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Protesters call on Brooklynites to boycott Motorola due to complicity with Israeli apartheid
Brooklyn, NY, August 8 – Fifteen New York human rights advocates rallied at Fulton Street Mall in Brooklyn Saturday, singing songs that called on Brooklyn shoppers to boycott communications giant Motorola until it stops providing technology that aids Israel”s army and settlement movement. The protest was held outside a Sprint Store where Boost Mobile, a […]
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On the Cultural Boycott of Israel Guidelines
Ruth Tenne [Middle East Online] 3 August 2009 – The anticipated guidelines for international cultural boycott of the State of Israel have been issued recently (20 July 2009) by the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). The guidelines spell out clearly the different criteria to be applied for exercising a cultural boycott, stating […]
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CodePink Launch Campaign to Boycott Ahava
As the dust settled on the destroyed homes, schools and lives in the aftermath of Israel”s assault on Gaza earlier this year, mainstream human rights groups from Amnesty International to Physicians for Human Rights/Israel issued reports condemning Israel”s attack and alleging that the Israeli government and the Israeli Defense Forces had committed war crimes and […]
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Who Profits Newsletter: The Cellular Companies and the Occupation
In a much criticized television commercial for an Israeli cellular communication service provider, a group of Israeli soldiers play soccer with unseen (presumably Palestinian) partners over the separation wall. “All we want, after all, is to have some fun”, the commercial exclaims. As distasteful and offensive as this commercial may be, on some level it […]
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Letter To Amnesty International From Bil’in
August 8, 2009 Dear Amnesty International, We, members of the Bil’in popular committee against the wall and settlements, have always appreciated Amnesty International”s role in the defense of human rights around the world and have recognized you as partners in our own struggle to defend our rights. We remember with great pleasure and pride your […]
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The ugly reality of Israel’s settlement-made beauty products
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 3 August 2009 Israel enjoys free trade of industrial goods with Europe under the Association Agreement it signed with the European Union in 2000. Yakov Ellis, chief executive officer of the Israeli cosmetics company Ahava, told the BBC radio program Today on 5 November 2008 that his company has benefitted […]
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United for freedom and universal justice
Omar Barghouti and Sid Shniad, The Electronic Intifada, 31 July 2009 For several decades, the world has watched in frustration as the crisis in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories deepened. Confused by the details of what is alleged to be a highly complicated situation and loathe to be attacked for criticizing Israel lest they […]
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An Unholy Alliance
Artist, writer and activist, and friend of PULSE, Tali Shapiro on Leonard Cohen and Amnesty International. I always talk about Israeli pacifists and their inability to see the barriers they place on the Palestinian road to justice, dignity, and human rights. Today I”d like to talk about a much more appalling occurrence; Amnesty International supporting […]
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Action Alert: Tell Amnesty International, No Amnesty for Apartheid Israel
August 5, 2009 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and groups around the world have been calling for months for musician Leonard Cohen to cancel his planned September concert in Israel. With the international community failing to take action to stop Israeli oppression of the Palestinian people, and inspired […]
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Amnesty urged to reject “tainted” funds from Leonard Cohen concert
Open letter, PACBI, 31 July 2009 The following open letter was sent to Amnesty International USA by the The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 30 July 2009. In May, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) called on singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen to heed […]
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