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SOUTH AFRICAN ACADEMICS CALL FOR UJ TO TERMINATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAELI INSTITUTION
PETITION to sever links with Ben Gurion University www.ujpetition.com This petition was first disseminated on the 05th of September, within two days it was signed by over 100 South African academics from more than 12 SA universities. To date it has more than 200 signatories from 22 academic institutions. Supported by: Professors Kader Asmal, Allan […]
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New pressure on UJ to sever Israel ties
DAVID MACFARLANE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Sep 24 2010 06:00 Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Unisa vice-chancellor Barney Pityana and author Breyten Breytenbach have added their voices to calls for the University of Johannesburg to sever academic ties with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The cooperation between the two universities dates from the 1980s, when […]
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BDS Campaign – Boycott Israel Movement Grows
By Eric Walberg 9-21-10 The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign moves ahead in Washington, California, British Columbia, Harvard and Brown Universities, and the Netherlands, notes Eric Walberg In July, in Rachel Corrie’s hometown of Olympia, Washington state, the popular Food Co-op announced that no Israeli products would be sold at its two grocery stores. Archbishop […]
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Celebrities cultural boycotting Israel
The issue of Israeli settlements has captured attention far beyond the arena of international politics. Several celebrities have now thrown their weight behind what is being termed a “cultural boycott” against further building on Palestinian land. But with Israel’s construction freeze due to expire at the end of the month, there are doubts that these […]
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Boycott Israel and make a difference
Dutch rejection of colony “mayors’ is part of a worldwide refusal to tolerate Tel Aviv The Dutch government should be strongly congratulated on standing up for international law, and stopping five “mayors’ of illegal Israeli colonies on the West Bank from joining other Israeli mayors in taking part in a professional study tour in the […]
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Campagne BDS í la braderie de Lille
Trí¨s forte affluence ce week-end au stand EuroPalestine de la braderie de Lille, oí¹ des centaines de personnes ont signé la pétition de soutien aux militants de Mulhouse appelés í comparaí®tre en procí¨s lundi prochain, et tenu í acheter les míªmes T.Shirts que ceux qu”ils portent. La preuve que les méthodes d”intimidation ont l”effet inverse […]
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Sephora! Pas de beauté sans liberté
Nous sommes réunis en solidarité avec les 5 militants du collectif Boycott de Mulhouse qui doivent comparaitre en justice lundi prochain et avec notre amie Sakina Arnaud de Bordeaux dont la comparution en appel aura lieu le 24 septembre. Cette judiciarisation de nos actions de solidarité internationale vise í nous intimider et í nous épuiser […]
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Israeli Beauty Products Company Ahava Complicit in the Sins of Occupation
By Alex Kane, AlterNet Posted on September 18, 2010, Printed on September 20, 2010 Walk into any Ricky’s store, a beauty shop chain in New York, and you will find a shelf filled with Ahava products. For $28, you can buy mineral toning cleanser; for $22, Dead Sea liquid salt; and for $9, purifying mud […]
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CARE Board Member Takes Leave of Absence over Employer’s Support for Israeli Settlements
For Immediate Release September 7, New York, NY – A member of the board of directors of the leading international humanitarian aid organization CARE USA has taken a voluntary leave of absence from CARE”s board due to the involvement of his employer, Africa Israel, in Israeli settlement activities. The move last week came after a […]
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Netherlands cancels tour by Israeli mayors over settlers’ presence
Dutch Foreign Ministry cancels tour because participant list includes settlement representatives. By Jonathan Lis The Netherlands on Sunday cancelled a tour of the country by a forum of Israeli mayors because their group included representatives of West Bank settlements. The professional delegation, funded by the Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish-American charity, was supposed to fly […]
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