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Singing against Israel’s apartheid
By Peter Rugh | August 2, 2010 NEW YORK–Fifty protesters commemorated the fifth anniversary of the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against companies that support Israel’s war and occupation of Palestinian lands on July 11 by gathering in lower Manhattan for a singalong protest led by the Palestinian solidarity group Adalah. Protesters at the […]
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“˜Boycott Israel’ protest held Friday in Bil’in village; two injured
Sunday August 01, 2010 12:46 Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Around 200 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals – including a group of hip-hop musicians from the US and Britain – joined a protest on Friday afternoon in the Palestinian village of Bil”in calling on the international community to boycott Israel in order to end Israeli apartheid […]
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Three More Days to Tell Diana Krall not to Play Apartheid Israel
Only a few days left before Diana’s Israeli gig this Wednesday. Please post your messages to her in this facebook and on her own facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dianakrall On: http://www.myspace.com/dianakrall Write to Diana Krall’s management: hopper[at]hopper-management.com For your information: “Open letter from Lebanon to Diana Krall: Don”t entertain an apartheid state” http://boycottzionism.wordpress.com/open-letter-from-lebanon-to-diana-krall-don%e2%80%99t-entertain-an-apartheid-state/ Her official website: http://www.dianakrall.com/
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Gaza: The Enduring Siege
by: Haidar Eid What lessons can be drawn from the anti-apartheid struggle to overcome the siege on Gaza? Overview Much attention has been paid to Israel”s “easing” of its siege of Gaza in early July 2010. Palestinians in Gaza now have access to previously banned items like pasta and chocolate. However, there is no freedom […]
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Australian churches urge boycott of Israeli goods
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 AUSTRALIA (ICEJ News) – The National Council of Churches Australia (NCCA), the nation”s largest ecumenical body, met last week for its 7th Triennial Forum, which resulted in a statement asking Australians to consider boycotting goods produced by Israeli settlements in the West Bank in solidarity with Palestinian Christians. “We are asking […]
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Ban Israel from the London 2012 Olympics
Please sign the petition now: http://www.petitiononline.com/12101982/petition.html To: International Olympics Committee Dear International Olympics Committee (IOC) We, the undersigned citizens of the world, call on the international Olympics Committee to rescind Israel’s participation in the London 2012 Olympics. Israel’s attack on a humanitarian aid fleet on Monday 31 May 2010, its murder of 9 human rights […]
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Bay Area billboards “˜thank’ the US for Israel’s blank check
by Adam Horowitz on July 29, 2010 From a “California Department of Corrections” press release: New Billboard Alterations Salute Israel Following Raid on Gaza Flotilla The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new campaign of billboard alterations on behalf of the State of Israel. On July 28, 2010 a total of nine billboards […]
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Desmond Tutu endorses US grocery chain boycott decision
Bethlehem – Ma’an – US-based Olympiya Foods Coop grocery store voted to join the international boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign, in what its board said was a move “to compel Israel to follow international law and respect Palestinian human rights.” The move was endorsed on Tuesday by South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who said the […]
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Palestine Takes Center Stage in the Antiwar Movement
By Andrew Pollack – New York The United National Antiwar Conference, attended by 850 people from July 23 to 25, 2010 in Albany, New York, marked a sea change in the attitude of the antiwar movement toward Palestine. For the first time a broadly representative, democratic national conference of peace activists adopted the demand “End […]
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