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AIPAC ED fears the growing movement to sanction Israel could fundamentally change US policy towards Israel. He’s right.
One of the most interesting speeches given at the AIPAC Policy Conference was one that received the least media attention. AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr addressed the capacity crowd Sunday night before Newt Gingrich, and he came with a stern and clear warning – there is a growing movement to de-legitimize Israel in the eyes […]
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Fair trade supports Palestinian farmers
The International Fair Trade Association aims to provide farmers in the developing world with a fair share of the profits. For a Palestinian olive oil company which markets its product through the association, exports have soared after Israel’s war on Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports from the West Bank, where Israeli restrictions have barred […]
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Stop Veolia running the London Cycle Hire Scheme
Palestine campaigners call on London Mayor to say “Peddle Off to Veolia,” for supporting the Israeli occupation The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has called on the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Transport for London (TFL) to exclude the French transport company Veolia from bidding for the contact to run London”s proposed free cycle hire […]
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Strasbourg Boycott
Dear friends, chers amis, liebe Freunde, Here you find some pictures from our yesterday’s bicycle-rally through Strasbourg, “in the rain” “Boycott Israel”. Escaping from rain we had become subject of a turmoil with security guards of the “LES HALLES” commercial center, who wouldn’t – “par order of the center’s direction” – let us in, because […]
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Open Letter to the Labor Research Association: Don’t Honor Israeli Apartheid
As longtime labor and anti-apartheid activists, we strongly disagree with the decision to honor Stuart Appelbaum at tonight”s annual dinner of the Labor Research Association in New York City. The LRA”s dinner program praises Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, for building “relationships with community organizations in an effort to expand […]
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Arab and international farmers conference calls for boycott of Israel
The agricultural unions and non-governmental organizations present at the conference on “The agricultural sector in Gaza between reality and challenges”, organized in Amman in March 2009, have called in their final declaration, among others, for the world to impose sanctions, to start all forms of boycott campaigns and to withdraw investments from Israel. FULL TEXT: […]
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BDS reaches the northernmost university in the world!
Twenty-one staff members of the University of Tromsí¸ (www2.uit.no/www/inenglish) have signed a call for boycott of all Israeli academic institutions. The initiative calls for the University to “establish an academic boycott of Israel”, of Israel”s “institutions of education, research and culture, and the institutions” representatives, regardless of religion and nationality.” The University of Tromsí¸ has […]
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FSU, the largest teachers union in France, has overwhelmingly voted to endorse BDS !!
La fédération syndicale unitaire (FSU) is the biggest union of the State civil service. It is a federation composed of national general unions, sectors or trades within the scope of education, youth and sports, research, culture and justice. Today, it is present in the three public sectors: state, territorial and hospital. It has 163,000 members. […]
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11 national and international networks and organizations call on Norway to divest from Africa-Israel due to settlement construction
May 5, 2009 The Council on Ethics Norwegian Government Pension Fund Government of Norway Dear Members of the Council on Ethics, As diverse organizations concerned with human rights, international law, justice and peace in the Middle East, we are writing in support of the West Bank villages of Bil”in and Jayyous to call on the […]
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Putting words of support into boycott action
Adri Nieuwhof and Omar Barghouti, The Electronic Intifada, 5 May 2009 The tramway under construction in Jerusalem, February 2008. (Anne Paq/ActiveStills) The Derail Veolia and Alstom Campaign, operating in full coordination with the leadership of the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), is in full swing. After Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Israel […]
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