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Ahava Covent Garden Protest
Demonstration at the Ahava store in London Saturday afternoon (19/12/09). Ahava produces soaps and so-called beauty products based on chemicals which it steals from the Dead Sea and then processes in the occupied West Bank. Under the new British Government regulations these goods should be labelled as settlement produce an not as ‘made in Israel’.
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Marketing Stolen Products from an Occupied Land
Abeer Mishkhas (Arab View) 19 December 2009 Shoppers in London are frequently asked, “Have you heard of the Dead Sea?” as they wander through department stores or supermarkets. However, the question is not the prelude to a lesson in geography. Those asking the question are salespeople marketing cosmetics derived from Dead Sea mud and minerals. […]
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Belgium holds a Boycott Israel protest in supermarket
Friday, 18 December 2009 Click on link above to listen to the protest. As the Gaza convoy worked its way across Europe, citizens in Brussels held a Boycott Israeli products protests in a supermarket on 28/11/2009 in Bruxelles.
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10 Good Things About 2009 (& BDS is #4 on the list!)
By Medea Benjamin My almost annual list of ten good things about the waning year has never before posed such a tremendous challenge. In the face of this challenge, I decided to try a minimalist thought experiment, blocking out the many baneful events that colored 2009, and instead seeking out the small, yet powerfully bright […]
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Ten brands boycotted over Israel links
Anti-apartheid activists have named a number of commercial brands as Israel’s sponsors, urging the world nations to think twice before buying their products ahead of Christmas. The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) released a list of 10 multi-national companies with Israeli ties, saying the firms benefited from the West […]
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This is what accountability looks like.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 What does accountability for human rights abuses and violations of international law look like? Maybe like this: Following a letter from Oxfam to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown which “raised humanitarian concerns about the impact of the occupied Israeli territories on the Palestinian people,” the UK is requiring retailers to clearly […]
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Palestinian Christians urge boycott
Condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Christian leaders call on their brethren worldwide to rise up in action Palestinian Christian leaders, representing churches and church-related organisations, have launched a “landmark campaign” aimed at enlisting Christians worldwide in proactive efforts to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, reports Khaled Amayreh in Bethlehem. The unprecedented initiative, […]
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British academic: Boycott Israel film festivals
Baiju NT [December 16, 2009, 1:30:28 PM] Tom Hickey, a British academic and leading member of the international campaign for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel, urged Kerala on Tuesday to boycott major Israeli events such as film festivals as a mark of solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Tom was speaking at an open […]
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Flashpoints Update on Growing BDS Movement to Combat Israeli Apartheid in Palestine
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Posted on December 16, 2009 by Flashpoints We feature a series of frontline reports from the Global Climate Summit in Copenhagen, where police beat protesters and prevented key activists from participating in the talks; also, an update on the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to combat Israeli apartheid in Palestine, […]
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Settlement goods confiscated in Jericho
Published today (updated) 16/12/2009 19:03 Jericho – Ma”an – Large quantities of settlement-bought products were confiscated and destroyed on Wednesday in Jericho, following a market inspection undertaken by customs officers, the Palestinian ministries of health and economy, in cooperation with the PA preventative security. The ministries said in a statement that the confiscated illegal settlement […]
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