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IPSC targets Israeli Dead Sea Products in Jervis Shopping Centre
IPSC 12/09/09 – As part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign today launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin. Activists from the IPSC wearing “Boycott Israel” t-shirts surrounded the Dead Sea Products stall on the […]
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Brazilian Parliament Calls for the Freeze of the Israel – Mercosur Free Trade Agreement
This decision is an enormous blow for Israel”s economy and foreign relations The Brazilian Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations and National Defense has recommended that the parliament should not ratify the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and the State of Israel until “Israel accepts the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders”. […]
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Why stop with Elbit?
By Amira Hass The question is not why Norway divested from the defense electronics giant Elbit Systems, but why only now, and why only from that company? The country that gave the name of its capital city to what the world thought of as a peace process is still invested in companies involved in construction […]
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We don’t feel like celebrating with Israel this year
This is not a call to boycott TIFF, it’s a simple message of solidarity Naomi Klein From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on Wednesday, Sep. 09, 2009 03:05AM EDT When I heard the Toronto International Film Festival was holding a celebratory “spotlight” on Tel Aviv I felt ashamed of my city. I thought immediately […]
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CONTRA AVNERY: A Case for Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS)
By Alan Sabrosky Salem-News.com One should never put down any weapon when one”s arsenal is so nearly empty and the struggle is so uphill. (JACKSON, Miss.) – Avnery has written and done many good things, but on this issue I believe he is wrong. Avnery”s position on BDS reminds me of a Jewish colleague in […]
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Report: Jane Fonda joins boycott of Toronto film festival over homage to Israel
Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and Eve Ensler have joined the growing list of artists who are boycotting the Toronto film festival over a program honoring Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary, gossip blogger Perez Hilton reported on Friday. The three have added their names to a letter aimed at festival officials claiming that Tel Aviv was built […]
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Neve Gordon’s divisive Op-Ed
Ben-Gurion University’s president responds to one of her professor’s call for a boycott of Israel. By Rivka Carmi September 1, 2009 As president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, I have always remained open and impartial to the wide diversity of opinions within our academic faculty and their right to free speech, no matter how […]
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Call for Action: Tell IGLTA that Apartheid Israel is not for LGBT Leisure Tourism!
September 8th 2009 ISSUED BY: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, Toronto Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network Queer BDS activists from Israel On October 10-16, 2009, the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) is planning to hold a tourism conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, aimed at boosting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) […]
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On Rationalizing Israel’s Dispossession of the Palestinians
by Jeff Blankfort / September 5th, 2009 Hello Uri, I have just read your response to critics of your opposition to boycotting Israel and, having long ago realized the limits of your activism and worldview, it held no surprises. You have quite clearly invested too much time and energy over the years in rationalizing Israel”s […]
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APPEAL TO CATALONIAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND INSTITUTIONS: Do not invite Israeli cultural ambassadors to the Catalonian Diada!
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) [1] salutes Catalonian citizens, Government and Parliament on the eve of Diada, the September 11th Catalonian National day. While you remember the bravery of the citizens of Catalonia and Aragon in resisting the absolutist Bourbon monarchy and commemorate the 1714 siege of Barcelona, […]
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