• IDF Military contractor awarded record $800 million deal with BT

    Posted on July 11, 2010

    9 July 2010 Electronics Corporation of Israel (ECI) Telecom has been selected by British Telecom to help upgrade the UKs broadband infrastructure. The contract is worth $800 million (£526 million) – the largest contract in ECI’s history.[9][10] History with IDF ECI has from its inception been a military contractor for the Israeli Army, as its […]

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  • Activists ‘decorate’ Israel Ministry of Tourism billboards

    Posted on July 11, 2010

    Abu Asad, Indymedia 9 July 2010 A number of Israel Ministry of Tourism billboards in London Tube stations were recently ‘decorated’ with red paint. Only one billboard was accessible from the platform and had some additional information added – the others were placed track-side and so had to be reached using other means. This action […]

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  • Still Boycott Marks and Spencer?

    Posted on July 11, 2010

    6 July 2010 Our response to an issue that has been raised on more than one occasion by activists regarding the boycott of Marks & Spencer. QUESTION: I am concerned that information on M&S is out of date. They are a PLC now, not a family company owned by the Seiff family. Along with the […]

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  • Conference mulls means of pressuring Israel

    Posted on July 9, 2010

    Nashwa el-Hofi Basant Zain-eddine “In Israel there are a number of protest movements and peace groups that reject the racism of the state in its treatment of Palestinians. But are we ready to work with these groups as Arabs and form a lobby to pressure the Israeli government?” This was the question posed by Ahmed […]

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  • The new challenge to Israeli apartheid

    Posted on July 9, 2010

    The spreading campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel has the potential to focus the world’s attention on the crimes against the Palestinian people. July 7, 2010 Protesting the blockade of Gaza in Melbourne, Australia ISRAEL ANNOUNCED an easing of its blockade of Gaza and charges against several soldiers who participated in Israel’s 2008-09 […]

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  • Boycott Israeli Apartheid

    Posted on July 9, 2010

    Celebrating 5 yrs since the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions! Friday, July 9, 2010 12pm – 5:30pm Indigo Bookstore 1500 McGill College, corner Ste-Catherine Métro McGill Montreal, QC Join us at Palestinian and Jewish Unity”s weekly picket of Indigo bookstore to celebrate the successes of the first 5 years of the global movement […]

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  • New York City AHAVA Boycott Demonstrations

    Posted on July 9, 2010

    This week we will join with other groups using the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign to pressure the Israeli government to respect human rights & international law, and to raise money for an important documentary film about Operation Cast Lead, the assault on Gaza. Friday, July 9th-Meet at 107 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, between […]

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  • Israel’s gay propaganda war

    Posted on July 9, 2010

    In portraying itself as the only gay-friendly country in a homophobic region the Israeli state reveals its own desperation o Jasbir Puar o guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 July 2010 13.00 BST Israel’s recent attack on a flotilla delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, killing at least nine people, suggests a growing indifference of the Israeli government to […]

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  • Israeli Government Officials Rebuffed At ILWU Local 10 In San Francisco

    Posted on July 9, 2010

    A delegation of representatives and supporters of Israel on July 6, 2010 including the Deputy Israeli Consul for the Pacifica Northwest Gideon Lustig failed in their efforts to pressure San Francisco ILWU Local 10 to reject their positions in protest of the attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, against the blockade of Gaza and the […]

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  • Palestinian students, teachers condemn Italian university’s normalization project

    Posted on July 9, 2010

    Statement, Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, University Teachers’ Association in Palestine, 7 July 2010 The following statement was issued on 6 July 2010 by the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel and University Teachers’ Association in Palestine: Over and over again, champions of the boycott movement have condemned […]

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