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Israeli Ambassadors: “Economic Investments Are Also Central To National Security and the Political Field”
Israeli ambassadors identify the promotion of economic relationships at the highest level as a central pillar of their work, which can also assist them in advancing political relations. In a meeting with The Marker, they break their silence about the calls for boycott of goods from Israel, and talk about the struggle against them. Israeli […]
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Students Against Israeli Apartheid Launch Divestment Campaign
SAIA – For the past several months, Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Carleton (SAIA), a student group at Carleton University in Ottawa that is committed to supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom, has been conducting research on Carleton”s investments in Israeli apartheid. The Carleton Pension Fund currently lacks any ethical guidelines, with its only mandate […]
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TAKE ACTION: Ask Costco to stop selling Israeli clementines
It has come to my attention that Costco is now selling clementines that have been imported from Israel. This is a very simple process and we all know that it takes less than 5 minutes to make a difference and let Costco know what we think of their deals with Israel. Please write (contact information […]
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2010 to open in Toronto
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The 6th annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place in Toronto from 1 March to 7 March 2010, organizers announced on Monday. IAW will feature lectures, film screenings, cultural activities, and demonstrations aimed at “raising awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies toward Palestinians,” a statement said. Organizers hope to gather support […]
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Reports back from the Gaza Freedom March
By Nathan Schneider January 25, 2010 | Posted in IndyBlog | Email this article After more than half a century of intransigent injustice, the Palestine/Israel “conflict”–or “disaster,” or whatever you want to call it–only seems to get worse. In the last few years, Israel has pummeled both Lebanon and the Gaza Strip with devastating impunity […]
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Video: Students Against Israeli Apartheid (Ottawa, Canada) Divestment Campaign
January 2010, Ottawa, Ontario – SAIA demands that Carleton University immediately divest its stock in BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Tesco, and adopt a Socially Responsible Investment policy. More information: http://carleton.saia.ca
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Don’t be Complicit in Israel’s Apartheid: Boycott the 2010 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) call on students, lecturers and film-makers to boycott the 13th International Student Film Festival, scheduled for June 2010 in the city of Tel Aviv. PACBI and PSCABI believe that this festival, […]
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Norway university plans Israel boycott
Rector at University of Bergen says he supports boycott; some lecturers complain to Israeli embassy Yaheli Moran Zelikovich University of Bergen, among Norway’s largest academic institutions, intends to impose an official academic boycott against Israel over what it claims is its apartheid-like conduct, Ynet has learned. The university’s management has not yet officially responded to […]
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Israeli companies excluded from bank’s investments
Monday, 25 January 2010 14:10 KR Danske Bank adds two firms to a list of companies in which it won”t invest due to questionable ethics Africa Israel Investments and Elbit Systems have been added to Danske Bank”s list of companies that fail to adhere to its Socially Responsible Investment policy. The bank”s SRI policy obliges […]
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Israel Creates First ‘Army-owned’ University
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Ehud Barak, Israel’s defence minister, approved last week the upgrading to university status of a college in a settlement located deep inside the West Bank, a move certain to further undermine Palestinian confidence in the peace process. The decision, authorising the first Israeli university in Palestinian territory, is expected to […]
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