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Wave Of Cultural Terrorism Rocks Israel
Three western musical acts, The Pixies, The Klaxons, and Gorillaz, have canceled their appearances in Israel in light of Israel”s massacre and attack on the Freedom Flotilla last week. The cancellation prompted Israelis to decry the isolation as “cultural terrorism.” Palestinians have resisted Israeli Apartheid and oppression in all possible ways. The goal has always […]
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Ha’aretz: Only a boycott will persuade Israel
From Ha’aretz, June 22: Only a boycott will persuade Israel by Ayala Shani & Ofer Neiman “Israel won”t change unless the status quo has a downside” – these words were written by journalist Tony Karon, a Jew from South Africa. This sentence reflects the rationale behind the broad BDS campaign – which includes sanctions, institutional […]
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Boycott! Supports the Dock Workers Union in Sweden
June 22, 2010 Dear members of the dock workers union in Sweden, We have heard of your decision to initiate a blockade against all Israeli transfers to and from Swedish harbors between the 23rd-29th of June, 2010. As Israeli citizens and residents, we are aware of the message these actions send to the Israeli society. […]
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Open letter from Lebanon to DJ Tiesto: Don’t entertain an outlaw state!
21 June 2010 Dear DJ Tiesto, We read with great regret that you will be performing in Israel (July 2) before heading to Lebanon (July 3). As you know, music cannot be isolated from politics. A visit to Israel, particularly now, is viewed by Israel, and internationally, as implicit support for Israeli policies and indifference […]
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Spanish initiative for the fifth anniversary of the BDS call
BDS Poster Contest This 9th of July 2010 it will be 5 years since the Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) of the Palestinian civil society. For this reason and to encourage civil society worldwide to join in against indifference and powerlessness, we call this BDS Poster Contest with the BDS motif (be it […]
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Victory at Oakland port: Israeli ship blocked from unloading
Sunday, June 20, 2010 By: Gloria La Riva First ever boycott at US port in solidarity with Palestine In a historic and unprecedented action today, over 800 labor and community activists blocked the gates of the Oakland docks in the early morning hours, prompting longshore workers to refuse to cross the picket lines where they […]
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Hundreds in Oakland protest Gaza blockade
Victoria Colliver, David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writers Sunday, June 20, 2010 (06-20) 12:35 PDT OAKLAND — Hundreds of demonstrators, condemning Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, picketed at the Port of Oakland on Sunday and may have prevented an Israeli cargo ship from unloading for the day. Two shifts of longshoremen agreed not to […]
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Noam Chomsky’s Hypocrisy
By Ghali Hassan 20 June, 2010 Countercurrents.org “I don’t regard myself as a critic of Israel. I regard myself a supporter of Israel … I think the U.S. should continue to support Israel”. [1] – Noam Chomsky The American linguist Noam Chomsky is often described by Western media as “arguably the world’s most influential intellectual […]
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EU rubber-stamping grants for Israeli war industry
David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 21 June 2010 BRUSSELS (IPS) – A leading Israeli supplier of warplanes used to kill and maim civilians in Gaza is in the running for two new scientific research grants from the European Union. Israel’s attacks on Gaza in late 2008 and 2009 provided its air force with an opportunity […]
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Boycott of settlement goods is biting hard
Maariv: Targeted boycott and divestment pushing companies out of the settlements Didi Remez, 21 June 2010 The cover story of this morning”s (June 21 2010) Maariv business section reports that targeted boycott and divestment actions – Israeli, Palestinian and international – are pushing an increasing number of Israeli companies out of the West Bank settlements […]
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