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OECD Countries Attempt to Illegally Affirm Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian, Syrian Territories
Israel’s proposed ascension to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is nearly complete, while the details of this ascension provide a worrying picture of European negligence: The statistics provided by Israel to the OECD’s committees have no reference to the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the almost four million Palestinians who live there – […]
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Israel: Image Management Crisis!
by Doug Minkler To All Academics, Artists and Entertainers: Israel Needs Your ENDORSEMENT! Doug Minkler: “Corporations want artists to glorify their wars, their products & their philosophies. I make posters for my own preservation, that is, planetary preservation. My prints are inspired not by rugged individualism, but by the collective humor, defiance, & lust for […]
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Update from CODEPINK: International BDS Day of Action
For March 30th 2nd International Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Day of Action, CODEPINK is coordinating a series of protests at stores that sell AHAVA Cosmetics. Here in NYC, we will be at a Ricky”s store (location TBD) at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30th. D.C. will be targeting Lord & Taylor, and there will […]
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France BDS Manifesto
The French will stage a protest outside the Ministry of Justice in response to the government”s threat to sue anyone who boycotts Israel. See the manifesto: BDS Manifesto This manifesto comes * after the condemnation of our friend Sakina in Bordeaux this month for having put a sticker “Boycott israel” on a bottle of orange […]
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Lest we forget: US govt opposed BDS against apartheid South Africa as it does against apartheid Israel
Department of State Bulletin August 1, 1988 The potential impact of imposing sanctions against South Africa.; John C. Whitehead statement; transcript SECTION: Pg. p58(5) Vol. V88 No. N2137 ISSN: 0041-7610 LENGTH: 5215 words Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 22, 1988. Mr. Whitehead is Deputy Secretary of State..sup.1 Thank you for this […]
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ISRAEL: Activists urge musicians not to perform in Israel
Babylon & Beyond: Observations from Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Arab world and beyond March 17, 2010 | 6:42 am Israelis are already buying tickets, psyched to see a long list of international artists billed to perform in Israel in coming months. But as Israelis prepare to rock, political campaigners are on a roll and the […]
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UC Berkeley student senate passes divestment resolution
Press release from UC Berkeley SJP. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For the first time in the University of California history, the UC Berkeley Student Senate has approved a bill to divest from two US companies in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and to Israel”s siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The Senate […]
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ASUC Bill Opposes UC Investment in Israel
Spectators attend the ASUC Senate meeting Wednesday night at which a bill urging UC divestment in companies that have provided Israel with materials used in alleged war crimes was considered. By Allie Bidwell Contributing Writer Thursday, March 18, 2010 The ASUC Senate considered a bill Wednesday night urging the University of California to divest from […]
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UC Berkeley Student Senate Passes Divestment Bill
[Download Text of resolution below] – For the first time in the University of California history, the UC Berkeley Student Senate has approved a bill to divest from two US companies in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and to Israel”s siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The Senate bill directs both […]
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Israel Wants Reel Change, We Want Real Change: Protest at Seattle Jewish Film Festival
Voices of Palestine is calling on people of conscience to join us for two nights to protest the inclusion of Israeli films in the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. The screening of Israeli films, along with funding by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, violates the 2004 call of “Palestinian academics and intellectuals” […]
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