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Interview: “Israel has turned Gaza into the largest concentration camp in history”
Sunday, 25 July 2010 Interview with Haidar Eid Founding member of the PCACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel). ____________________________ The world was appalled by the Israeli massacre at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. But then Gaza disappeared from Western news media. What is the situation today […]
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Why We Boycott Israel
August 6, 2010 A REPLY TO THE U.S. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY A LeftViews article by Art Young When Israeli commandos attacked the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters on May 31, murdered nine humanitarian aid workers and seized the cargo of badly needed supplies for Gaza, they touched off an international storm of outrage that […]
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Tadamon! Statement in solidarity with Al Adab MagazineӬ
6 aoí»t 2010 | August 2010, Montreal, Quebec The Tadamon! collective wishes to express its full solidarity with Mr. Samah Idriss, editor of Al Adab (“Literature”) Magazine. About Al Adab Since its inception in 1953, this important Arabic cultural magazine has played a key role in encouraging progressive thought and debate in the Arab world. […]
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B.D.S. Les trois lettres de la résistance pacifique palestinienne
6 aoí»t 2010 | Lorraine Guay, Juillet 2010 Dans un récent reportage í TV5, un habitant d”une colonie de peuplement juif, installée illégalement en plein cÅ“ur du territoire palestinien, traitait de « terroristes » de jeunes palestiniens faisant du porte-í -porte auprí¨s de leurs concitoyens pour leur demander de boycotter les produits fabriqués dans cette colonie […]
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Criticisms of Israel not anti-Semitic
Published Date: 05 August 2010 IN response to Kevin Hartley’s letter, Palestine solidarity supporters do not demonise Israel – there is much that Israelis should be duly proud of. This does not mean there are not criticisms of Israel and that these are anti-Semitic. The criticisms are that Israel violates international law and human rights […]
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Al-Quds University flouts own academic boycott
Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, The Electronic Intifada, 6 August 2010 Al-Quds University is maintaining a joint Israeli-Palestinian master’s degree program with Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities, despite a decision taken by its own University Council in February 2009 to distance itself from Israeli academic institutions. “[The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, […]
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BDS grows in power in Australia and Zionists don’t even wonder why (hint: the occupation)
Following the current controversy over the Melbourne Film Festival accepting money from the Zionist state, the Jewish News includes a very revealing and fearful quote: Zionist Federation of Australia president Philip Chester has spoken out against an attempt by the makers of the film Son of Babylon to boycott the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) […]
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(BDS) Yosef Daher, Jerusalem Inter-church Centre: “To resist the sin, to resist the occupation”
Yosef Daher: “We call our brothers and sisters abroad and the other chuches to go for boycott. Personally and individually, and then convencing the churches, and the churches to convence their governments..” Yosef Daher / Yusef Daher is the coordinator of the Jerusalem Inter-church Centre, a WCC project in Jerusalem Please note in the clip […]
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BDS Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Part 5 of 6
The BDS movement: boycott, divestment and sanctions used to put pressure on Israel to respect the rights of the Palestinian people and to end the occupation, is rapidly growing around the world. This video examines the economic aspects of BDS. How did BDS evolve? Can it be an effective tool against Israel? Could it hurt […]
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The cultural boycott and the outraged artist
by Eleanor Kilroy on August 5, 2010 When you arrive in Israel as an internationally-renowned artist to give a concert or accept a cultural award, it is only natural that you not be spat at and knee-capped by Jews. I say this apropos of the odd comments made over the last couple of months by […]
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