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Israeli Academics are up in arms…literally!!!
December 16, 2009 The AIC published a report on the deep ties between Israel’s universities and the security forces, as well as other aspects of the involvement of academics and academic institutions in sustaining the occupation. As the AIC explains This report aims to empower the debate on an academic boycott by giving information not […]
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Sections of Goldstone Report Very Useful for BDS and related campaigns
This is to bring your attention to the fact that there is a section in the Goldstone Report that affirms the analysis of Israel as a regime that combines occupation, colonialism and apartheid. This makes the Goldstone Report also very relevant for – the BDS Campaign – Israeli Apartheid Week – and campaign against the […]
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Dutch probing Ahava’s settlement status
By HERB KEINON Dec 15, 2009 A Dutch decision to investigate whether – contrary to EU regulations – Ahava is benefiting from lower tariffs given to Israeli-made products when its cosmetics are made in a settlement, has nothing to do with a recent British decision to advise retailers to mark products from Jewish areas beyond […]
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Call for Boycott!
Monday, December 14, 2009 Neighbors went furniture shopping, looking for the best buy and finally found exactly what they wanted at a price much less than all other other stores. Great you think. Yes, that’s what they thought, too, until it was time to put in the order. As soon as the clerk heard where […]
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Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel
To endorse this statement, click here. To donate to Labor for Palestine, click here. Labor for Palestine Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel December 4, 2009 “Sanctions alone cannot eradicate apartheid; that task is ultimately left to the people of South Africa themselves. But economic pressure and […]
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Presentation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Trusteeship Council Chamber United Nations New York, New York November 30, 2009 Remarks by Bill Fletcher, Jr. BlackCommentator.com & U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Mr. Chairman, Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. […]
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In the news: Annemarie Jacir
December 14, 2009 The bad girl of Palestinian cinema talks about being uncooperative, disliking the press and being stalked by Israeli film festivals. Words by Dalia Al Kury. ANNEMARIE JACIR”S Salt of this Sea was the hottest Palestinian film of 2008-2009. It”s the story of Soraya, a Palestinian born and raised in America who discovers […]
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Buycott! 7 Palestinian Companies to Add to your Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza Wish List
Buy Palestinian products and promote their sale in your communities: * Canaan Fair Trade * Olive Branch Olive Oil * Palestinian Arts and Crafts Trust * Sunbula * Folk Art Mavens * Palestine Online Store * Dr. Bronner’s soap
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News from Within Podcast: Academic Boycott of Israel
The idea of an academic boycott of Israel emerged in 2002 and has since gained momentum worldwide, particularly in the aftermath of the December 2008 and January 2009 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Academic Boycott of Israel and the Complicity of Israeli Academic Institutions in Occupation of Palestinian Territories In his Economy of the […]
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Report: Israeli academic institutions’ role in the occupation
Report, The Alternative Information Center, 14 December 2009 The idea of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) as means of struggle against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories has gathered pace in the years following the second intifada, and all the more so since the Israeli siege and attacks on the Gaza Strip. As academics and […]
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