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May 28th, 2016 
Awake Goy Days of Palestine, London -British historian Catherine Hall has rejected $300,000 Israel academic prize for her work, citing the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
“This was an independent political choice, undertaken after many discussions with those who are deeply involved with the politics of Israel-Palestine, but with differing views as to how best to act,” Hall said in a statement.
The Dan David Foundation grants three prestigious awards for studies in Past, Present and Future and selected Hall, a cultural history professor at the University College of London, for her impact on social history, as a pioneer in gender history, race and slavery.
While active in the women’s liberation movement, Hall’s work focused on women’s history in the 1970s.
As prominent feminist scholar, Hall was married to the late Stuart Hall, a founder of the New Left Review, which is credited with expanding cultural studies to include race and gender.
Hall’s decision is a victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which encourages scholars and artists to forego visits to Israel in protest of its internationally condemned occupation of Palestinian land.
The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine said that Hall’s decision is “a significant endorsement of the campaign to end ties with Israeli institutions.”
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