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JI urges Muslim states to boycott Israel
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan on Thursday urged the Muslim states to boycott Israel in all fields and start an immediate relief move for Gaza Strip via the Rafah border between Egypt and Palestine. Presiding over a high-level meeting of the party held at Mansoora, the JI chief called the Israeli attack on the […]
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UK author Iain Banks urges Israel boycott
(Reuters) – Author Iain Banks called for a cultural and educational boycott on Israel Thursday following its deadly raid on a flotilla of ships carrying aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. The author, well known for his science fiction novels and other works, said in a letter to the Guardian newspaper that he had instructed […]
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Divide grows over Israel and Gaza
* The Guardian, Friday 4 June 2010 We applaud Iain Banks’s decision to refuse book translation deals with Israeli publishers (Letters, 3 June). The mentality behind Israel’s tortuous attempts to justify nine murders and many injuries on the Mavi Marmara was exposed for all to see outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington on Wednesday night. […]
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Hent hjem ambassadí¸ren i Israel
LO krever handling etter at israelske soldater bordet en konvoi med hjelpeutstyr til Gaza, og drepte ni aktivister. De ber regjeringen hente hjem Norges ambassadí¸r til Israel. LO-sekretariatets uttalelse fra mandag ble pí¥ initiativ fra Fagforbundet skjerpet under representantskapsmí¸tet pí¥ Gardermoen tirsdag. De krever at den norske ambassadí¸ren til Israel hentes hjem, og at oljefondet […]
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After flotilla raid, Sweden wants out of soccer match with Israel
The ripple effects of Monday’s bloody raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla could impact Israel’s Under-21 team’s quest to compete in next year’s European Championships. By Uzi Dann The ripple effects of Monday’s bloody raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla could impact Israel’s Under-21 team’s quest to compete in next year’s European Championships. The Swedish Football Association […]
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SATAWU CONDEMNS THE ISRAELI ACT OF INTERNATIONAL PIRACY
SATAWU CONDEMNS THE ISRAELI ACT OF INTERNATIONAL PIRACY The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union condemns the attack on aid ships launched by the Israeli state. This last act of Israeli state sponsored murder left nine people dead and many others injured. The attack which took place in international waters is nothing less than […]
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COSATU condemns Israeli state piracy
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is outraged at the murder by Israeli commandos” of at least twenty people – and injuries to a further 60 – as a result of their armed attack on a convoy of ships carrying aid to the people of Gaza last night, 30 May 2010. COSATU sends its […]
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Norway calls for boycott on arms to Israel
OSLO (AFP) – A Norwegian minister and leader of a political party calls for an international boycott of arms trade with Israel following a deadly raid by Israeli commandoes on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. “¢ Swedish pension fund shuns Israeli arms maker “¢ Four Swedes in Israeli prison after Gaza ship raid “Everyone should follow […]
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Turkey’s parliament wants review of Israeli ties
Wed, 06/02/2010 – 10:33am | The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s parliament called on the government Wednesday to review all ties with Israel as the country prepared a huge welcome home for hundreds of Turks detained after Israel’s bloody raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. In Israel, all of the nearly 700 activists […]
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Ambassador í‡elikkol back in Ankara for “˜consultations’
Turkey’s outgoing Ambassador to Israel O?uz í‡elikkol arrived in the Turkish capital on Thursday for “consultations,” as Israel’s lethal seizure of a Gaza-bound aid convoy including a Turkish-flagged ship brought the already strained relationship between the Jewish state and Turkey close to the breaking point. í‡elikkol would have been “withdrawn,” instead of simply being recalled […]
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