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TUC votes for campaign of boycott and disinvestment to free Palestine
Press Release For immediate release Britain “s unions have thrown their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott from companies which are profiting from Israel “s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. Trade unions voted unanimously today at the TUC”s annual conference for a motion put forward by the Transport Salaried Staffs” Association (TSSA), seconded […]
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Julianne Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Sondheim, Cynthia Nixon Support Boycott of Israeli Settlements
Andre Soares | Sep 8, 2010 Actors Boycott Ariel Settlement Theodore Bikel, Mira Nair, Julianne Moore, Harold Prince, Vanessa Redgrave, Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Sondheim, Cynthia Nixon, Tony Kushner, Mandy Patinkin, Eve Ensler, Jennifer Tilly, Ed Asner, Wallace Shawn, and James Schamus are some of the 150 American and British stage, screen, and television personalities that […]
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Sondheim, Moore, et al. Support Israeli Boycott
Wednesday, September 8, 2010; Posted: 05:09 PM – by BWW News Desk Jewish Voice for Peace has collected over 150 names of Obie/Emmy/Tony/Pulitzer and other prize- winning theater and film professionals in support of the Israeli actors’/playwrights’ boycott of Israeli settlements. The issue has exploded in Israel and now support for the boycott has gone […]
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Global BDS Against Israel Is Working
by Stephen Lendman / September 7th, 2010 In July 2005, a coalition of 171 Palestinian Civil Society organizations created the Global BDS movement for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights” for Occupied Palestinians, Israeli Arabs, and Palestinian diaspora refugees. The Tel Aviv-based Reut […]
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U.S. actors back Israeli boycott of West Bank theater
More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists sign letter of support for the Israeli actors who said they would not perform in Ariel. By Chaim Levinson More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists signed a letter of support for the Israeli actors who declared they would not perform in […]
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Vanessa Redgrave, Tony Kushner and other American artists support Israeli artists’ Ariel boycott
Press Release 6 September 2010 Following the movement of Israeli theater professionals who authored a letter refusing to perform in the settlement of Ariel on August 27th,and the attack on them that ensued, American counterparts have come together with their own statement of support. Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, a national Jewish-American organization, the […]
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Anti-Israel economic boycotts are gaining speed
The sums involved are not large, but their international significance is huge. Boycotts by governments gives a boost to boycotts by non-government bodies around the world. By Nehemia Shtrasler The entire week was marked by boycotts. It began with a few dozen theater people boycotting the new culture center in Ariel, and continued with a […]
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The silent treatment
William Parry Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack tells William Parry why he is boycotting Israel. The movement for a cultural boycott of Israel in response to its treatment of the Palestinians, modelled on the boycott of apartheid South Africa, could eclipse decades of disingenuous political charades in engaging western intellectuals, academics and artists. Internationally […]
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MSCI Forces Israel Sale Harvard Campaign Failed to Bring About
By Sree Bhaktavatsalam, Christopher Condon and Gillian Wee – Sep 2, 2010 7:00 AM MSCI Inc. may have been more instrumental in changing investor behavior toward Israel than an eight-year-old divestment campaign by some Harvard and MIT academics. The index provider”s decision to move the country to a developed nations index prompted Harvard University, T. […]
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Boycott success in Glasgow to be rolled out across Scotland
Muslim shops ban Israeli produce in Palestine protest Boycott by Asian businesses in Glasgow’s south side Deborah Anderson Sunday Herald 29 Aug 2010 Rizwan Khan, who owns Rizwan stores on Allison Street, dumped a box of dates after being told of their origin and is supporting the boycott. He said: “I have been wary of […]
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