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Jeff Beck: Please support the boycott against apartheid Israel Join
Jeff Beck is scheduled to play Israel on October 5. We would like to persuade him to join the cultural boycott called by the people of Palestine, and prevent apartheid Israel from using his performance as a propaganda coup. For more information see http://pacbi.org Jeff’s blog is at http://www.jeffbeck.com/blog.php if you would like to tell […]
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BDS Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Part 3
The BDS movement: boycott, divestment and sanctions used to put pressure on Israel to respect the rights of the Palestinian people and to end the occupation, is rapidly growing around the world. This video examines the economic aspects of BDS. How did BDS evolve? Can it be an effective tool against Israel? Could it hurt […]
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Palestine Solidarity Settlement created in Brighton Supermarket
Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity, www.brightonpalestine.org 20 July 2010 Activists in Brighton set up a ‘Palestine Solidarity Settlement’ in Waitrose supermarket to protest against the demolition of Palestinian homes to clear land for Israeli settlements. About 15 activists erected a tent in the fruit and veg aisle whilst it was busy with shoppers. They filled baskets […]
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BDS Brisbane
Boycott Divestment Sanctions Campaign Action Brisbane Australia July 2010. Activists disrupt the Seacret Cosmetic stall (Made in Israel) in the Myer Centre on the Queen Street Mall. BDS is the global movement combating Israeli Occupation and Apartheid.
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“˜Governments Are Not Going to Change This. We Have To’: Antony Loewenstein on Israel/Palestine, the Internet and more
By Alex Kane July 21, 2010 With “peace talks” between the Palestinian Authority and Israel seeming more and more like a dead end, many people around the world, including dissident Jewish voices, are turning to grassroots activism to pressure Israel to end the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories. Recently, Jewish Voice for Peace launched […]
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Facing ban, Israeli dairy company leaves settlement
Ramallah – Ma”an – A leading Israeli dairy company has moved its factories from the occupied Golan Heights into Israel and will be allowed to market its produce in the West Bank, the National Dignity Fund announced Thursday. President Mahmoud Abbas, whose government led by Salam Fayyad started the fund, in April banned the sale […]
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Inside the Cosmetics convention, Ahava boss denies the Occupation
by Nancy Kricorian on July 22, 2010 On Monday, July 19th, Jodie Evans of CODEPINK and supporter Zissa went to the Cosmetics Professionals (COSMOPROF) Convention at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas to confront Ahava North America CEO Michael Etedgi for the second year in a row. Last July, Jodie and another woman did […]
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TIAA-CREF is the most ambitious divestment campaign yet
by Pamela Olson on July 22, 2010 On July 9, 2004, the International Court of Justice found Israel”s Wall built on occupied Palestinian land to be illegal under international law. Israel disregarded the Court”s decision and continued to build wherever it pleased. It was one of Israel”s many violations of international law that the international […]
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Presbyterian engagement on Israel/Palestine creates “˜new rules’ for relationship with the Jewish community
by Mark Braverman on July 22, 2010 Last week we posted the first part of Mark Braverman’s report on how the Presbyterian Church dealt with the ongoing controversy over its position on Israel/Palestine at its General Assembly. Here is the second part. There were two groups of Jewish attendees at the 219th General Assembly of […]
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What happened at TIAA-CREF
Wow! I’m writing you from New York City where I just got back from the TIAA-CREF annual meeting and I’m still a bit overwhelmed by the experience. I can’t tell you what it meant to have each one of you there with us in the room. 15,300 of you to be exact. Each of you […]
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