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Children’s group boycotts Israel
By Jessica Elgot, July 9, 2010 A children”s educational movement has voted to boycott Israel at their annual gathering in Sussex. The Morning Star reported that the Woodcraft Folk, which runs weekly sessions for children including singing, dancing, craft and eco-projects, voted for the boycott at their conference in Ashdown Forest, west Sussex. The emergency […]
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U.S. Presbyterians urge government to end Israel aid over settlements
Presbyterian Church publishes report on Middle East issues that was approved with 82% of the vote during the church’s annual general assembly in Minneapolis. By The Associated Press Presbyterian leaders strongly backed a proposal Friday calling for the U.S. government to end aid to Israel unless the country stops settlement expansions in disputed Palestinian territories. […]
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Australia MUA Locals Passed Resolutions In Support Of Labor Boycott Of Israel in 2009
Submitted by solidarity on Sat, 2010-07-10 14:39 http://www.mua.org.au/news/union-peace-plan-for-middle-east/ Union peace plan for Middle East 9 APR 2009 Paddy Crumlin, MUA national secretary and ITF executive board member will be visiting the Middle East later this year, to promote the International Transport Workers’ initiative to bring the workers of Israel and Palestine together. “It’s the working […]
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Blockade: Dockers respond to Israel’s Flotilla Massacre and Gaza Siege
Submitted by solidarity on Sat, 2010-07-10 00:06 http://www.labournet.net/docks2/1007/blockade1.html Blockade: Dockers respond to Israel”s Flotilla Massacre and Gaza Siege Report by Greg Dropkin Published: 09/07/10 Three weeks after the massacre on the Freedom Flotilla, ILWU dockworkers in the San Francisco Bay area delayed an Israeli Zim Lines ship for 24 hours, the Swedish Dockworkers Union began […]
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Israel must change or collapse: On the impact of BDS
Rachel Giora In the eyes of the world, the question is what can be done when the relevant institutions do not succeed in enforcing international law? Tanya Reinhart (May 5, 2005)1 Despite the recent atrocities inflicted by Israelis on Palestinians and internationals, despite the deteriorating status of human rights experienced by Israeli citizens both Palestinian […]
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Palestinian BDS National Committee marks five years of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions
Palestinian BDS National Committee marks five years of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Occupied Palestine, 9 July 2010 – On the fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights,[1] the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) warmly salutes all our […]
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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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Belgian Trade Union Federation Adopts Boycott!
[Motion passed by FGTB Centrale Generale/ABVV Algemene Centrale on 3 June 2010] Decent work is impossible under military occupation On May 31st, the Israeli army attacked a convoy with 10,000 ton of humanitarian aid on its way to the Gaza-strip. Among the unarmed campaigners, at least 10 people got killed and 30 people were wounded! […]
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VUVUZELA
It’s the Penguins vs. the Ostriches in this Boycott Israel summer match — a showdown between artists like Elvis Costello and the Pixies who cancelled their Israel concerts in respect of the boycott, vs. Metallica, Rihanna and Elton John who are going forward with theirs, despite growing criticism.
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Church Stance On Settlements Angers UK Israel Supporters
Written by Ma’an The fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United Kingdom is under fire for supporting Palestinian Christians. In late June, the Methodist Church of Great Britain became the first major UK denomination to boycott goods from Israeli settlements following last year’s release of the Palestine Kairos document, which declared Israel’s occupation “a sin against […]
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