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As’ad AbuKhalil on Apartheid in Palestine
Professor As’ad AbuKhalil talk given University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth: “Apartheid: Racism and Violation of human rights in South-Africa and Palestine,” organised by People of African descent & Students for justice in the Middle East on 9th December 2009 http://arabichour.org
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Carolers Sing for Boycott of Leviev while Israel Jails Palestinian Allies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, December 19, 2009 – On a snowy Saturday afternoon, forty-five human rights carolers serenaded Madison Avenue shoppers with familiar holiday tunes outside the storefront of Israeli diamond and settlement mogul Lev Leviev, but their lyrics called for the boycott of Leviev”s companies. The New York protest took place against […]
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Call for Action: Oppose Portuguese Water Deal with Mekorot! Defend Palestinian Water Rights! Uphold International Law!
Israel’s national water carrier Mekorot signed a “co-operative” venture with EPAL, the Portuguese water company that serves 2.5 million consumers in the country’s capital and the south. The agreement claims to safeguard the Portuguese water system against “terrorist threats”, building on Mekorot’s alleged “expertise” in the area. The Portuguese deal is in a reality a […]
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Palestinians destroy settler-made Dead Sea cosmetics
Wed Dec 16, 2:33 pm ET JERICHO, West Bank (AFP) – Palestinian customs officials on Wednesday dumped tens of thousands of dollars worth of Dead Sea beauty products into dumpsters as part of a boycott of goods made in Israeli settlements. “This destruction … is in keeping with the decision of the Palestinian leadership to […]
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Ahava Covent Garden Protest
Demonstration at the Ahava store in London Saturday afternoon (19/12/09). Ahava produces soaps and so-called beauty products based on chemicals which it steals from the Dead Sea and then processes in the occupied West Bank. Under the new British Government regulations these goods should be labelled as settlement produce an not as ‘made in Israel’.
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Marketing Stolen Products from an Occupied Land
Abeer Mishkhas (Arab View) 19 December 2009 Shoppers in London are frequently asked, “Have you heard of the Dead Sea?” as they wander through department stores or supermarkets. However, the question is not the prelude to a lesson in geography. Those asking the question are salespeople marketing cosmetics derived from Dead Sea mud and minerals. […]
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Belgium holds a Boycott Israel protest in supermarket
Friday, 18 December 2009 Click on link above to listen to the protest. As the Gaza convoy worked its way across Europe, citizens in Brussels held a Boycott Israeli products protests in a supermarket on 28/11/2009 in Bruxelles.
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10 Good Things About 2009 (& BDS is #4 on the list!)
By Medea Benjamin My almost annual list of ten good things about the waning year has never before posed such a tremendous challenge. In the face of this challenge, I decided to try a minimalist thought experiment, blocking out the many baneful events that colored 2009, and instead seeking out the small, yet powerfully bright […]
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Ten brands boycotted over Israel links
Anti-apartheid activists have named a number of commercial brands as Israel’s sponsors, urging the world nations to think twice before buying their products ahead of Christmas. The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) released a list of 10 multi-national companies with Israeli ties, saying the firms benefited from the West […]
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This is what accountability looks like.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 What does accountability for human rights abuses and violations of international law look like? Maybe like this: Following a letter from Oxfam to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown which “raised humanitarian concerns about the impact of the occupied Israeli territories on the Palestinian people,” the UK is requiring retailers to clearly […]
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