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Palestinian Christians urge boycott
Condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Christian leaders call on their brethren worldwide to rise up in action Palestinian Christian leaders, representing churches and church-related organisations, have launched a “landmark campaign” aimed at enlisting Christians worldwide in proactive efforts to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, reports Khaled Amayreh in Bethlehem. The unprecedented initiative, […]
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British academic: Boycott Israel film festivals
Baiju NT [December 16, 2009, 1:30:28 PM] Tom Hickey, a British academic and leading member of the international campaign for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel, urged Kerala on Tuesday to boycott major Israeli events such as film festivals as a mark of solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Tom was speaking at an open […]
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Flashpoints Update on Growing BDS Movement to Combat Israeli Apartheid in Palestine
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Posted on December 16, 2009 by Flashpoints We feature a series of frontline reports from the Global Climate Summit in Copenhagen, where police beat protesters and prevented key activists from participating in the talks; also, an update on the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to combat Israeli apartheid in Palestine, […]
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Settlement goods confiscated in Jericho
Published today (updated) 16/12/2009 19:03 Jericho – Ma”an – Large quantities of settlement-bought products were confiscated and destroyed on Wednesday in Jericho, following a market inspection undertaken by customs officers, the Palestinian ministries of health and economy, in cooperation with the PA preventative security. The ministries said in a statement that the confiscated illegal settlement […]
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Israeli government convenes working group to battle BDS
by Ben White on December 16, 2009 This week, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is sponsoring a conference aimed at “combating antisemitism” in Jerusalem. It”s interesting to see a conference apparently about tackling racism being co-chaired by Avigdor Lieberman. The other co-chair is a Likud MK who lives in a settlement in the Occupied […]
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Victory – Credo Mobile Hangs Up On Moto!
Last week we found out that Credo Mobile, a telephone service provider that claims to be guided by progressive values, stopped offering Motorola phones to their customers after complaints from our supporters. This is a major victory in our campaign to boycott Motorola for profiting from Israeli occupation and apartheid against Palestinians! Please take a […]
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El Al Flights to Johanesburg may come to an end
Dec 16, 2009 2:23 | Updated Dec 16, 2009 4:30 By HERB KEINON El Al may cancel its three weekly flights to Johannesburg by mid-January if a dispute with the South African government over the status of the Israeli security detail in the airport there is not solved by then. Foreign Ministry officials said that […]
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When Will It Be Our Time?
By MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI Published: December 16, 2009 RAMALLAH, WEST BANK – I have lived my entire adult life under occupation, with Israelis holding ultimate control over my movement and daily life. When young Israeli police officers force me to sit on the cold ground and soldiers beat me during a peaceful protest, I smolder. No […]
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On the approaching anniversary of Gaza massacre, help us recruit more endorsers to our BDS campaign
14th December 2009 Dear Friends, First, welcome to our new US Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel endorsers. You have helped us pass the 400 mark of US academic endorsers. With well known author Barbara Ehrenreich adding her name to our list of authors, artists, musicians, and others, we now also have 110 […]
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Join Howard Zinn, Richard Falk and others in helping to save Flashpoints
by Adam Horowitz on December 14, 2009 Flashpoints, a daily, national investigative news magazine based out of KPFA in Berkeley, California, is in danger of ending. Run by Dennis Bernstein, Miguel Molina and Nora Barrows-Friedman, the show has been an essential source for reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Just recently we mentioned them as being […]
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