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Target Miami: Take Action Sunshine State BDSers
Aroma Israel opens 1st Miami café Coffee chain plans to inaugurate five additional branches in southeastern Florida city, Yedioth Ahronoth reports. Max Brenner expanding in US too Navit Zomer Israeli coffee chains continue to expand in US: Four years after Aroma Israel opened its first branch in the United States, in New York City’s SoHo […]
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Have You Heard from Johannesburg?: Learn from the Anti-Apartheid BDS Struggle in South Africa
Have You Heard From Johannesburg is a powerful seven-part documentary series by two-time Academy Award nominee Connie Field that shines light on the global citizens movements that took on South Africas apartheid regime. It reveals how everyday people helped challenge and end one of the greatest injustices the world has ever known. Have You Heard […]
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Say NO to ‘Out in Israel’
‘Out in Israel’ is a month-long festival taking place throughout the Bay Area during April 2010. It is a celebration of LGBT Israeli culture that is set to include film series, literary readings, musical performances, dance, and panel discussions on LGBT culture in Israel and from Zionist perspectives. We, Palestinian Queer activists, living inside Israel […]
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Endowment Lacks Responsible Oversight
By Samuel Geaney-Moore | Apr 13 2010 | Viewpoint When I and four other members of Georgetown, Divest!, met with university administrators last Friday, we made a startling and unpleasant discovery about the university”s endowment. We initially approached the university with the intention to find out the details of its policy on socially responsible oversight […]
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Georgetown erases FAQs about ethical investing from Investment Office website
Posted by: Molly Redden in News, Vox Populi Georgetown University has deleted two passages from its Investment Office”s “Frequently Asked Questions” page that explained how social responsibility and Georgetown”s Jesuit identity impacts its investment decisions. The move may have been a result of discussions between members of Georgetown”s Investment Office and students from Georgetown, Divest!, […]
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Belgian bank financing Israeli settlements
David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 13 April 2010 BRUSSELS (IPS) – Dexia, a major Belgian-French bank, is continuing to finance Israeli authorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) almost a year after it indicated that it would cease providing loans to illegal settlements. In May 2009, Dexia promised that it would not lend any fresh […]
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ICAHD Director Jeff Halper letter endorses Berkeley divestment
April 11, 2010 Dear ASUC Members, As the head of an Israeli peace and human rights organization, The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), I would like to add our voice to those who have urged you to overrule the veto of the Senate President and reaffirm the decision to divest in companies profiting from […]
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We can’t work it out: why Israel’s Arab pop idol isn’t coming to Britain
Claims of death threats and accusations of lies surround rift that put paid to Eurovision star”s visit. By Mark Hughes Monday, 12 April 2010 When she became the first Arab to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest last year, it was inevitable that Mira Awad would stir controversy. Her duet with a Jewish singer […]
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Join us for world wide protests on Thursday 15th!
Despite world wide protest and media coverage H&M proceeds to establish in Israel. The board claims that the decision to establish normal business relations with an occupying power and waring state is not political. This Thursdag H&M opens its third store, this time in Haifa. 50 organisations from 15 countries demand that H&M immediately stops […]
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Divesting From Injustice: Desmond Tutu’s Open Letter to the UC Berkeley ASUC Senate
Dear Student Leaders at the University of California – Berkeley It was with great joy that I learned of your recent 16-4 vote in support of divesting your university’s money from companies that enable and profit from the injustice of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and violation of Palestinian human rights. Principled stands like […]
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