• Toronto Palestine Solidarity Activists Protest Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit

    Posted on July 28, 2009

    The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid and Women in Solidarity with Palestine have launched a protest against the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), for their exhibition of the looted Dead Sea Scrolls. For past two weeks, they have conduced successful protests (see video, pictures and media coverage below). Friday pickets are ongoing to keep up the pressure […]

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  • International Journalists Union Expels Israel

    Posted on July 28, 2009

    21 July 2009 | Posted in Boycott, Palestine The expulsion of an Israeli journalists” union from the International Federation of Journalists is mired in a murky cocktail of politics and money. The Israeli group –– the National Federation of Israel Journalists – was ousted June 7 in a unanimous vote of the international union”s executive […]

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  • Email exchanges between Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Rebecca O’Brien and the Melbourne Film Festival organizers

    Posted on July 28, 2009

    PULSE Exclusive As you may have heard by now, British film legend Ken Loach has pulled out of the Melbourne Film Festival because the organizers” refusal to observe the cultural boycott of Israel. Following is an exchange of letters that took place between Loach, long-time co-writer Paul Laverty, co-producer Rebecca O”Brien and Richard Moore, the […]

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  • Norway examines the ethics of its Israel investments

    Posted on July 28, 2009

    [Amira Hass, Haaretz] – Norway is reexamining its investments in several Israeli companies, in particular Elbit Systems. Two representatives of the Council on Ethics of the Norwegian finance ministry visited Israel at the beginning of June, in the wake of growing criticism of Israel in Norway in the months following last winter’s Israeli offensive in […]

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  • Boycott Elbit Systems!

    Posted on July 28, 2009

    Elbit Systems is one of the largest Israeli security and defense firms, specializing in military electronics, surveillance systems, UAVs and homeland security systems. The company provides both UAVs and other military technology for Occupation forces as well as security systems for the Wall and settlements. Like all Israeli firms operating in the military technology sector, […]

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  • Britain revokes arms licences for Israeli navy guns

    Posted on July 28, 2009

    Exports of spare parts halted in response to Gaza Strip attacks in December-January * Ian Black, Middle East Editor * guardian.co.uk, Monday 13 July 2009 17.54 BST Britain has revoked export licences for weapons on Israeli navy missile boats because of their use during the offensive against the Gaza Strip. The licences apparently covered spare […]

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  • Melbourne film festival rejects Ken Loach anti-Israel pressure

    Posted on July 20, 2009

    By Haaretz Service British director Ken Loach has withdrawn his film Looking for Eric from the Melbourne International Film Festival to protest Israeli funding of another film participating in the festival. Loach demanded that the festival reject the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of Tatia Rosenthal to visit the festival to answer questions about her animation feature […]

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  • Israeli funding angers filmmaker

    Posted on July 20, 2009

    Philippa Hawker July 18, 2009 ENGLISH filmmaker Ken Loach has withdrawn his film Looking for Eric from the Melbourne International Film Festival because the festival receives funding from the Israeli Government. Loach told the festival if it did not reconsider the sponsorship, he would not allow the festival to screen his film. In a letter […]

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  • Boycott apartheid: student delegation to Palestine

    Posted on July 20, 2009

    Doug Smith, Electronic Intifada, 17 July 2009 For the first time since the 2005 Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against institutions supporting Israeli apartheid, students from North America and Palestine came together in Ramallah to share their ideas and experiences. Consisting of eight days of travel and a four-day workshop, […]

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  • Israel boycott push in U.S. not yet a threat, say monitors

    Posted on July 20, 2009

    By Raphael Ahren Local and international anti-boycott groups said this week they are monitoring the growing academic boycott movement in the U.S. but currently do not deem it a serious threat. The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel said recently it has more than tripled its membership since it was launched […]

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