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Open letter to UK Trades Union Congress General Secretary
4th October 2010 Brendan Barber General Secretary Trades Union Congress Congress House Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LS Dear Mr Barber, The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), of which all of Palestinian trade union federations are members, warmly welcomes the recent passing of a motion at the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) […]
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Lessons from the UC Berkeley Divestment Effort, Hillel on Campus
Posted on September 30 2010 by Cecilie Surasky under BDS , Educational Institutions. [Editor”s note: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency”s video report (above) on Israel-defense training for students made me think that now would be a good time to re-publish Lessons from the UC Berkeley Divestment Effort. My colleague Sydney Levy and I wrote it this […]
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Tourism Minister: U.K., Spain to boycott OECD tourism conference because it’s in Jerusalem
Palestinians pressure Europe to shun October conference on sustainable tourism, which normally takes place in Paris. By Irit Rosenblum Britain and Spain will not send delegates to the OECD’s biannual tourism conference on October 20-22, because it will be held in Jerusalem, Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov (Yisrael Beiteinu ) said yesterday. This is only the […]
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Spain, Britain to boycott Jerusalem tourism confab
October 6, 2010 MADRID, Spain (JTA) — Spain and Britain will boycott an international tourism conference being held in Jerusalem. The two countries will not send delegates to attend the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s biannual tourism conference to be held in Jerusalem Oct. 20-22. The OECD normally holds its gatherings on sustainable tourism […]
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Georgia Urged to Divest and Boycott Israel
(Distributed by the Green Party of the United States, http://www.gp.org) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 For further information, contact: Bruce Dixon, 678-298-9463 x3 Press Secretary, Georgia Green Party http://www.GeorgiaGreenParty.org/ Georgia Greens cite reports of IDF atrocities In correspondence addressed to state legislative appropriations leadership, the officers of the Georgia Green Party today urged […]
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Artists breaking the silence on Palestine
By Stefan Christoff | October 4, 2010 Artists play a galvanizing role in shaping popular opinion on the defining issues of our time. Historic struggles for justice are often remembered at a grassroots level not by campaign slogans or political speeches but via artistic symbols. Art can capture both the human emotion and political energy […]
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Israeli Citizen Call: Do Not Attend OECD Conferences in Apartheid Jerusalem Until Israel Abides by International Law
Dear OECD Officials, As Israeli citizens, we are concerned by the policies of the Israeli governments, policies which violate international law, violate the basic human rights of Palestinians under occupation and serve to instigate instability, violence and suffering in the Middle East. We are also concerned by the double standards applied by some countries in […]
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TIAA-CREF: Divest from Injustice
Occupied Palestine, October 4th 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, calls upon the US non-profit pension fund TIAA-CREF to live up to its motto of providing “Financial Services for the Greater Good” by divesting its […]
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PRESS RELEASE – SA UNIVERSITY: Conditional termination with Israeli institution
29 September 2010 This afternoon, after what was described as a “most tense” Senate meeting, UJ”s highest academic body voted to conditionally end its Apartheid-era relationship with Ben-Gurion University (BGU). A fact-finding investigation conducted by the University confirmed BGU”s links with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) and complicity in the Israeli occupation. Against the backdrop […]
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Platini: ‘I’ll Kick Israel Out Of Europe’
Palestine Monitor 2 October 2010 The UEFA President has taken a tough stance, “Israel must choose between allowing Palestinian sport to continue and prosper or be forced to face the consequences for their behaviour.” Michel Platini, president of European football”s ruling body, threatened Israel with expulsion from the union if it continues to undermine football […]
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