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Tesco criticised for Israeli goods boycott hotline
* Rachel Williams * The Guardian, Friday 10 April 2009 Tesco has come under fire from the pro-Israel lobby after setting up a customer helpline option for people to complain about it stocking Israeli products. A recorded message told callers ringing its general customer services number: “If you are ringing regarding Israeli goods, please press […]
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Group assails MSU’s Tutu invitation
April 10, 2009 Academic freedom cited by Simon in response to criticism Matthew Miller mrmiller [at] lsj.com EAST LANSING – Michigan State University announced last week that retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu would give this year’s commencement address. Two days later, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy organization, filed a protest. In a letter […]
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US court allows apartheid claims
A United States judge has ruled that lawsuits can go ahead against several companies accused of helping South Africa’s apartheid-era government. IBM, Ford and General Motors are among those corporations now expected to face demands for damages from thousands of apartheid’s victims. They argue that the firms supplied equipment used by the South African security […]
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Arab Students Marginalized by Israeli Universities
by Jonathan Cook Obstacles to Israel’s Arab minority participating in higher education have resulted in a record number of Arab students taking up places at universities in neighboring Jordan, a new report reveals. Figures compiled by Dirasat, a Nazareth-based organization monitoring education issues, show 5,400 Arab students from Israel are at Jordanian universities — half […]
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Jewish groups clash at LCBO Israeli-made wines snapped up after calls for boycott
They shouted ‘Shame!’ and ‘Jew-haters!’ at the small group of Jewish protesters who yesterday called for a boycott of Israeli wines at a midtown liquor store. Hundreds of pro-Israeli Jews descended on the Summerhill LCBO to counter a group of about 30 pro-Palestinian Jews who urged a boycott of Israeli wines ahead of this week’s […]
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USACBI’s Advisory Board Member Tutu Attacked by ADL
Archbishop Desmond Tutu ‘Poor Choice’ for Commencement Ceremonies New York, NY, April 6, 2009 … Citing his long history as a strident critic of Israel and his vocal support for anti-Israel boycotts, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said that Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a “poor choice” to deliver the commencement addresses at Michigan State University […]
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A Harsh Reality for Palestinians
By AHMAD TIBI Published: April 6, 2009 JERUSALEM – The right-wing coalition of the new Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not bode well for Palestinians in Israel. With the appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as foreign minister, the extremists are going after the indigenous population and threatening us with loyalty tests and the possibility of […]
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Motorola drops bomb fuse unit following boycott campaign
Press release, The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, 5 April 2009 Motorola has sold a controversial unit that produced bomb fuses and other equipment for the Israeli military, according to the Israeli financial newspaper Globes. The sale rids Motorola of some activities that had made it the target of a growing boycott […]
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Cultural solidarity in Quebec: An interview with filmmaker Malcolm Guy
Stefan Christoff, The Electronic Intifada, 7 April 2009 An important development in the growing international campaign for a cultural boycott of Israel has recently taken place in Quebec, Canada. Documentary filmmaker Malcolm Guy made media headlines last year for withdrawing from a jury for a key award for Tolerance in Cinema at the Rendez-vous du […]
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Salim Vally: The campaign to isolate apartheid Israel — lessons from South Africa
By Salim Vally [Salim Vally, a leading member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa and a veteran anti-apartheid activist, will be a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads conference, to be held in Sydney, Australia, on April 10-12, 2009, organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, Resistance and Green Left Weekly. Visit […]
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