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Truth in labeling: EU court challenges “Made in Israel”
Phon van den Biesen and Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2010 On 25 February, the European Court of Justice ruled that imports manufactured in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shouldn’t benefit from a trade agreement between Israel and the European Union. The ruling follows protests of Israel’s export of products from […]
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Leaked anti-BDS document?
I have been sent this lengthy document titled Delegitimization of Israel: “Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions”. I’m posting the whole thing here but, be warned, I said it’s lengthy and it has been suggested that it could be a double bluff intended more for the eyes of BDS advocates than BDS opponents. One of my correspondents […]
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The Israeli Occupation as an Apartheid System
During the sixth International Israeli apartheid week, the Alternative Information Center is hosting events and lectures. On 2 March, Hazem Jamjoum of the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights discussed about Israeli apartheid system in the AICafé. On this occasion we interviewed him. Why can the Israeli occupation be considered an apartheid […]
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University of Michigan-Dearborn Student Government Passes Divestment Resolution
Thursday, 25 February 2010 University of Michigan – Dearborn Student Government General Assembly Resolution # 2010-003 Whereas, this wise body has been known to be one of strong moral and social conscience and has in the past supported justice and international law, and Whereas, U.N General Assembly Resolution 194 resolves that the Holy Places – […]
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Scandanavian financial institutions drop Elbit due to BDS pressure
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 19 February 2010 Despite Israel’s oppressive tactics against it, the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement has marked additional victories with many institutional investors divesting from or blacklisting Israeli military contractor Elbit Systems. One of the largest Dutch pension funds told The Electronic Intifada today that it is selling off […]
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Israel’s new strategy: “sabotage” and “attack” the global justice movement
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 16 February 2010 An extraordinary series of articles, reports and presentations by Israel’s influential Reut Institute has identified the global movement for justice, equality and peace as an “existential threat” to Israel and called on the Israeli government to direct substantial resources to “attack” and possibly engage in criminal “sabotage” […]
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Eroding Israel’s Legitimacy in the International Arena
Note: For those of you who are confused, this article, like all articles on our Boycott News feed, is from another source. The link to that Zionist source is below. We do not endorse all that we post in our newsfeed, but we use items such as the one below to show that our movement […]
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Think tank: Israel faces global delegitimization campaign
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Last Update: 12/02/2010 07:13 Israel is facing a global campaign of delegitimization, according to a report by the Reut Institute, made available to the cabinet on Thursday. The Tel Aviv-based security and socioeconomic think tank called on ministers to treat the matter as a strategic threat. The report cites anti-Israel […]
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US Store discontinues Ahava dead sea products after boycott call
Friday February 12, 2010 04:42 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Report post The “Stolen Beauty” campaign has declared a small victory, after Costco stores agreed to stop carrying Dead Sea Salt from the Ahava corporation. AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories is an Israeli cosmetics company whose manufacturing plant is in an illegal settlement on Palestinian […]
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Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2010 French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The light rail project is part of the “Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan” sponsored by […]
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