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Palestine group’s race harassment case thrown out of court
Published Date: 08 April 2010 CHARGES of racially aggravated conduct against five members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign have been thrown out by a Sheriff. Around 60 of their supporters burst into applause when Sheriff James Scott delivered his judgement at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today. Michael Napier, 63; Sofia Macleod, 39; Vanesa Fuertes, 35; […]
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Call for Action: Protest on April 15 against H&M
Tell H&M not to invest in Israel until Israel respects international law and human rights! The BDS H&M campaign is launching a fourth wave of protests against the H&M establishment in Israel. On Thursday April 15 2010, H&M will open its third store in Israel, this time in Haifa. The first and second stores were […]
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Greek Intifada Association calls musician Demis Roussos not to perform in Israel
April 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – The Greek Association for Solidarity with the Palestinian People – Intifada issued an open letter today, calling internationally known Greek musician Demis Roussos to boycott Israeli Apartheid and not to perform there. Full text below: Dear Mr Roussos, We are an association from Greece, which consists of people sensible […]
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Swedish pension firm drops Israeli co. in protest
By MALIN RISING STOCKHOLM Sweden’s national pension funds have dropped investments in an Israeli company that makes surveillance equipment for the West Bank barrier. Israel said Thursday that the decision by the Swedish AP funds, which manage assets of more than 800 billion kronor ($110 billion) in the state pension system, was “regrettable” but made […]
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Church leaders condemn Israel and Christian Zionism
Wednesday, 07 April 2010 15:45 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 […]
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Boycott Action: Max Brenner Chocolates
Posted by Tamil Justice Brenner boycott @ Newtown 8th April The global Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) is getting stronger by the day. All over Africa, the Americas and parts of Europe and Asia, more and more people are initiating and creating campaigns that aim to put pressure on companies, organisations, institutions and artists that deal with or […]
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Will Margaret Atwood boycott Israel?
by Ezra Winton on April 7, 2010 Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, activist and general rabble-rouser, has been awarded the Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University. As an outspoken advocate on everything from censorship to poverty to women”s equality to gay rights to arts funding, many human rights activists around the world are hoping Ms. […]
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Peace for Israelis and Palestinians? Not without America’s tough love.
An Israeli student explains why the US should act on moral outrage over Israel”s discriminatory policies before it”s too late. By Jonathan Ben-Artzi April 1, 2010 at 11:48 am EDT Providence, R.I. – More than 20 years ago, many Americans decided they could no longer watch as racial segregation divided South Africa. Compelled by an […]
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US military aid to Israel violates domestic, international law
Nahida H Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 7 April 2010 The Middle East Study Committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has published “Breaking Down the Walls”, a report to be submitted to the church’s 219th General Assembly this July. Some of the report’s 39 recommendations have drawn harsh criticism. The Simon Wiesenthal Center declared in a […]
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Apartheid on Two Continents
March 25, 2010 It is Back; It is Near By MATS SVENSSON We all have a common history that crosses borders in terms of both country and time. Together with black and white in South Africa we acted forcefully, taking a stand against apartheid and defining the evil and the good. We became part of […]
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