• Israeli architects must stop designing illegal settlements

    Destruction of Hebron, one of the oldest cities in the world, to make way for a bypass road for illegal Israeli settlers ARC?PEACE has noted with dismay that Israeli architects engage in the design of illegal Jewish sett-lements on expropriated Palestinian land in the Occupied Territories. These activities are in clear vio-lation of the code […]

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  • Escalation of Academic and Cultural Boycott against Israel

    Ramallah, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) – Last month, prominent academics from the British Committee for Universities of Palestine, BRICUP [1], urged you not to perform in Israel, arguing: “If you had just emerged from three weeks of unfettered bombing from land, sea and air, with no place to hide and no place to run, your […]

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  • New York Activists to Singer Leonard Cohen: “Don’t Play Apartheid; Don’t Play Israel!”

    New York, NY, May 17 – New York activists gathered in front of Radio City Music Hall Sunday night during a Leonard Cohen concert to call upon the singer/songwriter to cancel his scheduled September concert in Israel. The protesters sang songs, chanted, handed out leaflets to concert attendees and produced sidewalk art. The call comes […]

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  • Songsters Call On Leonard Cohen and Fans to Honor Nakba, Boycott Israel

    WHAT: Free Palestine Guitar Band Sing-In at Leonard Cohen Concert WHERE: Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Avenue, New York (btw 50th and 51st) WHEN: Sunday, May 17, 7:00 – 8:30 PM Media Contact: info [at] adalahny.org New York, NY, May 17 – New York activists armed with acoustic guitars and drawings of guitars turning […]

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  • Edinburgh International Film Festival admits It was a mistake to take Israeli Embassy Money

    Protest Cancelled: Israeli money returned Ginnie Atkinson, Managing Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has confirmed that EIFF will not be taking Israeli Embassy money to help fund the 2009 film festival. Atkinson was unwilling to admit EIFF was influenced by Scottish PSC, or by the protest emails the EIFF has received since […]

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  • Who Profits Newsletter – Focus on Norwegian Pension Fund Investments

    Who Profits from the Occupation May Newsletter: International Investment in the Occupation A Case Study: The Norwegian Government’s Pension Fund The economic interests in the Israeli occupation of Palestine are not exclusive to Israeli corporations. In a global economy, international corporations and investors are heavily involved in the manifold economy of the occupation. In our […]

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  • PACBI: Open Letter to Leonard Cohen

    Healing Israeli Apartheid, not its Victims? PACBI — Ramallah, Occupied Palestine, 16 May 2009 Last month, prominent academics from the British Committee for Universities of Palestine, BRICUP [1], urged you not to perform in Israel, arguing: “If you had just emerged from three weeks of unfettered bombing from land, sea and air, with no place […]

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  • Quetzal boycotts Fiesta Shalom

    A few weeks ago, the band Quetzal was asked to play at Fiesta Shalom, an event aimed at building relations between the Jewish and Chicano community. The band, which has long worked in community building exercises and projects, saw the invitation as a great opportunity – but when it came time to sign the contract, […]

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  • Norwegian MP: If investment in occupation acceptable, we must revise ethics guidelines

    Bethlehem – Ma”an Exclusive – A Norwegian ethics committee is due to travel to Israel and the West Bank in two weeks to assess the investment of the world”s largest government pension fund, The Norwegian Government Pension Fund, in Africa Israel Investments. In advance of that visit, a delegation of seven members of the Norwegian […]

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  • Jewish Chronicle on PSC meeting with Tescos

    Tesco denies labels shift but “will meet” Palestine group Tesco executives have agreed to meet members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to discuss labelling on produce from West Bank settlements, despite insisting that there will be no change in their policy. The long-challenged voluntary labelling guidelines, whereby supermarkets are encouraged by the government to state […]

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