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Archbishop Tutu has right to speak at graduation
Although MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has closed the door on discussions about recalling Archbishop Desmond Tutu for this spring”s commencement address, many people have expressed concern about the South African activist. The problems put forth by Tutu”s detractors, however, are not sufficient enough to warrant his removal as commencement speaker. The Anti-Defamation League, […]
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URGENT: Protest ROM decision to display stolen antiquities
The Dead Sea scrolls, confiscated from East Jerusalem during Israel’s 1967 military invasion and occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, are coming to Toronto. The move is part of Israel consul general Amir Gissin’s official “Brand Israel” campaign that attempts to ‘rebrand’ apartheid Israel beyond its systematic repression of the Palestinian people. Since 1967, hundreds […]
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Shoppers: let’s boycott Israeli goods
Thursday, April 09, 2009, 13:58 On behalf of the newly-formed WestWilts Palestine Support Group, (Justice for Palestine, Peace for Israel) I would like to thank all those in Melksham and Bradford on Avon who took leaflets or signed the petition last week asking Sainsbury’s to boycott produce from Israel. Israel was born in 1948, following […]
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French Court to Hear Israeli Tram Case
French court takes up the case against Alstom SA and Veolia Environnement contracted by Israel to build a tram line that runs deep into East Jerusalem from West Jerusalem. French Court to Hear Israeli Tram Case By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS Palestinian lobby groups that contest Israel’s authority over East Jerusalem have found they might be helped […]
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Scottish PSC Press Release – Support the Right to Boycott Israel
Support the right to Boycott Apartheid Israel! Please meet outside the Sheriff Court at 9.30am on Friday 17th April. The five Scottish PSC members who were arrested when they disrupted the performance of the Israeli-state-sponsored Jerusalem Quartet at last August”s Edinburgh Festival will be at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (Chambers St) on Friday from 9.30am. In […]
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Simon Liebling ’12: Student power for Palestine
Simon Liebling ’12 Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Students at the New School withstood pepper spray attacks by police last week while trying to force the ouster of their controversial president, continuing the tradition of a year of occupations as part of a national campaign for accessible education. The beleaguered administrators they target could almost […]
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Keep the pressure on Motorola
Last week we found out that Motorola has met our first boycott demand – they no longer sell the Israeli military bomb fuzes. Instead of resting on our laurels, we need to seize this opportunity to push twice as hard on our other demands. Now is the time to strengthen our campaign. We want everyone […]
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Key Dutch party: Sanctions against Israel if it thwarts peace
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent The Netherlands must impose economic sanctions against Israel if the new government in Jerusalem thwarts the peace process with the Palestinians, the Dutch Labor party said last week. Members of Labor, which is a member of government as the country’s second largest party, said they intended to write a manifesto […]
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Amnesty International urges Obama to halt further exports to Israel
Submitted by kole on April 13, 2009 – 9:12am Ma”an News Agency, 11 April 2009 – The United States sent a massive new shipment of arms to Israel despite evidence that US weapons were misused against civilians in the Gaza attacks, Amnesty International revealed on 1 April. The human rights organization said about 14,000 tons […]
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Sligo County Council Adopts Motion to Boycott Veolia
The following motion was unanimously adopted at the February meeting of Sligo County Council. “Recognising: 1. that Veolia is a leading partner in the consortium contracted to build a light railway system linking Israel to illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem 2. that the Irish Government and the U.N. does not recognise Israel”s annexation and […]
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