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Jordanians angry over Israeli imports
Since Jordan signed its peace treaty with Israel in 1994, Jordanians have regularly protested against normalized political and economic relations with Israel. Now the importation of Israeli farm products grown in illegal settlements has caused resentment with Jordanians saying that the proceeds from these products is used as a weapon against Palestinians. Al Jazeera’s Nisreen […]
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Netanyahu’s Two-State Goal?
Saree Makdisi To judge by the next day’s headlines, Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy speech last month was a great success. “Israeli Premier Backs State for Palestinians,” declared the New York Times. “Israel Endorses Two-State Goal,” said the Washington Post. “Netanyahu Backs Palestinian State,” announced The Guardian. He did no such thing, of course, unless by “state” […]
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ICJ Apartheid Wall / Palestinian BDS Call Anniversaries
July 9th marks two important anniversaries for our movement. In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory ruling declaring Israel’s apartheid wall illegal. Then, in 2005, over 100 Palestinian civil society organizations issued their international call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions actions to bring Israel’s illegal 42 year military occupation to an end. […]
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BNC Open Letter to UNICEF: End your partnership with Motorola
Palestine, July 01 2009 – In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on the international community to impose broad boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) initiatives against Israel, similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era, until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and […]
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Jordan breaks up ‘illegal’ sit-in against Israeli imports
The Jordanian government said Sunday that a sit-in against the import of Israeli agricultural products was forceably dispersed because had not obtained a proper protest license. “The sit-in was illegal because the participants did not obtain a prior license in compliance with the law,” Minister of State for Information Affairs and Communication Nabil Sharif said […]
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Derail Veolia and Alstom Campaign
CityPass and the Jerusalem Light-Rail Project In 2002, the CityPass consortium won a tender put out by the Israeli authorities for a light rail transportation project worth around 500 million Euros. This light rail system would link with settlements in the Occupied West Bank. The path of the light rail follows the Apartheid Wall and […]
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Author Naomi Klein in Bil’in: Boycott Israel
Bil”in – Ma”an – Canadian author Naomi Klein called for an international boycott of Israel during a visit to the West Bank village of Bil”in on Friday, where she also attended a weekly demonstration against Israel”s separation wall. Klein held a news conference in Bil”in, which is known for its tenacious demonstrations against the Israeli […]
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Australian Groups Endorsing BDS
Below is a list of Australian based unions and groups that are now endorsing the BDS campaign CFMEU – Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union NSW Branch http://www.cfmeu-construction-nsw.com.au/ Maritime Union of Australia Western Australia Branch, Delegates Meeting University of Western Sydney Students Association www.uwssa.org.au Australians for Palestine www.australiansforpalestine.com Committee for the Dismantling of Zionism Australia Just […]
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CODEPINK Protests AHAVA Cosmetics Company at Hilton Store in Tel Aviv
CODEPINK activists showed the muddy truth of the AHAVA company, whose factory is located in Occupied Palestine, during an international delegation visit to Israel in June, 2009. Here, Rae Abileah and Medea Benjamin speak outside the Hilton after the store inside was closed by security when demonstrators staged the action. AHAVA means love in Hebrew […]
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Melbourne dumps Connex following boycott campaign
Press release, Australians for Peace, 28 June 2009 The following press release was issued by Australians for Peace on 25 June 2009: Connex has been dumped by the Victorian State Government as Melbourne’s train system operator. Moammar Mashni of Australians for Palestine said that after four months of campaigning and some 100,000 pamphlets distributed, Palestine […]
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