• The nation-wide blockade of all goods to and from Israel is under way

    Posted on June 23, 2010

    – Tens of containers were put under blockade tonight. By midnight at 00:00 on the 23rd June the Swedish Dock-workers union week-long blockade of goods to and from Israel started. The ongoing nation-wide blockade in Swedish harbors, that is based on the request of the united Palestinian union-movement, is The Swedish Dockworkers Union’s attempt to […]

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  • War crimes suit filed against Barak, Livni in Belgium

    Posted on June 23, 2010

    Belgian of Palestinian descent, together with 13 Gaza Strip residents, files case in Brussels court against 14 Israeli leaders and officers AFP Published: 06.23.10 After similar circumstances last week prompted the last-minute cancellation of Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s trip to Paris, another court case was filed against the Barak and a series of other senior […]

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  • Israel’s feeling of isolation is becoming more pronounced

    Posted on June 23, 2010

    By Janine Zacharia Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, June 22, 2010; A08 JERUSALEM — An Elton John concert ordinarily isn’t front-page news. But in Israel, where many feel more shunned than they have in decades, the legendary pop icon’s decision to perform in Tel Aviv last Thursday was cause for celebration. After weeks of dreary […]

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  • Wave Of Cultural Terrorism Rocks Israel

    Posted on June 23, 2010

    Three western musical acts, The Pixies, The Klaxons, and Gorillaz, have canceled their appearances in Israel in light of Israel”s massacre and attack on the Freedom Flotilla last week. The cancellation prompted Israelis to decry the isolation as “cultural terrorism.” Palestinians have resisted Israeli Apartheid and oppression in all possible ways. The goal has always […]

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  • Victory at Oakland port: Israeli ship blocked from unloading

    Posted on June 22, 2010

    Sunday, June 20, 2010 By: Gloria La Riva First ever boycott at US port in solidarity with Palestine In a historic and unprecedented action today, over 800 labor and community activists blocked the gates of the Oakland docks in the early morning hours, prompting longshore workers to refuse to cross the picket lines where they […]

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  • Hundreds in Oakland protest Gaza blockade

    Posted on June 22, 2010

    Victoria Colliver, David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writers Sunday, June 20, 2010 (06-20) 12:35 PDT OAKLAND — Hundreds of demonstrators, condemning Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, picketed at the Port of Oakland on Sunday and may have prevented an Israeli cargo ship from unloading for the day. Two shifts of longshoremen agreed not to […]

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  • Boycott of settlement goods is biting hard

    Posted on June 22, 2010

    Maariv: Targeted boycott and divestment pushing companies out of the settlements Didi Remez, 21 June 2010 The cover story of this morning”s (June 21 2010) Maariv business section reports that targeted boycott and divestment actions – Israeli, Palestinian and international – are pushing an increasing number of Israeli companies out of the West Bank settlements […]

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  • Huge outpouring of Oakland picketers stop unloading of Israeli ship

    Posted on June 21, 2010

    by Henry Norr on June 20, 2010 If anyone had any doubts that the movement for justice in Palestine is growing by leaps and bounds, in numbers, breadth, and determination, check out what happened this morning in Oakland, CA: “¢ somewhere between 700 and 1,000 demonstrators from all over the San Francisco Bay Area made […]

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  • Elton John aside, Israelis feel growing isolation

    Posted on June 19, 2010

    By ARON HELLER (AP) TEL AVIV, Israel – Pounding his piano in blue-tinted sunglasses before nearly 50,000 screaming fans, Elton John took center stage in a battle over Israel’s image. The legendary British rocker’s concert on Thursday night followed a string of cancellations by artists like Elvis Costello and the Pixies. Resisting a growing wave […]

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  • Northern Illinois Conference votes to divest from companies that benefit from the occupation of Palestine

    Posted on June 19, 2010

    CONTACT: CONNIE BAKER, 630-363-7713 End the Occupation, Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church ST. CHARLES, ILL. June 15, 2010 – At its annual conference, the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) of the United Methodist Church (UMC) voted to divest all holdings in three international corporations that profit from the occupation of Palestine. This action […]

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