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US Campaign’s longstanding endorsement of the boycott call
David Wildman and Amie Fishman, The Electronic Intifada, 21 September 2009 Thanks to Nada Elia for her article “A Turning Point in the US Solidarity Movement” (16 September 2009) and for her important role in cogently laying out the rationale for engaging in cultural and academic boycotts of Israeli institutions during the 8th Annual National […]
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Spain excludes settlement university from academic competition
Jerusalem/Barcelona – The”University Center of Ariel in Samaria” has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain.With this move, Spain joins the growing number of European governments to boycott institutions and corporations involved with Israeli settlements and the Wall. . . “Ariel University Centre of Samaria” was one out of 21 […]
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Boycott movement derails Jerusalem’s transit system
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 18 September 2009 An ill-fated light railway under construction in Jerusalem was originally heralded by Israeli officials as a way to cement the city’s “unification” four decades after the city’s Palestinian half was illegally annexed to Israel. But the only unity generated among Jewish and Palestinian residents after four years […]
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British Unions Representing 6.5 Million Workers Endorse Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions on Israel
September 17, 2009 Toufic Haddad British trade unions representing 6.5 million workers have overwhelmingly passed a resolution voting to commit its members to participate in and build a campaign involving boycott, disinvestment and sanctions against Israel. The motion was passed at the 2009 annual Trades Union Congress (TUC) held in Liverpool after being submitted by […]
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A turning point for the US solidarity movement
Nada Elia, The Electronic Intifada, 16 September 2009 This weekend at the eighth annual US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation national organizers’ conference held in Chicago, delegates from the approximately 300 member groups that make up the US Campaign voted in favor of an academic and cultural boycott of Israel. The vote came on […]
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UK trade unions overwhelmingly pass boycott vote
Press release, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 17 September 2009 In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today (17 September), […]
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Palestinian village calls for Swedish divestment from occupation
Open letter, Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements – Bilin Village, 14 September 2009 The following open letter was issued by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements – Bilin Village (occupied West Bank) on 10 September 2009: Dear Friends in Sweden, We have learned with dismay that Sweden, a great supporter of […]
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Veolia still intertwined with Israel’s occupation
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 16 September 2009 After years of campaigning by Palestine solidarity activists to end the French transportation giant Veolia’s complicity with Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, it was reported in early June that the company planned to end its involvement in an Israeli light rail project being built on occupied Palestinian […]
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BDS and the Israeli Left
PACBI Column BRICUP Newsletter #20 September 2009 The recent declaration by Neve Gordon, an Israeli academic at Ben-Gurion University, in support of BDS [1] has generated a great deal of commentary and controversy, ranging from demands that he be dismissed from the university to a celebration of Israeli democracy and the upholding of academic freedom. […]
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On the Boycott of the Toronto International Film Festival
By Ahmed Habib [Al-Jazeera] 12 September 2009 – Moviegoers who were hoping for world class cinema at this week’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) may find themselves at the centre of a growing controversy steeped in international politics. Considered to be one of the five most prestigious film festivals, the TIFF this year introduced the […]
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