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Volvo equipment: Israel’s weapons to destroy al-Walaja homes
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 29 April 2010 On 16 April, approximately 100 Palestinian villagers and internationals walked towards the construction site of Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank village of al-Walaja, four kilometers northwest of Bethlehem. When the protesters were leaving the village, four Israeli army jeeps and one police vehicle entered and […]
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Sample letter – we are only days away, keep up the pressure
Download sample letter here Dear friends, Attached to this e-mail is an english translation of a letter sent to the OECD delegation of Sweden by The Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden (PGS). PGS is distributing the document as a sample letter without restrictions for other organizations to pick up, translate, modify and send to their […]
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Amitav Ghosh lands in controversy over Israeli literary award
Shreya Roy Chowdhury, TNN, Apr 29, 2010, 03.17am IST NEW DELHI: Writer Amitav Ghosh is in the middle of an unsavoury award controversy. The writer of award-winning novels like The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Tide has won the million-dollar Dan David Prize. Won for “Rendition of the 20th Century,” he’ll share it with Booker-winning […]
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Invincible (at Hampshire College) shouts out to UC Schools BDS!
UC Berkeley is going to vote once more on April 28th to overturn the student president’s veto of the divestment bill. Updates… http://www.caldivestfromapartheid.com/ Also – UC San Diego students have introduced a divestment bill, coming up for a vote also on 4/28. http://www.ucsddivestforpeace.org/ Please sign a petition here in support of the new UC San […]
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Anna Baltzer on UCSD Divestment for Peace
Anna Baltzer discusses her views on UCSD Divestment for Peace. Visit UCSDDivestforPeace.org for more information!
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ASUC Senate Hearing Fails to Override Veto by 1 Vote
We lost the vote, but won the night. 13 senators voted to override, 14 wer required. Only 5 senators voted to uphold, less than half the 13. We made a statement recorded for posterity and forced everyone to listen and watch what the nature of Israeli occupation is, to listen to Palestinian voices, from Palestine […]
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An Open Letter to UC Berkeley Students — Passing the Israel Divestment Bill
Mustafa Barghouthi Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative Posted: April 28, 2010 05:20 PM Dear Berkeley students and the ASUC Senate: I commend the effort of the wide coalition at Berkeley to pass the Bill in Support of UC Divestment from War Crimes. American students can play a powerful role in Palestinian liberation by […]
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UC Berkeley set to vote on historic divestment bill
Press Release, Students for Justice in Palestine – UC Berkeley, 28 April 2010 On Wednesday 28 April, the UC Berkeley Student Senate will make a final attempt to pass a bill calling for divestment of university funds from companies that profit from Israel’s war crimes and occupation of Palestine. The senate had previously approved the […]
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