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News from Within Podcast: Academic Boycott of Israel
The idea of an academic boycott of Israel emerged in 2002 and has since gained momentum worldwide, particularly in the aftermath of the December 2008 and January 2009 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Academic Boycott of Israel and the Complicity of Israeli Academic Institutions in Occupation of Palestinian Territories In his Economy of the […]
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Report: Israeli academic institutions’ role in the occupation
Report, The Alternative Information Center, 14 December 2009 The idea of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) as means of struggle against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories has gathered pace in the years following the second intifada, and all the more so since the Israeli siege and attacks on the Gaza Strip. As academics and […]
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Ahava, Covent Garden, Shut Down by Boycott Israel Campaigners
Activists arrived at Ahava in Covent Garden at 11.30am this morning and two people locked on to a concrete block inside the store. The store is now completely closed, on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, and there is a protest outside. Police have arrived but have made no attempt to remove […]
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Israeli boycott deserves attention
Letters to the Editor We must ask what “academic freedom” means for Palestine. Published: 11/12/2009 By Various Authors (see below) The growing call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions deserves careful response. Bernstein”s and Saadi”s “Don”t allow boycott of Israeli universities” letter in the Nov. 9 issue of The Minnesota Daily is a welcome […]
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Boycott Israeli Goods Demonstration in Sheffield
Sheffield PSC hold a boycott action in Sheffield, UK 12 December 2009
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Israel, the Palestinians and Apartheid: The Case for Sanctions and Boycott
4th December 2009 The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London On 4th December 2009, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and SOAS Palestine Society organised a public meeting putting forward the case for sanctions and boycott of Israel. Amongst the speakers were several from the South African […]
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Where will boycott show up next?
Friday, December 11, 2009 Stories about boycotts of goods produced in Israeli settlements have been popping up all over the place recently. Here’s just a few examples. Yesterday, we let you know about an article on Ahava at CNNMoney. CNN refused to say whether there is an official boycott of Ahava in the United States–something […]
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*BNC Welcomes the */*Kairos*/* Document of Leading Christian Palestinians
“A moment of truth–A word of faith from the heart of Palestinian suffering”* Occupied Palestine: 11 December 2009 Today, prominent Christian Palestinian leaders are releasing a historical /Kairos/ document, calling on Churches around the world “to say a word of truth and to take a position of truth with regard to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian […]
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UK calls for clearer Israeli labels
Britain has advised UK supermarkets selling goods from the West Bank to state explicitly on the labels whether the content has come from Israeli settlement or Palestinian-owned farms. The recommendation, issued by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is not a legal requirement but Israeli officials and settler leaders have reacted […]
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Boycott Israel update
Boycotting Israeli goods should become easier in the UK following an order that goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank be labelled as such. Here’s the Guardian: Britain has acted to increase pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements by advising UK supermarkets on how to distinguish between foods from the settlements […]
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