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Al-Quds University flouts own academic boycott
Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, The Electronic Intifada, 6 August 2010 Al-Quds University is maintaining a joint Israeli-Palestinian master’s degree program with Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities, despite a decision taken by its own University Council in February 2009 to distance itself from Israeli academic institutions. “[The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, […]
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BDS grows in power in Australia and Zionists don’t even wonder why (hint: the occupation)
Following the current controversy over the Melbourne Film Festival accepting money from the Zionist state, the Jewish News includes a very revealing and fearful quote: Zionist Federation of Australia president Philip Chester has spoken out against an attempt by the makers of the film Son of Babylon to boycott the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) […]
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(BDS) Yosef Daher, Jerusalem Inter-church Centre: “To resist the sin, to resist the occupation”
Yosef Daher: “We call our brothers and sisters abroad and the other chuches to go for boycott. Personally and individually, and then convencing the churches, and the churches to convence their governments..” Yosef Daher / Yusef Daher is the coordinator of the Jerusalem Inter-church Centre, a WCC project in Jerusalem Please note in the clip […]
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BDS Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Part 5 of 6
The BDS movement: boycott, divestment and sanctions used to put pressure on Israel to respect the rights of the Palestinian people and to end the occupation, is rapidly growing around the world. This video examines the economic aspects of BDS. How did BDS evolve? Can it be an effective tool against Israel? Could it hurt […]
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The cultural boycott and the outraged artist
by Eleanor Kilroy on August 5, 2010 When you arrive in Israel as an internationally-renowned artist to give a concert or accept a cultural award, it is only natural that you not be spat at and knee-capped by Jews. I say this apropos of the odd comments made over the last couple of months by […]
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Around the World, Dockworkers Blockade Israeli Ships
By Mike Elk On June 20, ILWU Local 10 dockworkers in Oakland, Calif., refused to unload an Israeli Zim Lines ship for 24 hours. Their protest was supported by more than 800 rallying local activists, the San Francisco Labor Council and the Alameda County Labor Council (the equivalent of local branches of the AFL-CIO). Workers […]
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Boycott : ARTISTS Supporting ISRAEL
Amitav Ghosh Amy Pascal Anne Kopelson Annette Bening Ari Emanuel Arnold Kopelson Arnon Milchan Arthur Cohn Avi Arad Ben Feingold Bernie Mac (dead) Boaz Davidson Bob Gale Branko Lustig Bruce Ramer Bruce Willis Bryan Cranston Clint Culpepper Collin Callender Cynthia PettDante Danny De Vito Danny Dimbort Daniel Adam Sussman David Cronenberg David Lonner David Matalon […]
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Why I support the Olympia Co-op boycott
by Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb on August 4, 2010 Dear friends, The Olympia Food Co-op boycott of Israeli products (except for fair trade olive oil) has generated much controversy and emotion. I do pray for healing and understanding among those who support and those who oppose such a boycott in the community of Olympia, Washington and […]
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BDS Tour: Figeac
A partir du 10 juillet prochain, nous allons sillonner les routes de France et faire étape dans 16 villes, pour sensibiliser la population í la situation en Palestine, au blocus de Gaza, í la colonisation galopante, et í la nécessité d’une réaction citoyenne face í ces violations du droit international qui nous concernent tous, car […]
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The Legitimacy of Boycotting as a Tactic
Straw men and Resisting Oppression by Kim Petersen / August 3rd, 2010 Progressivism values solidarity, and within that solidarity there is respect for diversity. It is expected that there will be differences of opinion on the causes of injustices and solutions to the injustice. What best captures the essence of progressivism is its adherence to […]
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