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Swedish pension firm drops Israeli co. in protest
By MALIN RISING STOCKHOLM Sweden’s national pension funds have dropped investments in an Israeli company that makes surveillance equipment for the West Bank barrier. Israel said Thursday that the decision by the Swedish AP funds, which manage assets of more than 800 billion kronor ($110 billion) in the state pension system, was “regrettable” but made […]
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Church leaders condemn Israel and Christian Zionism
Wednesday, 07 April 2010 15:45 Dr. Hanan Chehata Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed their support for Palestine and expressed their condemnation of Israel’s apartheid policies by supporting the 2009 Kairos Palestine […]
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Boycott Action: Max Brenner Chocolates
Posted by Tamil Justice Brenner boycott @ Newtown 8th April The global Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) is getting stronger by the day. All over Africa, the Americas and parts of Europe and Asia, more and more people are initiating and creating campaigns that aim to put pressure on companies, organisations, institutions and artists that deal with or […]
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Will Margaret Atwood boycott Israel?
by Ezra Winton on April 7, 2010 Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, activist and general rabble-rouser, has been awarded the Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University. As an outspoken advocate on everything from censorship to poverty to women”s equality to gay rights to arts funding, many human rights activists around the world are hoping Ms. […]
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US military aid to Israel violates domestic, international law
Nahida H Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 7 April 2010 The Middle East Study Committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has published “Breaking Down the Walls”, a report to be submitted to the church’s 219th General Assembly this July. Some of the report’s 39 recommendations have drawn harsh criticism. The Simon Wiesenthal Center declared in a […]
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A Vote for Israel’s Accession to the OECD is a Vote in Support of Israel’s War Crimes and Other Grave Violations of International Law and Human Rights
Palestinian civil society urges the peoples and governments of OECD member states to defer Israel’s OECD accession until it respects international law and the human rights of the Palestinian people and shows commitment to the fundamental values shared by OECD members. BNC, Palestine, 15 March 2010 – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) […]
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Anti-Israeli boycotts have mushroomed into a favorite ploy across Europe
Editorial: Failing the three-D test By JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL 03/04/2010 23:24 Sweden”s largest pension fund has decided to boycott the Israeli electronics company Elbit Systems. No longer will Forsta AP-Fonden allow any investments in Elbit, due to “ethical considerations.” The direct blow to Elbit is hardly critical. Forsta wasn”t among the Israeli trailblazing firm”s heaviest […]
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Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum
Andrew Dalack, The Electronic Intifada, 6 April 2010 The global movement to realize Palestinian equal rights, self-determination and the opportunity for refugees and their descendants to return to Palestine is gaining increased momentum. As Israel continues its attempt to systematically purge the memory of the indigenous Arab Palestinians from the historic land of Palestine through […]
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Atwood – Do Not Accept Prizes from Apartheid Israel
PACBI | 6 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 6 April 2010 The Palestinian community of writers and intellectuals is highly disappointed by your decision to accept the Dan David prize, which is based at Tel Aviv University. Your writings exhibit a sophisticated understanding of colonialism, structures of political power and oppression, yet your visit to Israel […]
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Letter of support of UC Berkeley SJP
April 5, 2010 Dear Friends at UC Berkeley SJP, Two weeks ago news of the vote to divest UC Berkeley from companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation has reached us here in Israel. Like many who have been working hard to liberate Palestine and restore justice to Palestinians, we were very happy […]
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