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United against Israeli apartheid and colonialism
Saturday, 15 May 2010 16:13 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 May 2010 Contact: Manal Ammouri Mobile: (052) 449-2303 manal.am[at]gmail.com ror1state[at]gmail.com United against Israeli apartheid and colonialism The Second Haifa Conference for the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30 May 2010 Haifa – At a time when prospects […]
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Amitav Ghosh’s Reply to Letter of May 7
May 14, 2010 Dear Signatories to the letter of May 7: I am sorry I have been slow to respond to your letter expressing disappointment in my decision to to accept the Dan David prize. I will attempt to do so now. You begin by describing my work as dwelling “consistently on histories of colonialism […]
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Jordanians burn Israeli produce
Hundreds burn Israeli fruit, vegetable crates after clerics issue religious edict Roee Nahmias Cold peace with Jordan: Israelis good were burned in Jordan Saturday, during protests against Israel in the Hashemite Kingdom’s capital marking Nakba Day. Hundreds of members of the Anti-Normalization Committee, which fights against normalization of economic relations with Israel, set fire to […]
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Margaret Atwood believes in dialogue, unless she is criticized, and she likes submissive natives as well
My previous post, Novelistic Scabs, criticizing Atwood and Ghosh, didn’t get approved in the comments to her posting of the two’s “acceptance speech” for the Dan David prize on Atwood’s blog. It was deleted twice. She does allow critical views. My post wasn’t more critical than other comments she let through. It was more detailed, […]
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Fatah official: boycott goods produced in State of Israel, too
Fatah Central Committeeman Mahmoud al Aylool suggested at a conference that the Palestinian Arabs boycott products from the State of Israel, not just from Judea-Samaria. The Palestinian Authority has an agreement not to boycott Israel. The Committeeman is suggesting an informal boycott. “However, Akiva Eldar, a columnist for the left-wing Haaretz newspaper, not only backed […]
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Israeli Companies Liable to Awaken Huge Political Boycott throughout World
Adam Reuter, The Marker (trans. from Hebrew by alternativenews.org) 10 May 2010 This article originally appeared in the Israeli economic newspaper The Marker. It was translated to English by the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in support of the Palestinian-led campaign for BDS. Since its establishment, Israel has been under attack regarding the legitimacy of its […]
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Palestinians turn to boycott in West Bank
By Janine Zacharia Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, May 15, 2010; 9:53 AM MAALEH ADUMIM, WEST BANK — In Mishor Adumim, a bougainvillea-lined industrial zone inside this West Bank Jewish settlement, at least 17 businesses have closed since Palestinians began boycotting its products several months ago. For the Israelis, it’s “an insufferable situation,” according to […]
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Margaret Atwood Cashes In
By Jennifer Matsui Novelist Margaret Atwood”s decision to travel to Tel Aviv to share a literary prize worth a million dollars has ignited a controversy in which the septuagenarian author and vice-president of the literary human rights organization PEN International has come under fire by Palestinian rights activists. Ms Atwood”s acceptance of the Dan David […]
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Students Boycott Apartheid delegation to Palestine 2010
Apply by May 28, 2010! In the summer of 2010, Students Boycott Apartheid (SBA) will run its second delegation to Palestine of university students, faculty, and staff who are committed to supporting the Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid. We have been inspired by the growth of powerful […]
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US Palestinian Community Network joins Arizona boycott
The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) joins with civil rights groups, labor unions and people”s movements across the country in calling for a boycott of Arizona in response to the racist law, SB1070, a law recently signed into law by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer that targets and criminalizes the immigrant community and people of […]
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