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Divesting from Israel’s “Weapon of Mass Destruction”
by Stuart Littlewood / February 13th, 2009 God whispered in the Church of England”s ear and it dumped its shares in Caterpillar. This House of God had about £2.5m invested in a company that manufactures one of Israel”s weapons of mass misery and destruction. After saying for years that they couldn”t see anything unethical about […]
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A Campus Sit-in against Israeli Occupation
by Ron Jacobs / February 13th, 2009 On Friday, February 6, the University of Rochester-SDS (UR-SDS) organized an occupation of Goergen Hall at the University of Rochester for peace and solidarity with the Palestinians. The action was partially inspired by the wave of occupations across the UK in support of Palestine the past few weeks. […]
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Hampshire Is First to Divest
by Gary Lapon / February 13th, 2009 The Hampshire College Board of Trustees voted to transfer assets from a fund that invests in corporations that contribute to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, making Hampshire the first institution of higher education in the U.S. to divest. A range of organizations came out in Amherst, Mass., on […]
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US college cuts ties with Israeli occupation-affiliated businesses
Bethlehem – Ma”an – Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts has become the first of any college or university in the US to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The landmark move is a direct result of a two-year intensive campaign by the campus group, Students for […]
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University of Manchester Students Union Boycotts Israel
On Wednesday 11th Feb the University of Manchester Students Union passed a motion in support of the people of Gaza, which includes a resolve to boycott Israel, in an emergency general meeting [1]. The meeting, which was attended by over 1000 students, was called in response to the crisis in Gaza. It follows a week […]
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Hampshire College becomes first college in U.S. to divest from Israeli Occupation!
[press kit attached below] – Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, has become the first of any college or university in the U.S. to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. This landmark move is a direct result of a two-year intensive campaign by the campus group, Students […]
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Brussels: Israeli exhibit postponed following Gaza op
Exhibition on Tel Aviv’s early years scheduled to open at Belgian capital’s center for architecture delayed after local organizers face demands to boycott Israeli culture Eli Senyor An exhibit titled “The White City Tel Aviv”, which was set to open in Brussels next week, has been postponed by the Belgian organizers in response to IDF’s […]
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Australian University students support BDS campaign
University of Western Sydney’s Student Association (UWSSA) | Australian BDS Campaign for Palestine | February 7, 2009 The University of Western Sydney’s Student Association (UWSSA) has decided to formally affiliate to the “Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel”. The call to boycott which was sent by “Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of […]
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Trade unionists launch boycott of Israeli goods
Belfast Telegraph February 10, 2009 Trade unionists are to launch a boycott of Israeli goods as part of a major campaign to secure a peaceful settlement in the Middle East, Stormont heard today. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) launched a report on Israel and Palestine compiled by senior members who visited the troubled […]
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Apartheid Week Organizing
Hi Uscom4acbi, I wanted to figure out a bit how we might be able to coordinate…I am a part of the organizing committee for Israeli Apartheid Week in New York. This year is the 5th international IAW. IAW started in Toronto in 2005 after the unified Palestinian BDs call came out, and has been growing […]
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