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NGO platform calls for Israeli boycott
Matthew Vella The development NGO platform Skop has called for a boycott of Israeli companies in the wake of the shooting of Bianca Zammit, the Maltese activist injured by a live bullet shot by the Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza. “We urge all those of goodwill who want justice for the Palestinian people to demand […]
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Protest the Caterpillar shareholder meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Time: 12:30pm – 5:00pm Location: Northern Trust Bank Street: 50 S La Salle St City/Town: Chicago, IL We’re planning something big for this year’s shareholder meeting, and need your support at the protest! If you travel for one BDS event this year, consider making it the Caterpillar shareholder meeting in […]
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Open letter to Margaret Atwood to support Palestinian liberation
by Rob Maguire on May 6, 2010 Dear Ms. Margaret Atwood, Today, as systematic human rights violations continue to be committed by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people, we are appealing to you on behalf of the Montreal-based collective Tadamon! and Art Threat concerning your planned visit to Tel Aviv. We have learned that […]
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Maariv: Foreign Ministry considering stopping lectures in US and UK because of heckling
Foreign Ministry considering stopping lectures Foreign Ministry officials are considering stopping the lectures by senior figures around the world, particularly in Britain. The reason: The outspoken verbal attacks by students and pro-Palestinian activists, which render them ineffective. The attacks peaked last week, when demonstrators assaulted the Israeli deputy ambassador to Britain at the end of […]
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Solidarity is a weapon against Israeli propaganda
May 6, 2010 Posted by yaman Perhaps the most important success of the divestment movement at Berkeley has been overlooked. Yes, it is true that a super majority of the student senate supported divestment from Israeli war crimes and the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. It is true that the vote was reversed only […]
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Fifty-Seven organizations and artists thank Gil Scott-Heron for heeding Palestinian call to boycott Israel
MEDIA CONTACT: info[at]adalahny.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, May 5, 2010 – More than 50 organizations and artists from eight countries have written to legendary political singer and poet Gil Scott-Heron to thank him for his decision to drop Israel from his current tour. The letter, facilitated by Adalah-NY, highlighted the parallels between the […]
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Thank You Letter to Gil Scott Heron From Over 50 Organizations
Dear Gil Scott-Heron, The undersigned artists and organizations would like to commend your principled stance on Israeli apartheid. By announcing the cancellation of your scheduled performance in Israel, you join the growing ranks of artists of conscience in solidarity with Palestinian civil society. As you recognized in your iconic anti-Apartheid anthem “Johannesburg,” when “brothers over […]
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Talks Fail to Bring About Compromise – UCSD Guardian
By Angela Chen The A.S. Campus Affairs Committee voted 7-8 last night to indefinitely table a controversial resolution calling for the UC system to divest from General Electric and United Technologies – companies the document claims are profiting from alleged Israeli human-rights violations in the Palestinian territories. Because the resolution was tabled during the committee […]
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Ireland must oppose Israel’s membership of the OECD
By Dr David Morrison* In a written answer to Sinn Fein Deputy, Aengus Oí¬ Snodaigh, Foreign Minister, Micheaí¬l Martin, told the Daí¬il on 21 April 2010 that “it is expected that Ireland will join with the other 29 members of the OECD to formally invite Israel to become a member” [1] The Roadmap for the […]
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Quartet ex-envoy’s investment helps Israel greenwash settlements
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 6 May 2010 Former World Bank president and Middle East Quartet envoy James D. Wolfensohn is an investor in an Israeli company that is developing transport infrastructure for Jewish-only settlements built in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law, an investigation by The Electronic Intifada reveals. Wolfensohn provided […]
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