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US university suspends Muslim student group for Palestine protest
Brian Napoletano, The Electronic Intifada, 14 July 2010 In response to intense political pressure by multiple pro-Zionist organizations, the administration at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) recently decided to suspend Muslim students’ right to assemble and practice their faith together on campus. Alleging that emails anonymously “leaked” to the university prove that the Muslim […]
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AHAVA protest in Brooklyn
On Friday, CODEPINK NYC and Adalah-NY joined Brooklyn for Peace outside the Ricky’s store in Brooklyn for a BOYCOTT AHAVA protest. The event was covered in the Brooklyn Paper, the Brooklyn Courier, The New York Post, and on WPIX: Channel 11 local TV. There is currently a “buycott” going on (you can see evidence in […]
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Statement Condemning Disciplinary Action against the Irvine 11 and the Recommendation to Suspend the UC-Irvine Muslim Student Union
US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) www.usacbi.org uscom4acbi[at]gmail.com On the 8th of February, 2010, Israeli ambassador Michael Oren visited the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to give a lecture on US-Israeli relations. During his speech, a number of UC students, all of them Arab or Muslim, stood up to voice […]
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New Yorkers Celebrate Five Successful Years of Palestinian-Led Boycott Movement Against Israel
Published Today – 09:01 GMT In a joyful celebration of the Palestinian peaceful and creative grassroots resistance, 40 New York human rights activists conducted a musical walking tour of businesses complicit in Israeli Apartheid in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The “Off-Off-Broadway BDS Tour” was part of the international commemoration of the fifth anniversary […]
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Protesters say Ricky’s backs Israel’s ‘illegal’ occupation
It’s all because of a mud-based cosmetic made in the West Bank. By Ben Kochman Last Updated: 11:51 PM, July 11, 2010 The centuries-old Middle East conflict turned into a bizarre form of mud-slinging on quiet Montague Street on Friday when protesters demanded that the Ricky”s cosmetics shop stop selling a dirt-based cosmetic that, apparently, […]
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Way forward for Palestine solidarity
Al-Awda New York statement to USSF Thursday, 24 June 2010 01:21 Al-Awda New York, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, issued a statement, “The Way Forward for Palestine Solidarity,” on June 23, 2010, in conjunction with their planned workshop at the US Social Forum. The issues addressed in the statement below will be discussed more […]
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U.S. Presbyterians urge government to end Israel aid over settlements
Presbyterian Church publishes report on Middle East issues that was approved with 82% of the vote during the church’s annual general assembly in Minneapolis. By The Associated Press Presbyterian leaders strongly backed a proposal Friday calling for the U.S. government to end aid to Israel unless the country stops settlement expansions in disputed Palestinian territories. […]
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Presbyterian Church shouldn’t accept bullying at the pulpit
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Jul 10, 2010 This week probably will not be easy for Presbyterians. False accusations of anti-Semitism impugning the motives and integrity of the Church will hurt. But their work is vitally important and offers a tremendous opportunity to hold Israel to account for 43 years of occupation of Palestinian territory. For decades, […]
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One year of Ahava campaign
Today to mark the 5th anniversary of the Palestinian civil society boycott call and the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Stolen Beauty AHAVA boycott campaign, CODEPINK NYC will be joining with Brooklyn for Peace and Adalah-NY to protest the sale of AHAVA Cosmetics at the Ricky”s store in Brooklyn. You can join us […]
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California dockworkers reject meeting with Israeli consul
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 9 July 2010 Two weeks after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in the San Francisco Bay Area joined with activists at the Port of Oakland to block the unloading of an Israeli Zim Lines cargo ship, the union reaffirmed its support of Palestinian rights despite pressure from the Israeli […]
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