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New School Re-Occupied !!!! Come to 65 Fifth Avenue!!!
Apr 10th, 2009 by Take Back NYU! Students at New School have occupied the ENTIRE BUILDING of the Graduate Building. Be there or be square! More info to come!
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Tesco criticised for Israeli goods boycott hotline
* Rachel Williams * The Guardian, Friday 10 April 2009 Tesco has come under fire from the pro-Israel lobby after setting up a customer helpline option for people to complain about it stocking Israeli products. A recorded message told callers ringing its general customer services number: “If you are ringing regarding Israeli goods, please press […]
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Group assails MSU’s Tutu invitation
April 10, 2009 Academic freedom cited by Simon in response to criticism Matthew Miller mrmiller [at] lsj.com EAST LANSING – Michigan State University announced last week that retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu would give this year’s commencement address. Two days later, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy organization, filed a protest. In a letter […]
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Jewish groups clash at LCBO Israeli-made wines snapped up after calls for boycott
They shouted ‘Shame!’ and ‘Jew-haters!’ at the small group of Jewish protesters who yesterday called for a boycott of Israeli wines at a midtown liquor store. Hundreds of pro-Israeli Jews descended on the Summerhill LCBO to counter a group of about 30 pro-Palestinian Jews who urged a boycott of Israeli wines ahead of this week’s […]
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USACBI’s Advisory Board Member Tutu Attacked by ADL
Archbishop Desmond Tutu ‘Poor Choice’ for Commencement Ceremonies New York, NY, April 6, 2009 … Citing his long history as a strident critic of Israel and his vocal support for anti-Israel boycotts, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said that Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a “poor choice” to deliver the commencement addresses at Michigan State University […]
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Motorola drops bomb fuse unit following boycott campaign
Press release, The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, 5 April 2009 Motorola has sold a controversial unit that produced bomb fuses and other equipment for the Israeli military, according to the Israeli financial newspaper Globes. The sale rids Motorola of some activities that had made it the target of a growing boycott […]
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Salim Vally: The campaign to isolate apartheid Israel — lessons from South Africa
By Salim Vally [Salim Vally, a leading member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa and a veteran anti-apartheid activist, will be a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads conference, to be held in Sydney, Australia, on April 10-12, 2009, organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, Resistance and Green Left Weekly. Visit […]
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A CALL TO AUSTRALIA’S ACADEMICS
There is no doubt that something is moving in Australia when it comes to boycotts, divestments and sanctions against Israel. It was a long time coming, but the momentum is definitely growing apace and is certainly buoyed by what is happening in the rest of the world. Nevertheless, an academic boycott still seemed unlikely until […]
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EUROPE: Made in Israeli Settlements, But Never Mind
By David Cronin BRUSSELS, Apr 3 (IPS) – European Union officials are seeking evidence to support claims that fruit and vegetables from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories are being exported under false pretence. In a note circulated to its fellow EU governments in late 2008, Britain expressed concern that goods from Israeli settlements in […]
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WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT HERB?
By Tim Franks BBC News, Jerusalem Not all consumers are the same. Not all supermarket shoppers care just about price, or freshness, or brand. Some also care about from where a product came. Since I wrote about labelling of produce from the West Bank, in November, several people got in touch to tell me that […]
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