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Victory – Credo Mobile Hangs Up On Moto!
Last week we found out that Credo Mobile, a telephone service provider that claims to be guided by progressive values, stopped offering Motorola phones to their customers after complaints from our supporters. This is a major victory in our campaign to boycott Motorola for profiting from Israeli occupation and apartheid against Palestinians! Please take a […]
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El Al Flights to Johanesburg may come to an end
Dec 16, 2009 2:23 | Updated Dec 16, 2009 4:30 By HERB KEINON El Al may cancel its three weekly flights to Johannesburg by mid-January if a dispute with the South African government over the status of the Israeli security detail in the airport there is not solved by then. Foreign Ministry officials said that […]
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When Will It Be Our Time?
By MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI Published: December 16, 2009 RAMALLAH, WEST BANK – I have lived my entire adult life under occupation, with Israelis holding ultimate control over my movement and daily life. When young Israeli police officers force me to sit on the cold ground and soldiers beat me during a peaceful protest, I smolder. No […]
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On the approaching anniversary of Gaza massacre, help us recruit more endorsers to our BDS campaign
14th December 2009 Dear Friends, First, welcome to our new US Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel endorsers. You have helped us pass the 400 mark of US academic endorsers. With well known author Barbara Ehrenreich adding her name to our list of authors, artists, musicians, and others, we now also have 110 […]
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Israeli Academics are up in arms…literally!!!
December 16, 2009 The AIC published a report on the deep ties between Israel’s universities and the security forces, as well as other aspects of the involvement of academics and academic institutions in sustaining the occupation. As the AIC explains This report aims to empower the debate on an academic boycott by giving information not […]
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Sections of Goldstone Report Very Useful for BDS and related campaigns
This is to bring your attention to the fact that there is a section in the Goldstone Report that affirms the analysis of Israel as a regime that combines occupation, colonialism and apartheid. This makes the Goldstone Report also very relevant for – the BDS Campaign – Israeli Apartheid Week – and campaign against the […]
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Dutch probing Ahava’s settlement status
By HERB KEINON Dec 15, 2009 A Dutch decision to investigate whether – contrary to EU regulations – Ahava is benefiting from lower tariffs given to Israeli-made products when its cosmetics are made in a settlement, has nothing to do with a recent British decision to advise retailers to mark products from Jewish areas beyond […]
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Call for Boycott!
Monday, December 14, 2009 Neighbors went furniture shopping, looking for the best buy and finally found exactly what they wanted at a price much less than all other other stores. Great you think. Yes, that’s what they thought, too, until it was time to put in the order. As soon as the clerk heard where […]
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Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel
To endorse this statement, click here. To donate to Labor for Palestine, click here. Labor for Palestine Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel December 4, 2009 “Sanctions alone cannot eradicate apartheid; that task is ultimately left to the people of South Africa themselves. But economic pressure and […]
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In the news: Annemarie Jacir
December 14, 2009 The bad girl of Palestinian cinema talks about being uncooperative, disliking the press and being stalked by Israeli film festivals. Words by Dalia Al Kury. ANNEMARIE JACIR”S Salt of this Sea was the hottest Palestinian film of 2008-2009. It”s the story of Soraya, a Palestinian born and raised in America who discovers […]
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