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Recalling the anti-apartheid spirit
The Palestinians and those who support them must take lessons from the successful international anti-apartheid movement, writes Ayman El-Amir* Israel has worked hard to defeat the purpose of the Freedom Flotilla that sought to break the four-year-old Israeli stranglehold on 1.5 million suffering Palestinians in Gaza. Despite international public outrage, Israeli policy, endorsed by the […]
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AN OPEN LETTER TO NEIL SEDAKA TO BOYCOTT APARTHEID
June 10, 2010 at 19:31 It was announced on the radio today that you have a scheduled concert in Tel Aviv this coming October. I was a bit taken back by these announcements…. for good reason. We grew up together and lived on the same street in Brighton Beach for many years. My brother was […]
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British firm cuts ties with Israeli company
RedRat decides due to Israel’s Gaza policy, can no longer work with long-standing clients Disk-In Pro; hope to renew cooperation in future Meirav Crystal British company RedRat announced to Israeli company Disk-In Pro that despite years of cooperation, it would no longer work with the Israeli company because of Israel’s policy in the Gaza Strip. […]
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BDS Actions Bern
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign, actions in Bern Switzerland.
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Irish megastore bans Israeli potatoes
By DONAL THORNTON www.irishcentral.com June 9, 2010 A leading food and retail megastore that operates in Ireland has stopped selling two lines of baby potatoes that are sourced from Israel. German owned megastore LIDL is one of Ireland”s largest chain store”s and they deny that the banning of Israeli products is politically motivated. The Irish […]
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A boycott of Israeli goods is now necessary
They were not, as Israel’s defence minister Ehud Barack ludicrously tried to claim, “an armada of hate and violence”. Nor was the Mavi Marmara “a boat of hate”, as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the Turkish ship, trying to justify his commandos gunning down nine civilians on board as they stormed the boat in […]
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World Cup Campaign: End Apartheid of Israel in Palestine
Ending Israeli Apartheid in Palestine is world”s responsibility With the world focused on the 2010 world cup in symbolic South Africa the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is calling on the world community to remember the ongoing struggle against apartheid and siege in Palestine. The world is invited to openly support Palestinians against the racist apartheid […]
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The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement
Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss June 9, 2010 | This article appeared in the June 28, 2010 edition of The Nation. In April the student senate at the University of California, Berkeley, twice held all-night sessions to debate a proposal urging the school to divest from two US military companies “materially and militarily profiting” from […]
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Around the world, surge of BDS in response to Gaza Flotilla massacre (and how you can get involved)
Just a few weeks back, we reported on a renewed wave of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) activity against Israeli apartheid and occupation. That was before the Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre. Now, as calls for governments around the globe to hold the Israeli military accountable for the killing of 8 Turkish citizens and one U.S.-Turkish […]
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BNC Fact Sheet on EU Complicity with Israeli Crimes
Complicit Union – a guide to EU funding of Apartheid Israel A guide to the most shocking aspects of the funding Apartheid Israel receives from the European Union under the EU-?Israel Association Agreement. This brief deals specifically with the territories Israel occupied in 1967, namely the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. A more thorough […]
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