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Israel’s anti-boycott belligerence
A bill seeking to outlaw boycotts of Israeli institutions and products – including in settlements – is diplomatically explosive o Miri Weingarten o guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 June 2010 10.00 BST A new “anti-boycott bill”, the third in a series of proposed laws that aim to curtail the ability of civil society to criticise Israeli government […]
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Spanish stores boycott Israeli game
Maya Mahler [YNet] 1 July 2010 – Rummikub, the Israeli game made popular worldwide, has become the recent victim of the trend to boycott Israeli goods throughout the world. Following Israel Navy’s raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, a chain of toy stores in Spain decided to remove the Israeli product from its shelves and replace […]
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Turning Points: Israel Caves Under Flotilla Pressure
Posted: June 22, 2010 11:43 PM Phyllis Bennis Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies Turning points occur in every campaign for human rights and equality. There are moments when, before victory is certain, and whether or not the effect is immediately felt on the ground, the discourse, the assumptions, the terms of reference — not so […]
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Why Israeli academia will be boycotted
Education Minister Sa’ar’s recent initiatives are a sign of the Israeli government’s increasing self-seclusion inside a bunker of delusions, as it distances itself from considerations guided by historical, political and social wisdom. His recent statements befit benighted regimes that have lost connection to the world, like Iran and other totalitarian states. By Moshe Shoked In […]
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Palestinian students ask Tiesto to boycott Israel
Tiesto has been asked by Palestinian students to boycott Israel concert The Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel have asked the international DJ Tiesto to boycott a concert he will hold in Israel. They said that many other internationally renowned musicians and singers,such as Elvis Costello, GilScott-Heron, the Klaxons and Gorillaz, the […]
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Netanyahu in U.S.–Protest in Los Angeles
TUESDAY, JULY 6 End the Siege of Gaza! End Israeli Apartheid! Free Palestine! Justice for the Flotilla Victims! Tuesday, July 6, 5pm-7pm Westwood Federal Building 11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Click here to endorse the July 6 Palestine Protest. On July 6, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will be in Washington meeting with President Obama. The […]
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Fury as Methodists vote to boycott Israel
The Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks, led condemnation of the Methodist Church for its approval of a report on Israel which he warned would have widespread repercussions for interfaith relations. By Marcus Dysch and Simon Rocker, July 1, 2010 The Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council said the Methodists” annual conference should “hang its […]
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Iran declares boycott on Coca Cola, Intel and ‘Zionists’
Ahmadinejad signs law forbidding Iranian broadcast authority from airing advertisements for ‘Zionist’ companies. Black list include American companies owned by Jews and firms that do business with Israel. Nestle, IBM, others in crosshairs Dudi Cohen Published: 06.30.10, 17:49 / Israel News Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signed Wednesday a new amendment to a law in the […]
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Palestinian Queers for BDS Call upon all Queer groups, organizations and individuals around the world to Boycott the Apartheid State of Israel.
Palestinian Queers for BDS Call upon all Queer groups, organizations and individuals around the world to Boycott the Apartheid State of Israel By Palestinian Queers for BDS June 27th 2010 As Palestinian Queers, we see the Queer movements as political in their nature; and ones that analyze the intersections between different struggles, evaluate relations of […]
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Jesse Rosenfeld: The Palestinian struggle, BDS and Canadian aid
By rabbleTV | June 25, 2010 June 21, 2010 at the Beit Zatoun House, Toronto While the three-year-old siege of Gaza has been brought into dramatic focus of late, the 12-year embargo of Iraq that crippled the economy and wrought havoc on civil society continues in another form, post-invasion. At the same time, the ongoing […]
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