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Shoppers: let’s boycott Israeli goods
Thursday, April 09, 2009, 13:58 On behalf of the newly-formed WestWilts Palestine Support Group, (Justice for Palestine, Peace for Israel) I would like to thank all those in Melksham and Bradford on Avon who took leaflets or signed the petition last week asking Sainsbury’s to boycott produce from Israel. Israel was born in 1948, following […]
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French Court to Hear Israeli Tram Case
French court takes up the case against Alstom SA and Veolia Environnement contracted by Israel to build a tram line that runs deep into East Jerusalem from West Jerusalem. French Court to Hear Israeli Tram Case By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS Palestinian lobby groups that contest Israel’s authority over East Jerusalem have found they might be helped […]
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Simon Liebling ’12: Student power for Palestine
Simon Liebling ’12 Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Students at the New School withstood pepper spray attacks by police last week while trying to force the ouster of their controversial president, continuing the tradition of a year of occupations as part of a national campaign for accessible education. The beleaguered administrators they target could almost […]
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Keep the pressure on Motorola
Last week we found out that Motorola has met our first boycott demand – they no longer sell the Israeli military bomb fuzes. Instead of resting on our laurels, we need to seize this opportunity to push twice as hard on our other demands. Now is the time to strengthen our campaign. We want everyone […]
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Sligo County Council Adopts Motion to Boycott Veolia
The following motion was unanimously adopted at the February meeting of Sligo County Council. “Recognising: 1. that Veolia is a leading partner in the consortium contracted to build a light railway system linking Israel to illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem 2. that the Irish Government and the U.N. does not recognise Israel”s annexation and […]
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How do I know what products to boycott, is there a list?
Posted by StopTheWall on Mon, 04/13/2009 – 07:59 If the first three numbers of the bar code are 729, the product was made by Israel, within the Green Line or in one of the Israeli-controlled industrial zones built illegally inside the West Bank. However, there are also products made by Israel which do not have […]
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Are there organized campaigns against specific products?
Posted by StopTheWall on Mon, 04/13/2009 – 08:07 There are also organized campaigns against several products including: Agrexco: More information: http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/240 Caterpillar: See for example: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/downloads/CAT%201-2006.pdf Chapters &Indigo: See for example, http://www.canpalnet.ca/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=1 Jewish National Fund: See for example http://www.caiaweb.org/jnfcampaign Lev Leviev /Africa-Israel: See for example http://adalahny.org/ L’Oreal: See for example http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/231 Motorola: See for example […]
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How can I get involved in the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign?
Posted by StopTheWall on Mon, 04/13/2009 – 08:12 There are suggestions about how you can do BDS in your local community at: http://bdsmovement.net/files/JOINtheBDSactionDAY-en-final_0.pdf For an in depth review of the BDS movement, see http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/9#diy. You can also connect with groups in your area that are working on BDS. See the list of endorsers at: http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/139. […]
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NYU Study Abroad in an apartheid state
Dina Mikdadi (Tuesday, March 31, 2009) – Last summer, Israel denied Palestinian Fulbright scholars in Gaza the right to travel abroad to pursue their studies. After some intervention on behalf of Condoleezza Rice, Israel allowed a few (but not all) to leave the Gaza Strip. Such absurd restrictions on Palestinian daily life are not uncommon. […]
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Palestinian Olive Oil at Whole Foods
As today’s news headlines are filled with stories of conflict in the Middle East, Alter Eco Fair Trade defies these events by unveiling the first USDA Certified Organic, Fair Trade Certifiedâ„¢, Carbon Zero Certified Extra Virgin Olive Oils from Palestine. These GMO free, Gluten free, dairy free, and vegan oils originate from Rumi and Nabali […]
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