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Boycott puts the squeeze on Jewish settlers
Omar Karmi Foreign Correspondent RAMALLAH // The man selling watermelons on the main road from Ramallah to the Qalandiya military checkpoint had clearly worked on his sales pitch. “These are Arab watermelons,” he said with some feeling. He pointed to the sticker on the melons, which, although it boasted an Israeli mobile phone number, was […]
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French OECD appeal
Bonjour, Le Collectif National appelle les citoyens í adresser en nombre la lettre ci-annexée aux représentants des pays membres auprí¨s de l”OCDE dont les adresses électroniques jointes, ainsi qu”au Ministí¨re des Affaires Etrangí¨res. l”agenda ; demain 6 mai, discussion autour de l”adhésion d”Israí«l au sií¨ge de l”OCDE í Paris; (une conf de presse devra avoir […]
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Last-minute doubts regarding Israeli accession to OECD
Last-minute doubts regarding Israeli accession to OECD http://www.jnews.org.uk/commentary/last-minute-doubts-regarding-israeli-accession-to-oecd By JNews Editorial, 5 May 2010 Israeli accession seen as bad timing in light of its hard-line policies in the occupied Palestinian territory The OECD”s Council is set for a critical discussion on whether to approve Israel”s membership at a meeting tomorrow 6 May in Paris, ahead […]
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“Israeli Technologies of Apartheid”
Boston Activists Disrupt Israeli Propaganda Event at the Museum of Science Boston, MA, May 3, 2010 Local activists protested the so-called Israeli Innovation Weekend (IIW) at the Museum of Science in Boston through multiple, disparate actions on Sunday. IIWs sponsors, including the Consulate General of Israel to New England, were left flummoxed by the activists […]
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A “˜historic opportunity at hand’ tonight as UC San Diego votes on divestment
by Adam Horowitz on May 5, 2010 Anfal Awwad, Benjamin Balthaser, Oliver Burchill, Amal Dalmar and Aaron Dimsdale write in the UCSD newspaper The Guardian about the UCSD divestment resolution that will be voted on tonight: We have a historic opportunity to stop our university from contributing to the violation of human rights. This is […]
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Armatrading: Oppose Apartheid Israel as you would have opposed Apartheid South Africa!
Occupied Ramallah, 5 May 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is deeply troubled to learn that you are scheduled to perform in Israel on June 4th and 5th, in violation of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Call, [1] which calls on people of conscience throughout the world […]
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North Texas Boycott, Divest and Sanction of Israel Campaign
The North Texas Boycott,Divest and Sanction of Israel Campaign (North Texas BDS) is a Fort Worth,Texas based organization affiliated with the “U.S. campaign to End Israeli Occupation”, a national organization with 305 chapters throughout North America. Our Goals: Through a legal, non-violent campaign of persuasion and advocacy, these organizations seek to induce local institutions of […]
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Countering the soft war
Fayyad appreciates potential power of soft war against Israel; we should too Asher Fredman Israel is waking up to the growing threat of the soft war being waged against it internationally. Jazz artist Gil Scott-Heron’s apparent cancellation of his upcoming Tel Aviv performance is just the latest outcome of the escalating campaign to promote a […]
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Church leaders condemn Israel and Christian Zionism
Dr. Hanan Chehata Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed their support for Palestine and expressed their condemnation of Israel’s apartheid policies by supporting the 2009 Kairos Palestine document. This was a paper […]
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