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Call for action: Protest on August 18th and 26th against H&M
H&M is doing it again! H&M”s establishment in Israel is continuing. A new men”s department is opening in H&M”s store in Haifa on the 18th of August and on the 26th of August they are opening their fourth store, this time in Kfar Saba. Despite worldwide criticism and Israel”s continued ignorance of international law. In […]
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Palestine’s students call on PLO envoy to boycott South African Zionists
Open Letter, Various undersigned, 11 August 2010 The following open letter was sent to Ambassador Ali Ahmed Halimeh, PLO Mission, South Africa on 10 August 2010: We address you from occupied Palestine urging you to cancel your participation in an event hosted by the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) entitled “Towards Peace in […]
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AN OPEN LETTER TO CHICK COREA: DON’T TURN YOUR BACK ON GAZA
BOYCOTT! endorses PSCABI’s letter to Chick Corea: Dear Mr. Corea, We are a group of students from Gaza, and our only fault is being Palestinians. For that, Mr. Corea, we are imprisoned with our families and loved ones in what major Human Rights Organizations call the largest open air prison in modern history. The state […]
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United statement from Spain in support of BDS
5º ANIVERSARIO DE LA CAMPAí‘A BOICOT, SANCIONESY DESINVERSIONES AL ESTADO DE ISRAEL. (BDS). AYER SUDAFRICA, HOY PALESTINA EL 9 de julio de 2005, una coalición de 171 organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil Palestina hizo un llamamiento para la puesta en marcha de una campaña de Boicot, Desinversiones y Sanciones (BDS) contra Israel hasta que cumpla […]
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Gaza flotilla video mashup: Internet Killed Israeli PR
Parody of Video Killed the Radio Star (the Buggles) by Minor Demographic Threat. Useful links: bdsmovement.net and palestinefreedom.org for BDS & Palestine activism resources & news, artistsagainstapartheid.org to learn more about creative resistance to Israeli Apartheid. Please share extensively! Lyrics: You had them on your wireless saying, ‘Death to Jews’ You sliced & diced & […]
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New guide puts Palestine history, debates in activists’ hands
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2010 “For 62 years, the Palestinian people have been misunderstood and oppressed, and in a small way, we hope to change that. It is in the spirit of justice that we found the inspiration to compile The Veritas Handbook,” states the website promoting a brand-new 347-page electronic book chock-full […]
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California Scholars for Academic Freedom Statement on the UCI 11
9 August 2010 The University of California at Irvine has been in the news this year because of an act of civil disobedience staged at the Michael Oren speech in February. 11 students, some of whom were members of the UCI Muslim Student Union, punctually disrupted the speech with brief slogans before being willingly escorted […]
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AN OPEN LETTER TO CHICK COREA: DON’T TURN YOUR BACK ON GAZA
Besieged Gaza PSCABI 9th August 2010 AN OPEN LETTER TO CHICK COREA: DON”T TURN YOUR BACK ON GAZA Dear Mr. Corea, We are a group of students from Gaza, and our only fault is being Palestinians. For that, Mr. Corea, we are imprisoned with our families and loved ones in what major Human Rights Organizations […]
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A necessary prelude to peace?
by Ghada Karmi (Monday, August 9, 2010) “Beneath the official level of western governmental support for Israel, there is private disquiet about Israeli conduct. And at the popular level, there is a sea change in opinion: where Israel was once seen as the victim, it has now become the bully. In Britain, for example, the […]
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Words without Borders “dialogue” violates Palestinian boycott call
Haidar Eid, The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2010 An initiative recently launched by the prestigious online literature magazine Words without Borders entitled “Cross-Cultural-Dialogues in the Middle East,” rings alarm bells in light of the Palestinian civil society call for boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Israel. The initiators of this series of articles are Azareen […]
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