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Boycott of colony goods must continue
Palestinians who work for colonist companies should also face repercussions * Gulf News * Published: 00:00 July 6, 2010 The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is trying to find new ways to tighten an economic boycott of products manufactured in West Bank colonies. And at the same time, the PNA is also imposing stiff fines and […]
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SAPIENZA MASTER’S FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS: OPPRESSION NORMALIZED
PSCABI UTAP Besieged Gaza, Palestine 06. July.2010 PRESS RELEASE Over and over again, champions of the boycott movement have condemned cooperation with apartheid Israel in acts of normalization. We, the Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel and the University Teachers’ Association in Palestine, have adamantly and insistently written to artists, musicians, writers […]
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Israel has never lacked enemies but now it risks losing its friends
Netanyahu went into his meeting with Obama believing he has time on his side. But he’s wrong: the clock is ticking o Jonathan Freedland o guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 6 July 2010 21.06 BST The advance word was that this was to be a “holding meeting” and not much more. Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu would not […]
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What’s Music Got To Do With IT
Maya Mikdashi The arguments have become familiar. We want to enjoy life; music is not political; dancing should unify us, not divide us. We can”t keep being the sacrificial lamb of the Palestinian cause. Aren”t you Lebanese? Are you an Islamist? Don”t you like rock and roll music, coca-cola, and dancing under the stars at […]
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As Israel’s image sinks, whither Israeli PR?
By Leslie Susser · July 6, 2010 JERUSALEM (JTA) — In the war of public relations for Israel, the past few weeks have been full of setbacks. Israel”s deadly May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla sparked countless angry editorials, demonstrations and condemnations. The assassination in Dubai in January against a Hamas operative by […]
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Hollywood stars snub film festival
By RUTH EGLASH 07/07/2010 05:56 Meg Ryan snubs J’lem Festival after “Mavi Marmara.” Hollywood actors such as Meg Ryan backed out of attending this year”s annual Jerusalem Film Festival, which is set to kick off this coming Thursday, following the international outcry over Israel”s attack on a Turkish-led flotilla that attempted to break the Gaza […]
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Cochin Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships and Cargo
THE trade unions in Cochin Port have reached an understanding amongst themselves to boycott Israeli ships and cargo arriving at Cochin Port in protest against the siege of Gaza by Israeli forces. The boycott began on June 17 on receipt of information that cargo unloaded at Colombo Port from Israeli ship m/v Zim Livorno 16 […]
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British Methodists boycott settlement goods
July 4, 2010 WASHINGTON (JTA) — British Methodists voted to boycott goods manufactured in West Bank settlements. “This decision has not been taken lightly, but after months of research, careful consideration and, finally, today”s debate at the Conference,” said a statement June 30, the day the Methodist Conference voted on the matter at a conference […]
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Time to Muzzle Israel
By Gulamhusein A. Abba The bloody and dastardly attack, by Israeli forces, in international waters, under cover of darkness, on a peaceful and unarmed flotilla, carrying nothing but humanitarian aid to a besieged people experiencing a humanitarian crisis, was strongly denounced by people and governments from all over the world. Deservedly so. Israel, instead of […]
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Jewish leaders brace for new boycotts
By DAVID HOROVITZ 07/04/2010 01:31 UK Methodist decision seen unlikely to trigger domino effect. In the wake of last week”s decision by the UK”s Methodist Church to boycott Israeli-produced goods and services from the West Bank, concern is growing among Diaspora Jewish interfaith leaders that this “new front” against Israel will be adopted elsewhere in […]
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