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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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SPSC – BOYCOTT ISRAEL GLASGOW
CORRECTION : THE WEBSITE IS www.scottishpsc.org.uk BOYCOTT ISRAELI PRODUCE IN STORES IN GLASGOW, THE PSC FROM EDINBURGH ALSO WORKED WITH GLASGOW PSC AND FRIENDS OF AL-AQSA.
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The Thin Green Line: It’s Not Just the Settlements (or the Occupation), Stupid!
Because Silence is Complicity! By Nima Shirazi* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “Before their eyes we turn into our homestead the land and villages in which they and their forefathers have lived…We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or […]
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Open letter to Anna-Sofie von Otter
Dear Anna-Sofie Von Otter, As a classical musician and a longstanding admirer of yours, I am horrified to learn that you propose to perform in Tel Aviv next month. I understand that your personal background – the honourable role of your father in attempting to awaken the world to the reality of the Nazi extermination […]
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Unions launch international anti-settlement campaign
SALFIT (Ma”an) – The General Federation of Trade Unions in Palestine announced Thursday the launch of an international campaign to support the decision to boycott the goods of Israeli settlements in global markets. The campaign is in coordination and cooperation with various trade unions and international trade union organizations in solidarity with the Palestinians, as […]
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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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CEO of Israeli Cosmetics Firm Ahava Rattled by Growing Boycott; False Claims Put Out by Company Are Refuted by “˜Stolen Beauty’ Campaign
Contact: Nancy Kricorian, 646-234-8529, codepinknyc[at]gmail.com Rae Abileah, 415-994-1723, Rae[at]codepink.org In a recent, quietly circulated letter from the desk of Yaacov Ellis, CEO of Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories–a company at the center of a growing international boycott campaign–and directed at the company”s retail partners, Ellis deploys specious information about his own company”s business practices, contradictory claims […]
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Dear Pete Seeger
August 31st, 2010 Dear Pete Seeger, As artists and activists, we have long respected your work and commitment to freedom, justice and equality.? Thus, we were surprised to learn that you are scheduled to appear in the Arava Institute”s “With Earth and Each Other” program. This event actually hinders activism for equal rights and justice, […]
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A conference in the service of colonialism and de-development: the case of the Rehovot conference on “˜inclusive and sustainable development’
PACBI | 13 September 2010 Occupied Ramallah – September 13, 2010 The Weitz Centre for Development Studies, which was founded by the Jewish Agency and enjoys a long-standing relationship with the Centre for International Cooperation of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MASHAV), is organising an international conference on ‘inclusive and sustainable development” in December […]
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