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French say NO to Israel at OECD HQ today
Israí«l criminel – OCDE complice ? Alors que les délégations des pays membres de l”OCDE se réunissaient pour décider de l”adhésion de l”Etat d”Israí«l, des militants solidaires avec le peuple palestinien, dont des membres de la Coordination interfacs Palestine, de Génération Palestine, de l”Union juive franí§aise pour la paix, d”Europalestine, de Américains contre la guerre, […]
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UCSD Israel divestment measure tabled
Washington – Student Senators at the University of California, San Diego indefinitely tabled a measure to divest funds from two US companies profiting from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, activists said. This came at a meeting on Wednesday night, a second attempt to pass a divestment measure after senators failed to agree on the language […]
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Anti-Zionism versus pro-Palestinianism in France.
From Paris, with love By YONITH BENHAMOU AND ANTOINE CHELTIEL Jacques Attali, French economist, prolific writer, high-ranking civil official and adviser to president Franí§ois Mitterrand, dared to declare to Haaretz in October that anti-Semitism in France was a “nonexistent problem,” “a lie… not a problem at the national level… propaganda, Israeli propaganda.” With all due […]
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Veto on Israel’s OECD membership
The Irish Times – Thursday, May 6, 2010 Madam, – On May 11th, 2010, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will vote on whether or not to complete Israel”s application to join its ranks. Supporting Israel”s ascension to the OECD would be tantamount to supporting its actions in the Occupied Territories. The Roadmap […]
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The Meaning and Importance of Cultural Boycotts
By Cathy Gulkin This past September, just a few months after the bombardment of Gaza by Israel, John Greyson, Naomi Klein and 1,500 others including myself signed the Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation1 to protest the Spotlight on Tel Aviv at TIFF 2009. The controversy surrounding the Declaration conflated censorship, boycotts and political protest. […]
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Anti-Israel divestment motion coming to University of California, Riverside
May 5, 12:45 PMLA Middle Eastern Policy Examiner Paul Kujawsky The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is an international, multi-faceted effort to delegitimize Israel. Despite the occasional disingenuous disclaimer, and although cloaked in the language of human rights and peace, the BDSers deny the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state, and […]
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Israel’s Consul General Admits “Occupation” in his ASUC Senate Testimony – April 14, 2010
@ 40 sec: “We seek to end the occupation; that is our position as a government,” while pounding on the lectern @ 1:05 sec: “We want to end the occupation; this is the position of the government of Israel”
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Arabs In 1948 Areas Prepare For Boycott
Thursday May 06, 2010 11:01 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Report post Several popular movements, civil society institutions and women organizations in the 1948 areas are preparing to officially declare the launch of a boycott campaign targeting all settlement products as a means of economic pressure on Israel. The movements held a meeting […]
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Palestine dominates CRH AGM in Dublin
Check out what the IPSC has been up to in Dublin yesterday. In fact, I was one of the concerned shareholders inside the AGM – my first company AGM – and I was delighted that there were some shareholders genuinely disturbed about CRH”s involvement in Palestine and speaking up about it. Besides these Ordinary Decent […]
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Both hindrance and blight
The Palestinian boycott of Israeli goods that originate in settlements is picking up speed. This is a very laudable initiative and a form of resistance that might, combined with other tactics, gain some result. For a start, it hits Israel where it hurts, namely in the pocket. While the exact market share of settlement goods […]
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