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A Support Letter to Faithless
20.8.2010 Dear members of Faithless. We are writing to express our appreciation and gratitude for your recently announced decision NOT to schedule any concerts in Israel in the foreseeable future. We appreciate the courage it takes to make such a declaration rather than just join the silent boycott as many others seem to be doing. […]
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West Bank boycott campaign impacting settlement economy
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 19 August 2010 Grassroots Palestinian boycott campaigns across the occupied West Bank to take Israeli settlement products off the shelves of local stores have made an impact on the Israeli settlement economy, to the unease of the Israeli government, noted the Israeli daily Haaretz this week (“Palestinians ‘adamant about continuing boycott […]
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Harvard University divests from Israel
Monday August 16, 2010 by IMEMC Staff Report In the latest declared victory for the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement worldwide, Harvard University, one of the most prestigious and oldest universities in the United States, has sold off all of its shares in Israeli companies. Although the university did not list a reason for the sale, student activists […]
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UK Embraces the Boycott
In this part of the world, where Israel seems to be regularly singled out as the world”s bíªte noire, recent developments in Britain have given even veteran pro- Zionism watchers a sense of alarm. Even the most optimistic observers of what is loosely referred to as the “boycott, divestment and sanctions” (BDS) movement, are worried […]
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Settlement boycott starts to bite
by Pamela Olson on August 17, 2010 Haaretz today notes that the settlers are becoming apoplectic because the Palestinians won’t stop boycotting settler goods, despite explicit requests by the Israelis that they do so. The article lists several settlement companies that are targeted: “Shamir Salads, Kobi Burekas, Ramat Hagolan Dairies, Jerusalem Granola, Bagel Bagel, Mei […]
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Harvard Divests From Israel
By Fayyad Harvard Management Company, which manages the university”s endowment, has divested the fund from all investments it had in Israel companies, during the second quarter of this year. The divested stocks include TEVA, a generic drug manufacturer, that has greatly benefited from Israel”s strangulation of several Palestinian pharmaceutical companies, Checkpoint Securities, which provided many […]
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No Business as Usual with Israel: PACBI Salutes Faithless
PACBI | 15 August 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 15 August 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the British dance group Faithless for declining to play in Israel this summer. The cancellation of the group”s Israeli gig is the latest in a string of cancellations of performances in Israel […]
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Israel at center of boycott row once again at Melbourne Film Festival
Filmmakers pull movie at Melbourne International Festival over Israeli government funding for coach plane ticket. By Rik McKenzie The Melbourne International Film Festival is a marquee event on the cultural calendar of Australia, in what some would call the world’s most livable and multicultural city. Once again, it was struck by controversy with independent film […]
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Harvard University fund sells all Israel holdings
No reason for the sale was mentioned in the report to the SEC. 15 August 10 17:15, Hillel Koren In another blow to Israeli shares, the Harvard Management Company notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday that it had sold all its holdings in Israeli companies during the second quarter of 2010. […]
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Dempsey calls on artists to boycott Israel
Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey today called on artists around the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. The Dubliner backed about 150 Irish creative and performing artists who have already signed a pledge to boycott Israel until it ends its blockade of Gaza. Dempsey said he believed the recent commando attack on the […]
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