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YC Activists Drop Banner In Max Brenner, Israeli-Owned Chocolate Store
“SIEGE ON GAZA ISN’T SWEET: BOYCOTT BRENNER” By Niomke Friedman Six activists in New York City dropped a banner from the balcony of the Union Square branch of the Israeli-owned chocolate chain Max Brenner in the middle of late morning crowds. The bedsheet-sized banner read “SIEGE ON GAZA ISN’T SWEET: BOYCOTT BRENNER.” Israel has refused […]
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Sephora taken to court over products from Israeli brand Ahava
By Katie Bird , 28-May-2010 LVMH-owned Sephora has been taken to court by the Palestinian rights organisation CAPJPO-EuroPalestine over the sale of cosmetics brand Ahava, according to press reports. The beauty retailer stocks the Ahava range, which according to the association is produced in territories in the West Bank illegally occupied by Israel. CAPJPO-EuroPalestine claims […]
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Marking the 5th anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society BDS Call
Celebrating our Victories, Planning for More! 9 July 2010 Occupied Palestine – The Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on people of conscience all over the world to unite for a BDS Media Day on 9 July 2010, the 5th anniversary of launching the BDS movement and the 6th anniversary […]
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Participants in UN meeting in Turkey call for boycotts against Israel
Thursday, May 27, 2010 LONE ANDERSEN ISTANBUL – Hí¼rriyet Daily News During a UN meeting in Istanbul, Jennifer Tonge of UK”s House of Lords criticizes the organization for failing to press further on Israel. Arguing that the international media has failed to raise awareness of the violations of human rights in Gaza, Tonge calls on […]
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict brings Sephora to court
A new stage in the global campaign supported by pro-Palestinian and human right associations to boycott Israeli products is bringing Sephora to court in France. The association CAPJPO EuroPalestine is suing the beauty chain retailer because of its business relationship with Ahava products. According to the association, Ahava products, which are manufactured in the kibbutz […]
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Fayyad hands out settlement boycott leaflets
PA to continue boycott until ‘our homes are empty of settlement goods,’ Palestinian PM says Ali Waked and Reuters Published: 05.27.10, 18:39 / Israel News The Palestinians will continue to adhere to the anti-settlement boycott until their homes “will be empty of settlement goods,” Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Thursday. The PM passed out […]
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Palestinian Boycott National Committee Statement on Repression in Canada
Boycott National Committee (BNC) Secretariat | 26 May 2010 Palestinian civil society condemns repression in Canada against Palestine solidarity campaigns and humanitarian efforts Occupied Palestine, May 26 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), strongly condemns the actions taken by Canadian state bodies, university administrations and pressure groups to defund, repress […]
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Poster Protest in Umeí¥
On May 22nd in Umeí¥/Sweden, on the annual cultural festival “Culture Night”, activists put speech bubbles on H&M bikini posters to inform about the H&M investment in Israel and to encourage a boycott of H&M and Israeli products. The message to consumers is that H&M is now selling bikinis, oppression, occupation, apartheid, and white phosphorus […]
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Palestinian Civil Society welcomes decision taken by Italian supermarket chains to suspend sale of Israeli settlement produce
Occupied Palestine, 26 May 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) warmly welcomes the decision taken by two of Italy”s largest supermarket chains to suspend sales of products from Israel’s colonial settlements, illegally built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Nordiconad announced that they will no longer stock produce from Agrexco, […]
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PROTEST ISIS RECOGNITION OF “ARIEL UNIVERSITY”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sherna Berger Gluck, 310-455-1028, c: 310-383-0010, sbgluck[at]csulb.edu; David Klein, 818-709-1530, c: 818-723-3362, david.klein[at]csun.edu Afshin Matin-Asgari – available for interviews on-site on Friday: +1.323-633-4829 What: Informational Picket at the conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies in protest against a speaker from an illegal Israeli settlement Where: Double Tree Hotel 1707 […]
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