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Israeli Companies Liable to Awaken Huge Political Boycott throughout World
Adam Reuter, The Marker (trans. from Hebrew by alternativenews.org) 10 May 2010 This article originally appeared in the Israeli economic newspaper The Marker. It was translated to English by the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in support of the Palestinian-led campaign for BDS. Since its establishment, Israel has been under attack regarding the legitimacy of its […]
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Palestinians turn to boycott in West Bank
By Janine Zacharia Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, May 15, 2010; 9:53 AM MAALEH ADUMIM, WEST BANK — In Mishor Adumim, a bougainvillea-lined industrial zone inside this West Bank Jewish settlement, at least 17 businesses have closed since Palestinians began boycotting its products several months ago. For the Israelis, it’s “an insufferable situation,” according to […]
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Margaret Atwood Cashes In
By Jennifer Matsui Novelist Margaret Atwood”s decision to travel to Tel Aviv to share a literary prize worth a million dollars has ignited a controversy in which the septuagenarian author and vice-president of the literary human rights organization PEN International has come under fire by Palestinian rights activists. Ms Atwood”s acceptance of the Dan David […]
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Students Boycott Apartheid delegation to Palestine 2010
Apply by May 28, 2010! In the summer of 2010, Students Boycott Apartheid (SBA) will run its second delegation to Palestine of university students, faculty, and staff who are committed to supporting the Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid. We have been inspired by the growth of powerful […]
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US Palestinian Community Network joins Arizona boycott
The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) joins with civil rights groups, labor unions and people”s movements across the country in calling for a boycott of Arizona in response to the racist law, SB1070, a law recently signed into law by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer that targets and criminalizes the immigrant community and people of […]
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The Banquo’s Ghost of Israeli Foreign Policy
Max Blumenthal | May 14, 2010 A May 6 “expose” from the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot gave Israeli government officials and their hardline American proxies the ammunition they had been seeking against Judge Richard Goldstone. After Goldstone, a Jewish former South African judge who describes himself as a proud Zionist, charged Israel with crimes against […]
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EPF’s Executive Council Statement on Divestment, Boycott and Economic Sanctions as a means of Nonviolent Resistance
The National Executive Council of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship voted to endorse the enclosed statement with a vote of 8 yes, 2 no and 1 abstention. “In response to the ongoing cycle of violence – including Palestinian terrorist bombings and the well documented military and economic violence of the government of Israel against Palestinians – […]
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BADIL Statement: The Nakba is Not Just an Event to Remember…The Nakba is Ongoing, and the Time has Come for it to End
What is Needed on the 62nd Anniversary of the 1948 Nakba: Achieve National Unity, Strengthen BDS Campaign; Activate Popular Resistance in all of its Forms; Organize Efforts Internationally; End Public Relations Negotiations Statement by BADIL, 15 May 2010 At their core, the circumstances surrounding the Palestinian struggle today do not differ from those circumstances that […]
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Arrest of Palestinian leaders in Israel “a dangerous development”
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 14 May 2010 The recent arrest of two respected public figures from Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority in nighttime raids on their homes by the Shin Bet secret police — brought to light this week when a gag order was partially lifted — has sent shock waves through the community. The […]
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Boycott Blues
Palestinians can’t wreck Israel’s economy by boycotting goods made in the settlements. So why are Israelis so worked up? By Dan Ephron | Newsweek Web Exclusive By presidential decree, Palestinians this month began boycotting products manufactured in Israeli settlements–part of the nonviolent campaign to end Israel’s 43-year occupation of the West Bank. Considering the numbers […]
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