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Association France-Palestine Solidarité (AFPS) calls on French government to block Israel OECD membership
AFPS actions against Israel”s accession to OECD AFPS is concerned about Israel potential accession to OECD. On the 2nd of April 2010 a delegation from the “National Collective for a Just and Sustainable Peace between Palestinians and Israelis” met with Mr. Maurií¨s, the Director for Africa and Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
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Open Letter to Gil Scott-Heron: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
PACBI | 21 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 21 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is gravely disappointed by the announcement that well-known, progressive artist Gil Scott-Heron is due to perform in Israel on May 25. We call upon Mr. Scott-Heron, a member of United Artists Against Apartheid […]
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Bay Area Artists Tell Out In Israel to get OUT Of San Francisco Again!
Out In Israel is a month-long festival taking place throughout the Bay Area during April 2010. It includes a Hebrew language LGBT film series, theatrical and musical performances by prominent Israeli artists, cooking demonstrations, art exhibitions, literary readings, and panels discussions on LGBT culture in Israel and Zionist perspectives. Out In Israel breaks the Cultural […]
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Shame on Amitav Ghosh for accepting a prize from Apartheid Israel
Here is a semi-official letter from novelist Amitav Ghosh defending his decision to accept a prize from the apartheid regime in Israel: I have received many messages in relation to the Dan David Prize, which I am sharing with Margaret Atwood. I think it is of paramount importance to note that this prize is awarded […]
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Boycotting Israel, Boycotting the Law of Return
We are Jews from the United States, who, like Jewish people throughout the world, have an automatic right to Israeli citizenship under Israel’s “law of return.” Today there are more than seven million Palestinian refugees around the world. Israel denies their right to return to their homes and land–a right recognized and undisputed by UN […]
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What does it take to get liberal Zionists on board with BDS, and is it worth it?
by Ahmed Moor on April 20, 2010 Jerry Haber”s call for liberal Zionists to join the broader BDS movement is laudable for what he”s attempting to do. Sadly, Haber”s Zionism informs his writing in a way that largely undermines his professed goal. The current of Jewish paternalism that runs throughout the list translates into both […]
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Ictu to seek ways to support sanctions against Israel
MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent THE EXECUTIVE council of Ictu is to consider ways in which it can translate into action its support for Palestinian calls for a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Attendees at an Ictu conference on the Middle East held in Dublin yesterday discussed possible ways of implementing such […]
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Irish Trade Union solidarity with Palestine
On Friday there was one of the most significant events yet in Palestinian solidarity work in Ireland. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions held a conference on Palestine/Israel and on how to build solidarity links. It was reported and attacked in the media and, in a nutshell, it was a very successful conference – one […]
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