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Solidarity is a weapon against Israeli propaganda
May 6, 2010 Posted by yaman Perhaps the most important success of the divestment movement at Berkeley has been overlooked. Yes, it is true that a super majority of the student senate supported divestment from Israeli war crimes and the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. It is true that the vote was reversed only […]
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Fifty-Seven organizations and artists thank Gil Scott-Heron for heeding Palestinian call to boycott Israel
MEDIA CONTACT: info[at]adalahny.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, May 5, 2010 – More than 50 organizations and artists from eight countries have written to legendary political singer and poet Gil Scott-Heron to thank him for his decision to drop Israel from his current tour. The letter, facilitated by Adalah-NY, highlighted the parallels between the […]
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Thank You Letter to Gil Scott Heron From Over 50 Organizations
Dear Gil Scott-Heron, The undersigned artists and organizations would like to commend your principled stance on Israeli apartheid. By announcing the cancellation of your scheduled performance in Israel, you join the growing ranks of artists of conscience in solidarity with Palestinian civil society. As you recognized in your iconic anti-Apartheid anthem “Johannesburg,” when “brothers over […]
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Talks Fail to Bring About Compromise – UCSD Guardian
By Angela Chen The A.S. Campus Affairs Committee voted 7-8 last night to indefinitely table a controversial resolution calling for the UC system to divest from General Electric and United Technologies – companies the document claims are profiting from alleged Israeli human-rights violations in the Palestinian territories. Because the resolution was tabled during the committee […]
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Ireland must oppose Israel’s membership of the OECD
By Dr David Morrison* In a written answer to Sinn Fein Deputy, Aengus Oí¬ Snodaigh, Foreign Minister, Micheaí¬l Martin, told the Daí¬il on 21 April 2010 that “it is expected that Ireland will join with the other 29 members of the OECD to formally invite Israel to become a member” [1] The Roadmap for the […]
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Quartet ex-envoy’s investment helps Israel greenwash settlements
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 6 May 2010 Former World Bank president and Middle East Quartet envoy James D. Wolfensohn is an investor in an Israeli company that is developing transport infrastructure for Jewish-only settlements built in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law, an investigation by The Electronic Intifada reveals. Wolfensohn provided […]
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French say NO to Israel at OECD HQ today
Israí«l criminel – OCDE complice ? Alors que les délégations des pays membres de l”OCDE se réunissaient pour décider de l”adhésion de l”Etat d”Israí«l, des militants solidaires avec le peuple palestinien, dont des membres de la Coordination interfacs Palestine, de Génération Palestine, de l”Union juive franí§aise pour la paix, d”Europalestine, de Américains contre la guerre, […]
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UCSD Israel divestment measure tabled
Washington – Student Senators at the University of California, San Diego indefinitely tabled a measure to divest funds from two US companies profiting from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, activists said. This came at a meeting on Wednesday night, a second attempt to pass a divestment measure after senators failed to agree on the language […]
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Anti-Zionism versus pro-Palestinianism in France.
From Paris, with love By YONITH BENHAMOU AND ANTOINE CHELTIEL Jacques Attali, French economist, prolific writer, high-ranking civil official and adviser to president Franí§ois Mitterrand, dared to declare to Haaretz in October that anti-Semitism in France was a “nonexistent problem,” “a lie… not a problem at the national level… propaganda, Israeli propaganda.” With all due […]
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Veto on Israel’s OECD membership
The Irish Times – Thursday, May 6, 2010 Madam, – On May 11th, 2010, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will vote on whether or not to complete Israel”s application to join its ranks. Supporting Israel”s ascension to the OECD would be tantamount to supporting its actions in the Occupied Territories. The Roadmap […]
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