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Stockholm report back
July 12, 2010 Stockholm marked the five year anniversary of the BDS call on the 10th since it was Saturday and thus the busiest day of the week on the streets of Stockholm. Around 30 people carried out a BDS Flasmob, dressed in red t-shirts with the message: “Boycott Israel” on the front and “Boycott, […]
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Berlin, 9th July 2010: BDS Group Berlin protests against Drones in front of the office of German Armaments Group Rheinmetall
On Friday, 9th July the BDS (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) Group Berlin called for a protest in front of the Berlin office of the German Armaments Group Rheinmetall against the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“Drones”) in different wars in the Near and Middle East. Among others members of these groups took part in the manifestation: activists of […]
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Statement Condemning Disciplinary Action against the Irvine 11 and the Recommendation to Suspend the UC-Irvine Muslim Student Union
US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) www.usacbi.org uscom4acbi[at]gmail.com On the 8th of February, 2010, Israeli ambassador Michael Oren visited the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to give a lecture on US-Israeli relations. During his speech, a number of UC students, all of them Arab or Muslim, stood up to voice […]
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A call for a national Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference
Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation & Apartheid Melbourne, 29 – 31 October 2010 – activism in support of Palestine – As supporters of the Palestinian struggle for justice and self-determination, we have come together to initiate a call for a two and half day national Australian BDS conference to be held in Melbourne on October 29- […]
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Berlin Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel
We believe – in accordance with the United Nations and other institutions of the International community – that an unlawful occupation and repression of the Palestinian people in Palestine-Israel is taking place. In line with this assessment, our conviction is that it is the legitimate right of an international civil society to use boycott as […]
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BDS Report back from Egypt
Yesterday July 9th 2010, the global BDS day of action, Egyptian and international activists gathered at Nasr city in Cairo. Getting ready with their banners and flags and statements. They marched over to Starbucks cáfe, while two had already been inside distributing Boycott statements to all customers, protestors gathered in front of the cafe and […]
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Statement by Faculty for Palestine and College and University Workers Union
July 9, 2010 Time for Action: A Response to Israeli Violations of International Law, issued on the 5th Anniversary of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign A Joint Statement of the BDS working group of Faculty for Palestine (F4P, Toronto) and College and University Workers United (CUWU, Montreal) The Israeli attack on a humanitarian […]
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Jordanian workers urged not to handle Israeli goods
Mohammad Ben Hussein, Jordan Times 11 July 2010 AMMAN – The national anti-normalisation committee on Saturday called on labourers across the Kingdom to reject companies that handle Israeli goods. In a letter addressed to the General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) released yesterday, the committee urged workers to reject any ships or airplanes carrying […]
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India chapter formed to campaign against Israel
Special Correspondent, The Hindu 12 July 2010 NEW DELHI: The India chapter of the international movement to campaign for academic and cultural boycott of Israel has been formed by a group of intellectuals. “Just as it was in the case of the international call against South Africa in the apartheid years, we are confident that […]
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