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BNC welcomes cancellation of visit by settlement mayors to Netherlands
Occupied Palestine, 23 September 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, warmly salutes the decision taken by the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG), in consultation with the Dutch Foreign Ministry, to cancel a visit by Israeli […]
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BDS France calls for demonstrations of support for French activists facing repression
Colonization, apartheid, refugees It is Israel that is breaking the law It’s Israel that should be brought to justice! In Bordeaux, Perpignan, Mulhouse, Paris and Pontoise, certain activists are soon to appear in court due to their participation in the citizen and non-violent Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Campaign. “We have filed a total of 80 […]
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Open letter to OECD regarding decision to host tourism conference in Jerusalem
18 September 2010 Your Excellency Angel Gurría SecretaryGeneral of OECD Cc:OECD Member States The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), a broad coalition of the largest civil society political parties, mass organizations, networks,and trade unions, strongly condemns the decision by OECD to hold its annual Tourism Committee Conference in October in Jerusalem-the first […]
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Israel’s settlement industry under boycott pressure
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 23 September 2010 Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank have called for the boycott of the popular Rami Levy Israeli supermarket chain which has several stores inside Israel’s illegal settlements. Activists say they will call on fellow Palestinians to “avoid supporting the occupation and settlements’ economy by boycotting Israeli goods […]
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Copenhagen city council set to vote on divestment
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 22 September 2010 On 23 September, Denmark’s Social Democrat party will have a decisive influence on a Copenhagen city council vote on whether the municipality should divest $2.3 million from companies involved in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The divestment measure was already voted on […]
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OLMV – Jess Ghannam & Nada Elia talk BDS with hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman
One Land, Many voices – Dr. Nada Elia and Dr. Jess Ghannam join hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman for an extended discussion of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions Movement. One Land, Many Voices, March 26th, 2010, 9:00AM-10:00AM: KBOO Community Radio Click here to listen to the show: > > >One Land, Many Voices – September 24, 2010 […]
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Letter from Gaza Academics and Students: Eight American Universities Normalize Occupation, Colonization and Apartheid!
Besieged Gaza, 24.September.2010 At a time when the Israeli ongoing crimes against us the Palestinians are at their most visible, their most documented and their most condemned by civil society around the world, we were shocked to learn of the plans by the Universities of Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, Maryland, Florida, Washington, Miami and New Jersey […]
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SOUTH AFRICAN ACADEMICS CALL FOR UJ TO TERMINATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAELI INSTITUTION
PETITION to sever links with Ben Gurion University www.ujpetition.com This petition was first disseminated on the 05th of September, within two days it was signed by over 100 South African academics from more than 12 SA universities. To date it has more than 200 signatories from 22 academic institutions. Supported by: Professors Kader Asmal, Allan […]
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New pressure on UJ to sever Israel ties
DAVID MACFARLANE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Sep 24 2010 06:00 Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Unisa vice-chancellor Barney Pityana and author Breyten Breytenbach have added their voices to calls for the University of Johannesburg to sever academic ties with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The cooperation between the two universities dates from the 1980s, when […]
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