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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to march in Toronto Pride
Quick item this. I read it first on Dr Dawg’s Blawg, under a little list headed The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The good: Toronto Pride, no doubt with the assistance of considerable pressure, reverses itself: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will be permitted to march after all. And Jonathan Kay is having a hissy-fit, […]
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Fayyad launches latest anti-settlement initiative
Published Monday 28/06/2010 (updated) 29/06/2010 15:29 Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Prime Minister Salam Fayyad launched the latest anti-settlement goods campaign aimed at clearing the Palestinian market of settlement produce on Monday. The Shop to Shop campaign focused on clearing Palestinian supermarkets and stores of the produce, Agence France-Presse Press reported. “This is a new campaign, […]
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5,000 stores undergo settlement goods inspection
Ramallah – Ma’an – Volunteers for the Palestinian Authority’s latest settlement good boycott initiative visited over 5,000 supermarkets across the West Bank on Monday, as the Shop to Shop campaign entered its second day. Campaign directer Omar Kabha said store owners responded to volunteers, who disseminate information on the settlement goods ban and inspect supermarkets. […]
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After the Flotilla Massacre: Cultural Boycott of Israel Takes Off
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), established in April 2004 by a small group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals and widely supported by leading civil society associations, unions and networks,[1] has not witnessed a sustained surge in cultural boycott of Israel as in the last year and a half, […]
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Open Letter in Support of the Boycott of Arizona by the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
27 June 2010 The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) endorses and supports the call for Boycott of Arizona on account of its manifestly racist laws, HB1070 and SB 2281. SB1070 calls for police officers to require documentation from people to establish resident status. The law essentially requires police to […]
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A new phase of struggle is born
Speech: Kevin Ovenden June 28, 2010 Israel’s murderous assault on a flotilla of ships carrying solidarity activists and humanitarian aid to break the U.S. and Israeli-imposed siege of Gaza spurred outrage around the world–and catapulted the international movement in support of the Palestinian people to a new stage. At the Socialism 2010 conference in Chicago, […]
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11 unions back campaign to boycott Israel
Sun 27 Jun 2010 The international campaign for boycott, sanctions and divestment against Israel is starting to gain leverage in Australia, especially since the recent killings of nine Turkish solidarity activists. Since the May 31 attack on the flotilla of peace activists who were attempting to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, […]
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Turkey: All-Inclusive Boycott Of Israel
By DAVID BEDEIN, Middle East Correspondent Friday, June 18, 2010 JERUSALEM – The relationship between Israel and its long-standing friend in the region, which has deteriorated consistently over the past several months, has now reached a new low. The Turkish ambassador to Israel, who was recalled to Ankara after the May 31 flotilla takeover, in […]
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Call Rod Stewart to cancel upcoming concert in Israel
Please take 30 seconds to ask Rod Stewart to cancel Israeli concert in support of Palestinian Boycott call La version franí§aise suit… Later this week, singer Rod Stewart is scheduled to perform a concert in Israel. Nevertheless, in 2005, Palestinian civil society called for cultural boycott of Israel until Israel respects its obligations under international […]
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Palestinians lodge criminal complaint against Israeli leaders in Belgian court
24 June 2010 In Brussels, 14 Gaza-born Palestinians – one of them a Belgian citizen – have filed a criminal complaint against 14 current and former Israeli leaders for allegedly committing war crimes and crimes against Humanity during the 2008/09 Gaza war. The list includes Defense Minister Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and […]
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