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Israel targeting the boycott movement
Mya Guarnieri, The Electronic Intifada, 9 November 2009 For nearly six weeks now Mohammed Othman, a prominent Palestinian activist and an outspoken advocate of the nonviolent boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, has been held in an Israeli military prison without charges. On 22 September 2009 Othman, 34, was detained at the Allenby Crossing as […]
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Carmel Agrexco Blockaded on third consecutive day
Yesterday Israeli settlement produce importer Carmel Agrexco was blockaded for a third consecutive day. About twenty people joined a protest at Carmel, based in Hayes, West London. Protesters re-arranged some light plastic barriers that were helpfully left outside Carmel to block both gates, and also stood in front of the gates, blocking them for over […]
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INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Endorses the Palestinian call for BDS
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence endorses the Palestinian Call for BDS–Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions for Palestine
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Palestinian group staging supermarket boycott
November 8, 2009 LONDON (JTA) — A pro-Palestinian group is staging a weeklong protest at two British supermarket chains to force them to stop selling Israeli products. Palestine Solidarity Campaign is calling this week for a boycott of the Morrison and Waitrose chains as part of a long-term campaign for an economic and cultural boycott […]
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Sussex University students vote to boycott Israeli goods
Press release, University of Sussex Students’ Union, 6 November 2009 The following press release was issued by the University of Sussex Students’ Union on 5 November 2009: Students at the University of Sussex, England have voted to boycott Israeli goods. The decision follows the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, which calls […]
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A Plea to Norway’s University of Trondheim to Boycott Israel
To: University of Trondheim, Norway “Right and wrong are the same in Palestine as anywhere else. What is peculiar about the Palestine conflict is that the world has listened to the party that has committed the offence and has turned a deaf ear to the victims.” –Famed British Historian Professor Arnold Toynbee “In the name […]
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NY Mets, Cancel Hebron Fund’s Dinner at Citi Field
TO: Mr. Fred Wilpon, Chairman of the Board of the New York Mets CC: Mr. Bud Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball Ms. Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State Mr. George Mitchell, United States Special Envoy for the Middle East Ms. Rachel Robinson, Chairman of the Jackie Robinson Foundation SUBJECT: Cancel Hebron Fund”s Fundraising […]
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New York Mets called on to cancel settlement fundraiser
Press release, Adalah-NY, 4 November 2009 Eleven organizations from the US, Palestine and Israel have called on baseball’s New York Mets to cancel a 21 November dinner at the Caesars Club at Citi Field for the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund. The dinner is a fundraiser for Israeli settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank City of Hebron. […]
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Open Letter to the Board of Governors of Trondheim University: Boycott the Israeli Academy Now!
Occupied Ramallah 3 November 2009 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) applauds faculty members at the University of Trondheim and University College of Sí¸r-Trí¸ndelag in Norway for their principled support for the cause of justice in Palestine by proposing a motion to boycott Israeli universities. This is a historic […]
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National Week of Supermarket Boycott Actions, November 7-15
Phone-in Day Wednesday November 11 This coincides with a week of action called by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign www.stopthewall.org It is time to step up the supermarket boycott campaign which calls for consumers to reject Israeli goods for as long as Palestinian rights are denied by the apartheid regime. We must specially oppose […]
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