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Protesters Condemn Israeli “Ambassador of Apartheid” Michael Oren
Activists Protest Brandeis Commencement, Jerusalem Day Event at BPL By: Boston BDS Activists Press Contact: Heike Schotten, bdsbostonma[at]gmail.com Waltham, MA, May 25, 2010 – Boston area activists voiced their opposition to Brandeis University”s honoring of Israeli-U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren as this year”s commencement speaker. Standing in solidarity with the more than 150 Brandeis students who […]
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Boycott gives Israel a taste of its own medicine
The Palestinian boycott of Jewish settlement goods outrages Israel but is nothing compared with Israel’s undeclared embargo o Rachel Shabi o guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 26 May 2010 10.00 BST Things are heating up with the Palestinian boycott of Jewish settlement products. The Palestinian Authority has recently passed a law prohibiting the sale of such goods, with […]
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The PA’s disingenuous boycott campaign
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 May 2010 In recent weeks, the US- and Israeli-backed Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has made a show of calling on Palestinians to boycott goods manufactured in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Despite the rhetoric of defiance and resistance, and exaggerated screams of anguish from Israeli settler groups, the […]
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Note to Elvis Costello’s Wife Diana Krall: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
Diana Krall, wife of Elvis Costello who recently chose to abide by the cultural boycott and not play in apartheid Israel, is scheduled to perform there later this summer. Krall would do well to heed her husband’s moral decision not to support an apartheid regime by performing there.
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Is Bob Dylan Embracing a Silent Boycott of Apartheid Israel?
In January Ynet reported Bob Dylan’s May 27th concert date in the apartheid state. Now his website shows no sign of any stop in apartheid Israel.
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Singer’s boycott of Israel a matter of conscience
JASON KOUTSOUKIS May 24, 2010 Pro-Palestinian activists gather at the Sarayburnu port to send off the Mavi Marmara cruise ship sponsored by Turkey’s Islamic and pro-Palestinian rights group.Click to play video Palestinian support groups take their protest of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip to a new level as they board ships destined for the […]
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PA, PLO slam Israeli stance on boycott
Published today (updated) 25/05/2010 11:45 Bethlehem – Ma’an – President Mahmoud Abbas continued to insist on the necessity of boycotting Israeli settlement products, in the face of ballooning Israeli criticism, highlighting again on Monday the parameters of the movement. The statement followed the publication of accusations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alleging the boycott […]
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Israeli Think Tank Calls for Sabotaging “Delegitimizers” of Israel
May 21 – 23, 2010 Reut Institute Admits Critics Have Many Valid Points By JAMES MARC LEAS While a report by an Israeli think tank has been widely condemned (1) for advocating that the Israeli government use its intelligence services to attack and sabotage non-violent human rights advocates, the report is worth detailed study because […]
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Art, theory and action: Udi Aloni interviewed
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 24 May 2010 On 10 May, Udi Aloni spoke at a public debate on the Palestinians and Israel in Bern, Switzerland about his support for the Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). Aloni told the public that the recent arrests of respected Palestinian leaders in Israel […]
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Netanyahu: Boycott only harming PA
Published today (updated) 24/05/2010 19:55 Jerusalem – Ma’an/Agencies – The Palestinians are opposing economic peace with Israel and are “taking steps that in the end hurt themselves,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud party members on Monday. “Israel is aiming for peace and economic prosperity,” Netanyahu said, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote. “The Palestinians […]
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