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OPEN LETTER TO AMITAV GHOSH
Dear Amitav Ghosh: It can”t have escaped your notice that Margaret Atwood, with whom you”re sharing one of this year”s Dan David prizes, has received a number of public appeals, from Palestinians, Israelis, and others, to refuse the prize, or not go to Tel Aviv to receive it, or at least to speak out against […]
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Urgent action calls – OECD and Amitav Ghosh
1. Israel applies to join the OECD Israel has applied to join the rich nations club, the OECD. The Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC) has called for the OECD to freeze Israel’s membership application. The OECD”s stated values include: “a commitment to pluralist democracy based on the rule of law and the respect of human […]
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Taking the profit out of occupation
We would like to thank you for your help with our efforts to pressure retailers Nordstrom and Ricky’s NY to stop carrying AHAVA products, which are made from stolen resources on occupied land. In February, we generated over 1,700 letters to Ricky’s CEO Dominick Costello, and in late March 2,400 people sent messages to Nordstrom’s […]
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Palestinian Singer Mira Awad Boycotts Zionist Performance in the UK
Just a short note to let everyone know that public pressure has forced Mira Awad, a Palestinian singer and citizen of Israel, to cancel her scheduled performance in the UK sponsored by the Zionist Federation to celebrate Israel’s “independence.” Awad published a letter today in Al-Ittihad, the newspaper of the Israeli Communist Party, saying that […]
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Thanks to Israeli director, Egyptian filmmakers boycott festival
Louise Sarant The sixth annual short-film festival at the French Cultural Center in Cairo (CFCC), “Recontres de l’Image,” started out with 49 screenings. That number has now dropped to 17 after the jury, composed of three Egyptian directors and actors, pulled out of the competition and a number of Egyptian short films followed them. The […]
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PSCABI and TUA – An open letter in support of the UK prisoners given extended sentences for opposing Israeli War Crimes
Besieged Gaza, Palestine 9 April 2010 We write to you as academics and student representatives of all academic institutions in the besieged Gaza Strip. We support and salute your willingness to suffer the consequences that come with demonstrating in a “free” Western country against the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against us, the […]
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Boycotting Democracy at the Davis Coop
Boycott campaigns are always controversial, even at food cooperatives. So much so that it is advisable to have a policy for dealing with them. The Davis Food Coop has one, a wise move in California. So why aren”t they following their own policy? Well, apparently there are boycotts and then there are boycotts. The Davis […]
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“Racism” charges dropped against Scottish solidarity activists
Press release, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 8 April 2010 Five Palestine campaigners who contested the relevancy of a “racially aggravated conduct” charge in relation to their protest against Israel’s blockade of Gaza had all charges against them dropped today. The campaigners, all members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), had interrupted the August 2008 […]
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The Assault on Israeli Legitimacy
Chris Hedges on Netanyahu, Lieberman and the future of Israel. Israel, with its vast settlement expansion – including the hundreds of new homes it intends to build in East Jerusalem – makes no pretense anymore about working toward a two-state solution. It is an overtly apartheid state. Its goal is no longer rapprochement with the […]
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Israel knows apartheid has no future
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, The Electronic Intifada, 8 April 2010 After decades of military rule over Palestinians and theft of our land, Israeli leaders are increasingly seeing the writing on the wall. They are at least acknowledging reality, if not yet grappling with the consequences. In 2007, Ehud Olmert, then prime minister, declared: “If the day […]
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