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UK trade unions overwhelmingly pass boycott vote
Press release, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 17 September 2009 In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today (17 September), […]
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Thank you for your support!
Quick link to the Toronto Declaration Support for the “Toronto Declaration – No Celebration of Occupation” has been tremendous. We sincerely thank every individual and organization that has joined in our efforts. We also wanted to share some important updates with you regarding the Toronto Declaration: Although TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey vehemently denied any links […]
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Palestinian village calls for Swedish divestment from occupation
Open letter, Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements – Bilin Village, 14 September 2009 The following open letter was issued by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements – Bilin Village (occupied West Bank) on 10 September 2009: Dear Friends in Sweden, We have learned with dismay that Sweden, a great supporter of […]
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Veolia still intertwined with Israel’s occupation
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 16 September 2009 After years of campaigning by Palestine solidarity activists to end the French transportation giant Veolia’s complicity with Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, it was reported in early June that the company planned to end its involvement in an Israeli light rail project being built on occupied Palestinian […]
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GRITtv: Boycotting Israel
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.873322&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "GRITtv: Boycotting Israel", posted with vodpod International pressure is mounting on Israel to end the occupation. More than 1,000 filmmakers, actors, and writers recently called for a protest of the Toronto Film Festival?s spotlight on Tel-Aviv. You can read the Toronto Declaration here. Meanwhile an international boycott is growing. Neve Gordon, […]
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BDS and the Israeli Left
PACBI Column BRICUP Newsletter #20 September 2009 The recent declaration by Neve Gordon, an Israeli academic at Ben-Gurion University, in support of BDS [1] has generated a great deal of commentary and controversy, ranging from demands that he be dismissed from the university to a celebration of Israeli democracy and the upholding of academic freedom. […]
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On the Boycott of the Toronto International Film Festival
By Ahmed Habib [Al-Jazeera] 12 September 2009 – Moviegoers who were hoping for world class cinema at this week’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) may find themselves at the centre of a growing controversy steeped in international politics. Considered to be one of the five most prestigious film festivals, the TIFF this year introduced the […]
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IPSC targets Israeli Dead Sea Products in Jervis Shopping Centre
IPSC 12/09/09 – As part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign today launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin. Activists from the IPSC wearing “Boycott Israel” t-shirts surrounded the Dead Sea Products stall on the […]
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Brazilian Parliament Calls for the Freeze of the Israel – Mercosur Free Trade Agreement
This decision is an enormous blow for Israel”s economy and foreign relations The Brazilian Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations and National Defense has recommended that the parliament should not ratify the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and the State of Israel until “Israel accepts the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders”. […]
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U.S. pension fund giant confirms divestment from Israel firm
By Ora Coren, TheMarker The U.S. pension fund giant, TIAA-CREF, confirmed in statements to the media on Friday that it divested from Africa Israel Investments, owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, earlier this year. The statements came in response to a letter initiated by a pro-Palestinian group, Adalah-NY, and signed by TIAA-CREF clients. The fund’s […]
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