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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
What did Palestinian civil society call for in 2005? (& what does it stand for?)
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1) Palestinians in the Occupied Territories (West Bank & Gaza)
2) Palestinians in 48 Palestine 3) Palestinian refugees
What are the 3 segments of the Palestinian population?
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80%
Of the Palestinians in Gaza, approximately how many are refugees?
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DJ Khaled
Who is (arguably) the most popular Palestinian-American DJ?
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"The Catastrophe", is the ethnic cleansing of roughly 750,000 from 1948 Palestine to clear the way for the state of Israel.
What is the Nakba?
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South Africa
Which country's struggle against apartheid was BDS modeled after?
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about 7 million
Approximately how many Palestinian refugees are there today?
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1.8 million
Gaza is commonly referred to as the world's largest open air prison. Approximately how many Palestinians live in Gaza?
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Lorde
Name the artist that cancelled their scheduled Tel Aviv concert as a result of pressure by BDS activists this past December?
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530
How many Palestinian villages were destroyed by Zionists between 1948 and 1950 during the ethnic cleansing campaign to create Israel?
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Ahed Tamimi
What is the name of the then 16 year old Palestinian activist who was arrested in Nabi Saleh after slapping an Israeli soldier, and now faces 8 months in prison?
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Hamas & Fatah
What are the two ruling political factions in Palestine?
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About 5,500
How many Palestinians have been killed by Israel since 2008?
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Rashida Tlaib
Who is the Palestinian-American recently elected to U.S. Congress?
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Commemorated on March 30, for events that occurred in 1976 when Israel confiscated land that belonged to Palestinians, 6 were killed, over 100 injured
What is Land Day?
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Intifada, "shaking off"
The Palestinians led two popular uprisings against Israel in 1987 and 2000. The uprisings are referred to as:
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Right of return: internationally recognized right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes (UN Res 194); Law of return: Israeli law that enables Jews to automatically get Israeli citizenship
What is the right of return vs. the law of return?
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80-85%
What percentage of West Bank groundwater is used by Israeli Settlers or diverted into Israel?
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Eurovision
BDS organizers are calling for a protest on this musical contest being held in Israel
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Beginning of military occupation of Gaza, West Bank and Golan Heights
What was the biggest outcome of the 1967 war?
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"1. Ending Israeli occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and 3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194."
What are the 3 demands of the BDS call?
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Mahmoud Abbas; Yasser Arafat
Who is the current president of the Palestinian Authority, and who did he succeed?
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Indefinite detention without charge or trial that is authorized by administrative order rather than by judicial decree
What is administrative detention?
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Ilhan Omar
Who is the Muslim Somali-American Congresswoman standing up for Palestinian rights?
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Operation Protective Edge; over 2100 Palestinians
What was the name of the 2014 assault on Gaza, and approximately how many people were killed?
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