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The Olympia Food Co-op Needs Your Support Now!
Just last week the Board of Directors of the Olympia Food Co-op in Olympia, WA, the hometown of Rachel Corrie, took the courageous step of instituting a boycott of Israeli goods, the first grocery boycott of Israel in the US. Already, there is a movement afoot to condemn the Co-op for taking this important stand. […]
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An open letter to the Methodist Church on their decision to Endorse BDS
Dear Sir or Madam, The decision of the Methodist Church to endorse the BDS Campaign, has not alone been greeted with huge respect by those concerned with the near unique plight of Palestinians, attacked, evicted, walled in or excluded, land divested for sixty two years, but has also restored faith in what believers are : […]
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Food co-op in Rachel Corrie’s hometown boycotts Israeli goods
The Olympia Food Co-op announced last week that no more Israeli products will be sold at its two grocery stores. By Natasha Mozgovaya Americans are far more supportive of Israel than Europeans, and most initiatives to boycott Israeli goods or to divest funds from companies working with Israel are unsuccessful in the United States. But […]
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Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli goods from shelves; first US store to institute boycott
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Olympia, WA– The Olympia Food Co-op Board of Directors has decided to boycott Israeli goods at their two locations in Olympia, Washington. At a July 15th meeting packed with Co-op members, the Board reached this consensus. The Co-op becomes the first US grocery store to publicly join the international grassroots movement for […]
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Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman miss Jerusalem film festival after Gaza raid
‘It was clear it had something to do with what had happened,’ says organiser after stars pulled out following flotilla attacks * Ben Child * guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 July 2010 12.17 BST Hollywood actors Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman cancelled plans to attend the Jerusalem film festival following Israel’s raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla […]
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‘Hope’ Floats: Hey Hollywood, Time to Put Your Money Where Your Morality Is
A coalition of nearly twenty American human rights and peace groups has joined the global justice community and numerous foreign governments in vowing to send more humanitarian aid ships to break the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza this coming Fall. The coalition, united under the mantle US To Gaza, includes activist organizations such as CodePink, […]
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BNC welcomes actions to mark fifth anniversary of BDS call
15 July 2010 Occupied Palestine – On July 9 2010, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) marked the fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society Call for a campaign of BDS against Israel until it fully complies with international law and Palestinian rights. The BNC issued a statement highlighting the massive growth […]
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BDS Success at Corrado’s Supermarket
BDS Success: Corrado’s, a large family-owned supermarket, in Clifton, NJ, agreed to stop selling “Jordan Valley” dried dates–Product of Israel. This happened after repeated complaints to two of the younger owner/family members. It definitely helps to be a regular customer to have some say and the possible threat of widespread boycott. It is interesting to […]
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF VILLANUEVA DE DUERO (VALLADOLID, SPAIN) REMOVES THE ISRAELI BOTTLED WATER “˜EDEN’ FROM ITS BUILDINGS
Platform of Solidarity with Palestine-Valladolid Valladolid.- The City Council of Villanueva de Duero -a town of the Spanish province of Valladolid- has removed the Israeli bottled water Eden Springs Ltd. from all the municipal buildings. With this decision, the City Council joins to the International Movement of Boycott, Desinvestments and Sanctions (BDS) against the State […]
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