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Tourism Minister: U.K., Spain to boycott OECD tourism conference because it’s in Jerusalem
Palestinians pressure Europe to shun October conference on sustainable tourism, which normally takes place in Paris. By Irit Rosenblum Britain and Spain will not send delegates to the OECD’s biannual tourism conference on October 20-22, because it will be held in Jerusalem, Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov (Yisrael Beiteinu ) said yesterday. This is only the […]
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Spain, Britain to boycott Jerusalem tourism confab
October 6, 2010 MADRID, Spain (JTA) — Spain and Britain will boycott an international tourism conference being held in Jerusalem. The two countries will not send delegates to attend the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s biannual tourism conference to be held in Jerusalem Oct. 20-22. The OECD normally holds its gatherings on sustainable tourism […]
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Israel’s settlement industry under boycott pressure
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 23 September 2010 Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank have called for the boycott of the popular Rami Levy Israeli supermarket chain which has several stores inside Israel’s illegal settlements. Activists say they will call on fellow Palestinians to “avoid supporting the occupation and settlements’ economy by boycotting Israeli goods […]
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Seven Million Back Biggest British Boycott
Palestine Monitor 16 September 2010 At their annual conference this week the TUC, Britain”s all-encompassing trade union coalition, announced their most comprehensive boycott policy yet. It targets settlement goods as well as companies profiting from the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The motion to boycott and disinvest from these companies passed unanimously on behalf of […]
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British trade unions to boycott Israel
Published: Sept. 15, 2010 at 8:36 AM MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 15 (UPI) — Britain’s trade union federation voted against lifting its boycott of Israeli goods and services from West Bank settlements, Israel Radio said. At an annual conference in Manchester, England, the Trade Union Congress voted to strengthen ties with the radical Palestinian Solidarity Campaign […]
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UK unions vote to divest from occupation
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Many of Britain’s unions have thrown their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott from companies which are profiting from Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. Trade unions voted unanimously at an annual conference for a motion put forward by the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, seconded by the GMB, and supported […]
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TUC votes for campaign of boycott and disinvestment to free Palestine
Press Release For immediate release Britain “s unions have thrown their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott from companies which are profiting from Israel “s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. Trade unions voted unanimously today at the TUC”s annual conference for a motion put forward by the Transport Salaried Staffs” Association (TSSA), seconded […]
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Ahava Protest London
Latest protest at the Ahava Shop in London’s Covent Garden. Israel’s EDL fascist allies were otherwise engaged today so no red and white St George’s flags on display however there were more than enough of the fascist blue and white Israel flags to make up for the loss.
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Refusing to Normalize a Cruel Occupation: A PACBI Open Letter to American and British Artists Supporting the Cultural Boycott of Israeli Colonies
PACBI | 9 September 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 9 September 2010 — The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) warmly salutes the tens of American and British theater, film and TV artists for their recently published statement [1] supporting the spreading cultural boycott of Ariel and the rest of Israel’s colonial […]
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