experience, cats can smell medication a mile away. It’s very difficult to get them to take it. Can the meds be given in another form?

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is Sheikh Naim Qasim’s best speech yet. He was forthright and explained what’s been happening and their rejection of any extension of the ceasefire.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Is this wet food? My cats only eat it if it is fresh out of the can. If it’s been out an hour and dried, they refuse. It’s to do with the fact it doesn’t retain its smell. And one of my cats only eats if I sit next to him and fuss over him in between. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The people of southern Lebanon and people from Northern Gaza returned home this morning no matter what 🔥 “A circulating video from Maroun al-Ras... in the face of their tanks! Via: t.me/bintjbeilnews (Southern Lebanon)

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Oh damn. I couldn’t tell from my end. How did you get yours to play?

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Israeli media is seeing these images and freaking out. It’s enough to show them people carrying images of Sayyid Nasrallah to scare them. The people of Southern Lebanon refuse to submit.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The people of Jabal Amel are incredible. They are just facing down the Israeli army in their border villages, carrying their flags and images of their martyrs. Thousands of southern Lebanese are returning to their villages right now! Watch live: almayadeen.net/live

almayadeen.net

البث المباشر

شبكة الميادين الإعلامية قناة فضائية عربية إخبارية مستقلة انطلقت في الحادي عشر من حزيران من العام 2012 واتخذت من العاصمة بيروت مقرا لها.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Reminder that the Israeli settlers have still not returned to the north of Israel. Apparently, they’ve been worried about returning bc Sayyid Hassan said they couldn’t return before a Ceasefire agreement was signed with Gaza. And Israelis know Nasrallah’s word is to be believed above Netanyahu’s.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Khalida Jarrar is free! bsky.app/profile/velc...

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This is a historic day. The pure joy of the free Palestinian prisoners and the crowds greeting them just now… Crowd is on top of the Red Cross bus now, waving Palestinian, Hamas, PIJ, Hizbullah and Yemeni flags.

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

أنتصار الدم على السيف

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The resistance lives. From Jabaliya to Bint Jebeil. All over Israeli media, they are declaring Israel’s defeat.

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This tweet was also pointed out to me by @velcrocat.bsky.social كتير ممنونة I’ll also post the link to the twitter thread here. The quote Samuel Moyn is quoting is from Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years War on Palestine (don’t buy it, tfeh!!) x.com/aliabunimah/...

Original tweet:
“If a Native American liberation movement came and fired an R.P.G. at my apartment building because I’m living on stolen land, it wouldn’t be justified. You either accept international humanitarian law or you don’t.” -Rashid Khalidi

And then @AliAbunimah quote tweets it and points out:

“This is frankly a Zionist talking point from Rashid Khalidi. It's a ridiculous, decontextualized comparison that undermines and belittles both Palestinian and Native struggle, that no serious person should make.”

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🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

book in 🚮

@AliAbunimah on twitter retweeting a video of Rashid Khalidi and Ali says:

“Iran and the resistance in Lebanon have done and sacrificed more for the just and lawful armed Palestinian resistance against American-armed genocidal Zionist savagery and evil than anyone else. Rashid Khalidi does not speak for me in spitting on and diminishing these sacrifices.”

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A cat named Velcro @velcrocat.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

And Nizar Banat shares with Sayyid Nasrallah a wonderful sense of humour.

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