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The Crime: Born Palestinian in Israel
Saturday, May 22, 2010 NewsClickin – May 22, 2010 – On the 6th of May, Israeli authorities arrested Ameer Makhoul, a prominent arab-Israeli civil society leader for speaking out against Isarel. No official charges have been announced and Ameer has not been allowed to meet with his family. Newsclick speaks to Janan Abdu (Ameer’s wife).
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Remember Palestine – Interview: Jo Rose – Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 PressTVGlobalNews – May 16, 2010 – Palestinians day to day life in occupied territories.
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TAKE ACTION: Boycott Alert at the Seattle International Film Festival
Attention all Seattle-area people: Here is a film in the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival that demands a protest: Films & Events Blood Relation * Kirvat Dam * Average User Rating: Be the first to review this film! * Country: Israel * Year: 2009 * Running time: 75 Minutes * Genres: Documentary, Political, Social Issues […]
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What John Lennon Might Say To Sir Elton And A Call For 21st Century Artists Against Apartheid
Written by By Eileen Fleming Sunday, 23 May 2010 05:12 May, 2010 Countercurrents.org “All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth. I’ve had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians. All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth.”-John Lennon, 1971. Sir Elton Hercules John, is scheduled to perform in […]
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Regents Position on Divestment Off The Mark – Rick Streling
Published in The Daily Californian, May 17, 2010 Editor”s Note: The following is a response to a letter sent out by UC President Mark Yudof, and the Chair and Vice Chair of the UC Regents stating University policy on divestment. Thank you for your letter regarding the debate about divestment from two corporations which supplied […]
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Open Letter to Akiva Tor from an Educated Palestinian American – Dina Omar
Published as a response to Akiva Tor”s article in ZEEK, May 20, 2010 Dear Consul General Tor: Your response to Moshe Yaroni”s essay about the Berkeley divestment discussion is manipulative and threatening. It repeats many distortions that have been thoroughly refuted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UC Berkeley. Worst of all, however, […]
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Music stars’ boycott rocks Israel
Vita Bekker, Foreign Correspondent * Last Updated: May 21. 2010 10:53PM UAE / May 21. 2010 6:53PM GMT TEL AVIV // Israel”s occupation of the Palestinian territories is again drawing international condemnation – this time from the music industry. In what activists for Palestinian rights say is a major boost to their goal of spurring […]
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COOP AND NORDICONAD SUPERMARKET CHAINS SUSPEND SALES OF PRODUCTS FROM THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
An important success for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid May 22, 2010 – Following lobbying efforts by the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco, two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and Nordiconad, announced the suspension of sales of products from Agrexco, the principal exporter of produce from Israel and the illegal Israeli […]
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Varsity row over Israel links
LIONEL FAULL – May 21 2010 12:00 The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is considering cutting academic ties with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in protest against Ben Gurion’s alleged association with Palestinian human rights abuses. An “extraordinary” meeting of the university’s senate debated the matter on Monday. The university’s current partnership with Ben Gurion dates from […]
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Palestinian Economic Boycott Hits Israeli Settlers
By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 20, 2010 (IPS) – Israeli settlers are beginning to feel the bite of an economic boycott campaign launched by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against goods produced in the illegal Israeli settlements dotting the occupied West Bank. “This is economic terrorism,” complained the Yesha Council (YC), an umbrella organisation of municipal […]
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