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Is Bob Dylan Embracing a Silent Boycott of Apartheid Israel?
In January Ynet reported Bob Dylan’s May 27th concert date in the apartheid state. Now his website shows no sign of any stop in apartheid Israel.
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Singer’s boycott of Israel a matter of conscience
JASON KOUTSOUKIS May 24, 2010 Pro-Palestinian activists gather at the Sarayburnu port to send off the Mavi Marmara cruise ship sponsored by Turkey’s Islamic and pro-Palestinian rights group.Click to play video Palestinian support groups take their protest of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip to a new level as they board ships destined for the […]
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Israeli Think Tank Calls for Sabotaging “Delegitimizers” of Israel
May 21 – 23, 2010 Reut Institute Admits Critics Have Many Valid Points By JAMES MARC LEAS While a report by an Israeli think tank has been widely condemned (1) for advocating that the Israeli government use its intelligence services to attack and sabotage non-violent human rights advocates, the report is worth detailed study because […]
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Two Italian Supermarkets Suspend Sales of Settlement Products
Palestine Monitor 23 May 2010 COOP AND NORDICONAD SUPERMARKET CHAINS SUSPEND SALES OF PRODUCTS FROM SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: An important success for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid May 22, 2010 – Following lobbying efforts by the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco, two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and […]
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Music stars’ boycott rocks Israel
Vita Bekker, Foreign Correspondent * Last Updated: May 21. 2010 10:53PM UAE / May 21. 2010 6:53PM GMT TEL AVIV // Israel”s occupation of the Palestinian territories is again drawing international condemnation – this time from the music industry. In what activists for Palestinian rights say is a major boost to their goal of spurring […]
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COOP AND NORDICONAD SUPERMARKET CHAINS SUSPEND SALES OF PRODUCTS FROM THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
An important success for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid May 22, 2010 – Following lobbying efforts by the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco, two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and Nordiconad, announced the suspension of sales of products from Agrexco, the principal exporter of produce from Israel and the illegal Israeli […]
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Palestinian Economic Boycott Hits Israeli Settlers
By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 20, 2010 (IPS) – Israeli settlers are beginning to feel the bite of an economic boycott campaign launched by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against goods produced in the illegal Israeli settlements dotting the occupied West Bank. “This is economic terrorism,” complained the Yesha Council (YC), an umbrella organisation of municipal […]
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Boycotts are bustin’ out all over
Friday, May 21, 2010 Have you heard the boycott news? Singer/songwriter/rock-n-roller Elvis Costello has not only canceled two gigs in Israel, but he’s come out with a powerful public statement of his support for boycott: “One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether intending to elate or […]
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Elvis Is King
For this in its entirety, and more specifically for this: [T]here are occasions when merely having your name added to a concert schedule may be interpreted as a political act that resonates more than anything that might be sung and it may be assumed that one has no mind for the suffering of the innocent. […]
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Following Boycott Calls, Elvis Costello Cancels Israel Concerts
The rock musician Elvis Costello has canceled a pair of upcoming concerts in Israel in response to boycott calls from Palestinian solidarity activists. In a statement, Costello said, “I must believe that the audience…would have contained many people who question the policies of their government on settlement and deplore conditions that visit intimidation, humiliation or […]
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