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South Africa blasts Israel’s plans
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 The South African government joined other countries on Tuesday in condemning Israel’s plans to build housing on occupied land in East Jerusalem. “We condemn the fact that Israeli settlement expansion in East Jerusalem is coupled with Israel’s campaign to evict and displace the original Palestinian residents from the city,” chief director […]
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The Palestinian civil society call for for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel
The Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC) http://bdsmovement.net/ The broad consensus among Palestinian civil society about the need for a broad and sustained Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resulted in the Palestinian Call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel that was launched in July 2005 with the initial endorsement of […]
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National BDS Conference on Flashpoints
Today on a special edition of Flashpoints, Editor and co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, delivers the keynote speech last weekend at the National Campus Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts; Abunimah lays out the strategies and the tactics of the growing international movement against Israeli apartheid policies in […]
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Divide and Conquer – Undermining the BDS Movement from Within
Last week, my local BDS group was put on alert, when the following headline emerged: “Palestinian Unions Say Israel Boycott Would Harm Them” The Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) is a signatory of the PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel) call for BDS (#5), and has an estimate […]
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Tainted Cement: BDS Campaign Against CRH Irish Construction Company’s Business Dealings with Israeli Company That Exploits Resources on Occupied Lands
On 15 November, hundreds gathered in Dublin, Ireland for a demonstration against the CRH Irish construction company. The demonstration was organized by the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (IPSC). CRH owns 25% of Mashav (“resource” in Hebrew), an Israeli company controlled by the Israeli billionaire Nochi Dankner. CRH purchased Mashav back in 2001, but the demonstrations […]
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Palestinian Trade Union Movement Unanimously Confirms Support for BDS
[Press Release – 25 November 2009] In reaction to reports alleging that a Palestinian trade union official has stated his reservations about the Palestinian civil society campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), the full spectrum of the Palestinian trade union movement has expressed solid support for the BDS National Committee (BNC)* and for the […]
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NYCBI Visits Best Buy | New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel
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Divestment Walkthrough at Hampshire college BDS Conference
This includes: breaking down by type and size of institution; examining steps for running a campus campaign; framing your campaign to on and off campus media; exploring various school structures and working with the trustees and administration; strategies for talking to your own campus and opposition about BDS; evaluating levels of support, sympathy, and opposition; […]
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Opening: Boycott National Committee Speech, Riham Barghouti
This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism converged for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference had three key goals: 1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating BDS […]
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Impact of Federal Anti-Boycott And Other Laws On BDS Campaigns
NLG International Committee issues legal memo for activists BDS activists should be aware that there is a federal law containing anti-boycott provisions – the Export Administration Act of 1979 (“Act”) – that opponents of an Israel boycott may assert makes boycotting Israel illegal. This memo is intended to provide you with responses to this assertion […]
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