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Conference to strengthen Boycott Israel campaign
Sunday, October 3, 2010 By Patrick Harrison Over October 29-31, Palestinian solidarity activists from around Australia and the world will meet for the first national boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) conference. The call for a global boycott campaign against Israel was first launched in July 2005. It has become a big part of the movement […]
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Wellness Warehouse Stop selling Ahava or face protest and criminal charges
Dr Sean Gomes CEO Wellness Warehouse Head Office 50 Kloof Street PO Box 3644 Cape Town 8000 By fax and email: 021 487 5455 and sean[at]wellnesswarehouse.com Dear Dr. Gomes WELLNESS WAREHOUSE VIOLATES THE MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT (17 OF 1941) AS AMENDED: URGENT REQUEST FOR RESPONSE BEFORE OR ON 02 OCTOBER 2010 Thank you for your […]
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‘World must boycott Israel now’
Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:49PM Interview with Adie Mormech, human rights activist Israel’s Navy has intercepted the British-flagged aid boat “Irene” heading for Gaza just miles from the besieged territory. Israeli warships escorted the vessel to the port city of Ashdod. Irene had been some 20 miles off the Gaza coast when it was stopped. […]
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More varsities check Israel links
DAVID MACFARLANE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Oct 01 2010 09:47 Major South African universities began looking into their own ties with Israeli universities within hours of the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) decision on Wednesday night to terminate its links with Ben-Gurion University unless it fulfils, within six months, two conditions UJ has specified. After […]
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PSA PRESS RELEASE: UJ Takes Historic Decision to Boycott Israeli Institution &UP holds debate on Academic Freedom
ISSUED BY THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE-Today, Wednesday, 29 September 2010, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) highest academic body voted to conditionally terminate its partnership agreement with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU). The decision, made at UJ’s Soweto campus, stands as a historic first step in refusing institutional affiliations between South African universities and Israeli institutions that […]
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SAfrica school rethinks Israel ties
University of Johannesburg threatens to sever ties with Israeli Ben-Gurion University if certain conditions are not met. Azad Essa Last Modified: 30 Sep 2010 01:21 GMT The South African University of Johannesburg (UJ) senate has threatened to end its relationship with the Israeli university, Ben-Gurion (BGU), unless certain conditions are met. In a statement released […]
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BDS Goes South
PACBI | 29 September 2010 In a landmark event held in New Delhi on 22-23 September 2010, the conference “A Just Peace for Palestine” ended with a clear call for BDS as a strategy for realizing justice for Palestinians. The conference was co-organized by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the Committee for Solidarity with […]
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Gaza Academics and Students: U. of Johannesburg’s Decision to Condition Ties with Ben Gurion University, a Step in the Right Direction
Besieged Gaza, University Teachers” Association Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel 30.September.2010 Gaza Academics and Students: U. of Johannesburg”s Decision to Condition Ties with Ben Gurion University, a Step in the Right Direction University Teachers” Association in Palestine and Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel welcome the decision taken […]
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South Africa Champions the Academic Boycott of Israel
PACBI | 30 September 2010 We can easily be enticed to read reconciliation and fairness as meaning parity between justice and injustice. Having achieved our own freedom, we can fall into the trap of washing our hands of difficulties that others face. Yet we would be less than human if we did so. It behooves […]
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UJ decision backward
Sep 29, 2010 | Sowetan Editorial Sun Oct 03 15:00:48 SAST 2010 THE world, with the obvious exception of the lunatic fringe, is fast becoming unanimous in its condemnation of repression, wherever it rears its ugly head. It is heartening to note that the voices coming out of Cosatu are mindful of this clarion call […]
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