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South Africa & Palestine: Long Roads to Freedom
Ronnie Kasrils spoke at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow on March 20, 2009 at a lecture organized by Pulsemedia.org and Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign. – During the years of apartheid rule in South Africa, Ronnie Kasrils was a leader in the banned ANC and its military wing Umkonto we Sizwe – Hunted by the […]
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Economic Peace is Easy
Dear friends, As Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to see his government sworn in later today (Tuesday), the sophisticated PR spin that Netanyahu is infamous for is already well on its way. This time the focus is economy. We are not fooled. We hope you will not be either. Please use the links below […]
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Chez le pharmacien : “TEVA, on n’en veut pas”
CAMPAGNE BOYCOTT ISRAEL Publié le 24-03-2009 TEVA est un laboratoire israélien qui produit des médicaments génériques. D”abord, il est strictement interdit de faire de la publicité pour des médicaments, remboursés par la sécurité sociale, ce qui se fait quand míªme sur certains sites web. Et ensuite, il est particulií¨rement de mauvais goí»t de promouvoir des […]
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New York kicks off boycott campaign against Motorola
Press Release, NYCBI, 31 March 2009 More than 50 New Yorkers protested outside the Motorola office in downtown Brooklyn this morning. The protest launched a new city-wide campaign to boycott Motorola over the company’s complicity in the Israeli government’s apartheid practices against Palestinians. In a heavy wind, human rights campaigners from the newly formed group […]
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Belgian campaign targets bank financing Israeli settlements
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 1 April 2009 In a remarkably short period of time, activists in Belgium have built a strong basis for the campaign “Israel colonizes — Dexia funds,” asking the bank to divest from its subsidiary Dexia Israel because of its financing of the expansion of illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian […]
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On Anti-Semitism, Boycotts, and the Case of Hermann Dierkes: An Open Letter from Jewish Peace Activists
We are peace activists of Jewish background. Some of us typically identify in this way; others of us do not. But we all object to those who claim to speak for all Jews or who use charges of anti-Semitism to attempt to squelch legitimate dissent. We have learned with dismay the allegations regarding Hermann Dierkes, […]
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Stop Rio de Janeiro from promoting Israel’s war industry
Posted by StopTheWall on Tue, 03/31/2009 – 09:01 BNC – This year the Latin America Aero & Defense trade show will be held in Rio de Janeiro from April 14 – 17. The show will host and promote the world’s most renowned merchants and producers of war, repression, torture and mass murder. Israeli war criminals […]
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Exporters suffer anti-Israel boycotts
Mar 30, 2009 9:11 | Updated Mar 30, 2009 10:29 By SHARON WROBEL Local exporters are losing foreign markets and customers because of the global economic crisis and a growing anti-Israel boycott of locally made products following Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Manufacturers Association said Sunday. “In addition to the problems and difficulties arising from […]
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Not an Analogy: Israel and the Crime of Apartheid
Published on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 by CommonDreams.org by Hazem Jamjoum In recent years, increasing numbers of people around the world have begun adopting and developing an analysis of Israel as an apartheid regime. (1) This can be seen in the ways that the global movement in support of the Palestinian anti-colonial struggle is taking […]
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Boycott, Surrender or War
The ‘Dahiye strategy’ has just been applied in Gaza. By Jeremy Salt – Ankara The spate of reports coming out of the Middle East in the past two weeks are signs of a coming danger greater than the region has known in its modern history. The Israeli onslaught on Gaza; the massacre of civilians; the […]
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