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Open letter in defence of the right to boycott Israel
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 14:57 March 2010 We, the undersigned, condemn the attempt by Scottish prosecutors to criminalise the growing international campaign to boycott Israel until Israel comes into line with international law. In July 2005, working in close co-operation with partners in South Africa, hundreds of civil society organisations across Palestine produced a call […]
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Campaign planned against Israel boycott
By HAVIV RETTIG GUR 11/03/2010 Group working on actionable recommendations for Jewish groups and Israeli gov’t. The next few days will see the first meeting in Israel of a group of scholars and activists who are planning a new, aggressive Jewish response to the international “Boycott, Divestment, Sanction” (BDS) campaign against Israel. The group, organized […]
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Is PA Guilty of Undermining BDS Campaign?
Samah Sabawi [Palestine Chronicle] 10 March 2010 – In 2008 Netanyahu announced during his election campaign that he plans to ‘weave an economic peace alongside the political process which will give a stake in peace for the moderate elements in the Palestinian society’. (1) Since its election, the Netanyahu government has made “economic peace” central […]
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H&M opens Israel store amid calls to boycott European branches
More than 24 European and Middle Eastern pro-Palestinian organizations on Thursday condemned the opening of H&M’s flagship store in Israel and called to boycott the clothing chain’s stores in Europe in response. The various organizations, from Belgium, Sweden, Britain, Ireland, Denmark Palestine and even Israel, published a demand on the International Solidarity Movement Web site […]
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Protesters disrupt Israeli film festival in Paris
PARIS (JTA) — A group of anti-Israel protesters interrupted the opening of Paris’ 10th annual Israeli film festival. On Tuesday night, about 30 pro-Palestinian protesters burst into the Paris theater hosting the opening to this year’s annual Israeli film festival. Protesters handed out fliers on the street outside the Gaumont Opera Theater asking people to […]
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Truth in labeling: EU court challenges “Made in Israel”
Phon van den Biesen and Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2010 On 25 February, the European Court of Justice ruled that imports manufactured in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shouldn’t benefit from a trade agreement between Israel and the European Union. The ruling follows protests of Israel’s export of products from […]
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ISIS and “Ariel University of Samaria, Israel”
March 10, 2010 An Academic Blunder By SASAN FAYAZMANESH The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), defined on its website as “an academic society to support and promote the field of Iranian Studies,” has found itself in hot water lately. In its forthcoming conference in Santa Monica, California, it has included a paper by an […]
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A Joint Letter to the International Society of Iranian Studies on “Ariel University of Samaria, Israel”
March 10, 2010 Dear Professor Sandler Members of the Executive Committee International Society for Iranian Studies We write to register our deep concern that during the 2010 Iranian Studies Biennial Conference in Santa Monica, California, the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) intends to host a faculty member from “Ariel University of Samaria, Israel.” We […]
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Apartheid / apartheid
Written by Saree Makdisi Monday, 08 March 2010 13:06 Among the highlights of my recent trip to South Africa were a tour of the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg and a visit to the downtown neighborhood of Fordsie with my close friends Hanif and Salim Vally (who grew up there during the Apartheid years–an experience that […]
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Leaked anti-BDS document?
I have been sent this lengthy document titled Delegitimization of Israel: “Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions”. I’m posting the whole thing here but, be warned, I said it’s lengthy and it has been suggested that it could be a double bluff intended more for the eyes of BDS advocates than BDS opponents. One of my correspondents […]
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