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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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A Vote for Israel’s Accession to the OECD is a Vote in Support of Israel’s War Crimes and Other Grave Violations of International Law and Human Rights
Palestinian civil society urges the peoples and governments of OECD member states to defer Israel’s OECD accession until it respects international law and the human rights of the Palestinian people and shows commitment to the fundamental values shared by OECD members. BNC, Palestine, 15 March 2010 – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) […]
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Anti-Israeli boycotts have mushroomed into a favorite ploy across Europe
Editorial: Failing the three-D test By JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL 03/04/2010 23:24 Sweden”s largest pension fund has decided to boycott the Israeli electronics company Elbit Systems. No longer will Forsta AP-Fonden allow any investments in Elbit, due to “ethical considerations.” The direct blow to Elbit is hardly critical. Forsta wasn”t among the Israeli trailblazing firm”s heaviest […]
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Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum
Andrew Dalack, The Electronic Intifada, 6 April 2010 The global movement to realize Palestinian equal rights, self-determination and the opportunity for refugees and their descendants to return to Palestine is gaining increased momentum. As Israel continues its attempt to systematically purge the memory of the indigenous Arab Palestinians from the historic land of Palestine through […]
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Atwood – Do Not Accept Prizes from Apartheid Israel
PACBI | 6 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 6 April 2010 The Palestinian community of writers and intellectuals is highly disappointed by your decision to accept the Dan David prize, which is based at Tel Aviv University. Your writings exhibit a sophisticated understanding of colonialism, structures of political power and oppression, yet your visit to Israel […]
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Letter of support of UC Berkeley SJP
April 5, 2010 Dear Friends at UC Berkeley SJP, Two weeks ago news of the vote to divest UC Berkeley from companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation has reached us here in Israel. Like many who have been working hard to liberate Palestine and restore justice to Palestinians, we were very happy […]
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H&M 2 by Latuff
Drawing by Latuff in full colour. It is available in a more black and white version here, and a slightly modified version adapted for black and white print and manual red colouring in of the H&M logo is here.
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The Palestinians are winning the legitimacy war: will it matter?
By Richard Falk 5 April 2010 Richard Falk argues that a Palestinian victory in the legitimacy war with Israel would not necessarily produce the desired political results and that it is vital that the Palestinians exercise “patience, resolve, leadership and vision, as well as sufficient pressure” if they are to win their just rights. Ever […]
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Total Boycott Against Total Occupation
By Antoine Raffoul 05 April, 2010 As this occupation is total and unmerciful, so must our universal approach to fighting it and ending it be — Antoine Raffoul In an Opinion submitted to the Electronic Intifada on 4 March 2010 entitled: Moment of Truth, Rifat Kassis rightly asks: what does “boycott” mean, how far does […]
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