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BDS Success at Corrado’s Supermarket
BDS Success: Corrado’s, a large family-owned supermarket, in Clifton, NJ, agreed to stop selling “Jordan Valley” dried dates–Product of Israel. This happened after repeated complaints to two of the younger owner/family members. It definitely helps to be a regular customer to have some say and the possible threat of widespread boycott. It is interesting to […]
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US university suspends Muslim student group for Palestine protest
Brian Napoletano, The Electronic Intifada, 14 July 2010 In response to intense political pressure by multiple pro-Zionist organizations, the administration at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) recently decided to suspend Muslim students’ right to assemble and practice their faith together on campus. Alleging that emails anonymously “leaked” to the university prove that the Muslim […]
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Israeli Bill Reflects Frustration With Academics Who Support Boycotts
July 14, 2010 By Matthew Kalman Jerusalem An effort to discourage Israeli public-university professors and others from supporting boycotts of the Jewish state is roiling the country’s academics. While an academic boycott and other efforts to isolate the country have long been debated, recent public condemnation of Israel’s botched military raid on a flotilla of […]
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Protesters Block El Al Flight in Athens
Wednesday July 14, 2010 15:33 by Brian Ennis – IMEMC & Agencies Report The airport in Athens witnessed protestors blocking the ticket counters of the Israeli airline in solidarity with the Palestinian people. A flight on its way to Israel was prevented from taking off, Wednesday, due to a group of motivated protestors seeking to […]
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Israelis inciting anti-Israel boycotts could soon be forced to pay dearly
Knesset approves in initial reading bill that would allow targets of boycotts to sue boycotters for large sums. By Jonathan Lis The Knesset approved on Wednesday an initial reading of a bill calling for heavy fines to be imposed on Israeli citizens who initiate or incite boycotts against Israel. If approved into law, the fines […]
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Britons mark ‘boycott Israel’ action day
British protestors have been marking a day of action against those supermarkets offering illegal Israeli settlements products in London. On Friday, British protesters marked the fifth anniversary of the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions (DBS) campaign against Israel. In central London, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) urged shoppers to ban Israeli-made goods during a lunch time […]
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Report back from Ireland
Ireland – Fri 9th – Sun 11th July 2010 The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) used the opportunity International Boycott Weekend to launch a two-week petition drive seeking to enlist Dunnes Stores customers in Ireland to support the call for a boycotting Israeli products. Our aim is to gather more than 4,000 signatures in this short […]
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PSC (UK) report back
PSC organised a supermarket action to mark the fifth anniversary of the BNC”s call for boycott, divestment and sanctions on July 9th. Journalists from Channel Four and Al Jazeera joined representatives from some of Britain”s largest trade unions, Unite, Unison and PCS outside Tesco”s in central London to urge shoppers to boycott Israeli goods. PSC […]
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UK report back
A national call went out for a phone in to two of the major supermarket chains, Morrisons and Sainsbury, asking individuals to call in to the complaints lines and complain about the supermarkets” continued sale of Israeli goods, including those grown on settlements. A number of protests were organised either on the 9th, or in […]
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