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Bristol Council approves Motion for Sanctions against Israel
Wed 30 June 2010 – Late yesterday evening, after a long debate, a motion condemning Israeli aggression and its blockade of Gaza, was carried at the full Council Meeting in Bristol. The motion read:- 9. MOTIONS [CPR 2.1(2)(xi)] A COUNCILLOR J KIELY TO MOVE: This Council notes the long standing links between Bristol and the […]
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Methodists launch boycott over West Bank
Methodists launch boycott over West Bank By Jerome Taylor, Religious Affairs Correspondent Wednesday, 30 June 2010 The Methodist Church today voted to boycott all products from Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories becoming the first major Christian denomination in Britain to officially adopt such a policy. The decision was made at the church”s Conference in Portsmouth, […]
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Ban Israel from the London 2012 Olympics
View Current Signatures – Sign the Petition To: International Olympics Committee Dear International Olympics Committee (IOC) We, the undersigned citizens of the world, call on the international Olympics Committee to rescind Israel’s participation in the London 2012 Olympics. Israel’s attack on a humanitarian aid fleet on Monday 31 May 2010, its murder of 9 human […]
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Jethro Tull to play Israel & its statement endorses Israeli propaganda
Jethro Tull WILL play Israel and now added a third gig! Jethro Tull’s statement makes them worse than Elton John. They went further and actively appease war criminals and endorse war crimes. Their portrayal of Israel as the victim of bombing gives it cover and would enable Israel to continue with the ethnic cleansing of […]
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Kimberly-Clark profiting from the occupation
1 July 2010 Kimberly-Clark is one of the largest consumer companies in the world with nearly 56,000 employees in 35 countries, and a sales turnover of over $19 billion in 2009. Its family care brands include Kleenex, Scott, Andrex, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Poise and Depend.[8] Kimberly-Clark’s support for Israel is no secret. In 1998 Israel […]
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Jury clears activists who broke into Brighton arms factory
Five found not guilty after arguing they were seeking to prevent Israeli war crimes in Gaza * Bibi van der Zee and Rob Evans * guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 June 2010 19.59 BST Israeli soldiers marching into the Gaza Strip Israeli infantry march into the Gaza Strip in January 2009 as Israel begins its ground assault […]
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EU-Israel talks skirt around Jerusalem police headquarters
David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 1 July 2010 BRUSSELS (IPS) – Talks aimed at reaching an intelligence-sharing agreement between the European Union and Israel have skirted around the location of Israel’s national police headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. In 2005, the EU decided that Europol, its law enforcement office, should negotiate a formal cooperation agreement […]
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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid refuse to be silenced
Savannah Garmon, The Electronic Intifada, 1 July 2010 On the morning of 25 May, the Board of Pride Toronto held a press conference on the lawn outside its offices to announce that the phrase “Israeli Apartheid” would be censored from the upcoming 2010 Pride Parade. The decision, aimed at banning the Toronto-based activist group Queers […]
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British Writers In Support of Palestine
The murder of humanitarian aid workers aboard the Mavi Marmara in international waters is the latest tragic example of Israel’s relentless attacks on human rights. But while violently preventing the free passage of medical, building and school supplies to Gaza, Israel continues to pride itself as a highly cultured, highly educated state. We therefore appeal […]
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Counter the Complicity of Israel’s Medical Establishment: Boycott the Jerusalem International Conference on Integrative Medicine
Occupied Ramallah, 30 June 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges international medical professionals to boycott the Jerusalem International Conference on Integrative Medicine, scheduled for 19-22 October 2010 in Jerusalem. The conference, which is sponsored by virtually all of the major medical centers in Israel, in addition to […]
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