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Melbourne film festival rejects Ken Loach anti-Israel pressure
By Haaretz Service British director Ken Loach has withdrawn his film Looking for Eric from the Melbourne International Film Festival to protest Israeli funding of another film participating in the festival. Loach demanded that the festival reject the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of Tatia Rosenthal to visit the festival to answer questions about her animation feature […]
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Israeli funding angers filmmaker
Philippa Hawker July 18, 2009 ENGLISH filmmaker Ken Loach has withdrawn his film Looking for Eric from the Melbourne International Film Festival because the festival receives funding from the Israeli Government. Loach told the festival if it did not reconsider the sponsorship, he would not allow the festival to screen his film. In a letter […]
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Boycott apartheid: student delegation to Palestine
Doug Smith, Electronic Intifada, 17 July 2009 For the first time since the 2005 Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against institutions supporting Israeli apartheid, students from North America and Palestine came together in Ramallah to share their ideas and experiences. Consisting of eight days of travel and a four-day workshop, […]
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Israel boycott push in U.S. not yet a threat, say monitors
By Raphael Ahren Local and international anti-boycott groups said this week they are monitoring the growing academic boycott movement in the U.S. but currently do not deem it a serious threat. The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel said recently it has more than tripled its membership since it was launched […]
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EU Eyes Exports from Israeli Settlements
A German legal dispute over imports from Israel’s settlements in the occupied territories could lead to the imposition of customs duties By Ralf Beste and Christoph Schult The Israeli settlement known as Maale Adumim sits fortress-like atop a red stone plateau. In the Bible, the road to the plateau was known as the “steep red […]
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West Bank cancels Leonard Cohen concert in protest against Israel
Palestinian hosts call off Canadian singer’s gig amid claims it was a hollow attempt to ‘balance’ Tel Aviv performance * Rachel Shabi in Tel Aviv * guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 14 July 2009 16.49 BST A Leonard Cohen concert planned in Ramallah on the West Bank in September has been cancelled after the artist became embroiled in […]
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Palestinian report scathing of South Africa’s relations with Israel
Safiyyah Surtee, [Afro-Middle East Centre] – A report published last month by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, and endorsed by the Palestinian BDS (Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions) National Committee, is scathing of South African business – including South African parastatals – for their relations with Israel. Entitled “Democratic South Africa’s Complicity in Israel’s Occupation, […]
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EU Eyes Exports from Israeli Settlements
[Business Week] – A German legal dispute over imports from Israel’s settlements in the occupied territories could lead to the imposition of customs duties. The Israeli settlement known as Maale Adumim sits fortress-like atop a red stone plateau. In the Bible, the road to the plateau was known as the “steep red road.” As the […]
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ILWU Longshore vote to commend Durban dockers for Gaza Massacre Protest Action
Jack Heyman #8780 ILWU 20/06/09 2009 Convention Resolution–Commend South African Dockers adopted at the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) – Longshore Caucus June 2009 Whereas, the South African dockworkers union in the port of Durban organized a heroic action against the ZIM Lines ship Joannna Russ, on February 5, 2009 protesting the Israeli massacre […]
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Boycott : un vacancier averti en vaut deux !
Dix mille tracts ont été diffusés aux vacanciers franciliens qui ont pris la route des vacances en juillet, pour les informer de la necessité de ne pas consommer les produits des criminels de guerre israéliens, et rappeler que cette action citoyenne non violente a permis de mettre fin au régime d’apartheid en Afrique du Sud. […]
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