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End Israeli Apartheid: The Cairo Declaration
The Gaza Freedom March has come to an end, but before the protesters dispersed they agreed on the following statement: January 1, 2010 We, international delegates meeting in Cairo during the Gaza Freedom March 2009 in collective response to an initiative from the South African delegation, state: In view of: o Israel”s ongoing collective punishment […]
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2009 BDS Highlights
PACBI Newsletter #1 The Year 2009 has proved to be a watershed in the growth of the global BDS movement. The massive lethal Israeli war of aggression on the Gaza Strip in late December 2008 and January 2009 galvanized many organized groups and individuals around the world to call for BDS actions as a means […]
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Sanction Israel?
Sanctions on Israel? What a good idea. It seems that the country does not yield to diplomacy, nor does it fear force, being the overwhelming military power in this region. Since this balance of power in its favour has not induced the country to act magnanimously, there is only one thing for the world to […]
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UN expert repeats call for threat of sanctions against Israel over Gaza blockade
29 December 2009 – The United Nations independent expert on Palestinian rights has again called for a threat of economic sanctions against Israel to force it to lift its blockade of Gaza, which is preventing the return to a normal life for 1.5 million residents after the devastating Israeli offensive a year ago. “Obviously Israel […]
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Pressure
The Belgian French bank group Dexia, which specializes in financing municipalities and other local authorities, is refusing to work with Judea and Samaria local councils, Israel Radio reported Wednesday morning. Sources in the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip told Israel Radio that in several cases, applicants were informed that […]
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Portuguese activists fight state water company deal with Israel’s Mekorot
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 28 December 2009 In October, EPAL, Portugal’s state water company, announced a deal with Mekorot, Israel’s state water company. An intern who responded to the news by informing colleagues of Mekorot’s role in Israel’s discriminatory water policies and assistance in its violation of international law was immediately sacked. News of […]
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Open Letter to Metallica
AN OPEN LETTER TO METALLICA Halls of Justice Painted Green Money Talking Power Wolves Beset Your Door Hear Them Stalking Soon You’ll Please Their Appetite They Devour Hammer of Justice Crushes You Overpower… (“…And Justice for All”, Metallica) Dear Metallica, Now that the opportunity to truly promote justice for all is in your hands – […]
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Palestine/Israel: A Single State, with Liberty and Justice for All, Regardless of Religion
by Susan Abulhawa with Ramzy Baroud / December 26th, 2009 Prior to the establishment of Israel, Palestine had been a multi-religious and multi-cultural country. Christians, Muslims and Jews, Armenians, Greek Orthodox, to name a few, all had a place there; and all lived in relative harmony. Other nations fought wars and waged epic struggles to […]
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‘Israel resembles a failed state’
By Ali Abunimah One year has passed since the savage Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, but for the people there time might as well have stood still. Since Palestinians in Gaza buried their loved ones – more than 1,400 people, almost 400 of them children – there has been little healing and virtually no […]
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