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Mohammad Othman’s administrative detention is a sign BDS is working
by Adam Horowitz on November 24, 2009 Mohammad Othman, the BDS campaigner who was detained by Israel upon returning from a speaking tour in Norway, was given three months administrative detention yesterday in an Israeli military court. Othman had been held 63 days without charge before the court agreed to the prosecution”s request for administrative […]
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Palestinian boycott calls won’t hinder Jerusalem light rail construction
By ABE SELIG Despite recent calls by Palestinian Authority officials to boycott two French companies working on Jerusalem’s much-anticipated light rail system, the local spokesman for one of those companies – Alstom – told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that the light rail work was moving ahead as scheduled, and that political considerations would not […]
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Yes! San Francisco Jewish Federation does drive more into arms of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
As we wrote earlier, the board of San Francisco”s Jewish Federation was set to vote on an odious McCarthyite resolution presented by a splinter group of right-wing Federation critics: The S.F. Jewish Federation will not support events or organizations that demonize or defame Israel. Nor will it support organizations that partner in their events with […]
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Fear of a BDS planet
It’s getting hard to keep track of Israeli press mentions of the boycott, divestment & sanctions [BDS] movement against Israel. Their frequency & tenor bespeaks a growing alarm at the BDS threat, particularly among establishment journos. To whit: Sever Plocker, Chief Economics Editor and Commentator for Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel’s largest daily, in an article noting […]
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Boycott targets settlement products
The Palestinian Authority has called on the public to boycott several large supermarket chains in the West Bank that carry Israeli products. The decision targets upscale markets in Ramallah, in an attempt to pressure the stores to discontinue the sale of fruits and vegetables grown and processed in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. According […]
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Holland to probe if Ahava products made on occupied land
According to Socialist Party website, Dutch foreign minister intends to investigate whether Dead Sea cosmetic company’s products sporting label ‘Made in Israel’ are manufactured on ‘occupied’ territory Meirav Crystal Published: 11.18.09, 21:46 / Israel Business It seems as though not everyone in Holland is thrilled with Ahava beauty products. In a discussion held in the […]
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BDS Campaign Update (mid-June 2009 – September 2009)
Published in Al Majdal’s Nakba Education on the Path of Return (Autumn 2009) French activists protest Paris air show 20 June 2009 – A group of French activists from the French BDS campaign held a non- violent protest against Israeli participation in the Paris – Le Bourget Air Show. Le Bourget Air Show is one […]
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BDS Omar Barghouti – United in Struggle against Israeli Colonialism, Occupation, and Racism
Global BDS movement Extrait de lintervention DOmar Barghouti « Movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions », dans le cadre du séminaire « United in Struggle against Israeli Colonialism, Occupation, and Racism:Economic Perspectives and Advocacy Strategies ayant eu lieu le 24-25 October 2009 in Bethlehem. Ce séminaire était organisé par Occupied Palestine and Golan Heights Advocacy […]
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Boycott Israeli Goods Sheffield
Sheffield PSC second visit to Waitrose to demonstrate opposition to their policy of selling Israeli goods produced on stolen Palestinian land. Build the boycott!
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British Jews use “˜buycott’ to combat Palestinian boycott threat
November 13, 2009 (JTA) — British Jews organized a “buycott” of Israeli products to combat a Palestinian boycott campaign against two major supermarket chains. The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Fair Play Campaign Group urged shoppers to buy as many Israeli products as possible this week in response to the Palestine Solidarity […]
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