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Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organizing a BDS weekend
July 8, 2010 See website for full details and 10 locations across the country: http://www.ipsc.ie/
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California dockworkers reject meeting with Israeli consul
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 9 July 2010 Two weeks after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in the San Francisco Bay Area joined with activists at the Port of Oakland to block the unloading of an Israeli Zim Lines cargo ship, the union reaffirmed its support of Palestinian rights despite pressure from the Israeli […]
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IDF Military contractor awarded record $800 million deal with BT
9 July 2010 Electronics Corporation of Israel (ECI) Telecom has been selected by British Telecom to help upgrade the UKs broadband infrastructure. The contract is worth $800 million (£526 million) – the largest contract in ECI’s history.[9][10] History with IDF ECI has from its inception been a military contractor for the Israeli Army, as its […]
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Activists ‘decorate’ Israel Ministry of Tourism billboards
Abu Asad, Indymedia 9 July 2010 A number of Israel Ministry of Tourism billboards in London Tube stations were recently ‘decorated’ with red paint. Only one billboard was accessible from the platform and had some additional information added – the others were placed track-side and so had to be reached using other means. This action […]
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Still Boycott Marks and Spencer?
6 July 2010 Our response to an issue that has been raised on more than one occasion by activists regarding the boycott of Marks & Spencer. QUESTION: I am concerned that information on M&S is out of date. They are a PLC now, not a family company owned by the Seiff family. Along with the […]
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The new challenge to Israeli apartheid
The spreading campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel has the potential to focus the world’s attention on the crimes against the Palestinian people. July 7, 2010 Protesting the blockade of Gaza in Melbourne, Australia ISRAEL ANNOUNCED an easing of its blockade of Gaza and charges against several soldiers who participated in Israel’s 2008-09 […]
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Boycott Israeli Apartheid
Celebrating 5 yrs since the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions! Friday, July 9, 2010 12pm – 5:30pm Indigo Bookstore 1500 McGill College, corner Ste-Catherine Métro McGill Montreal, QC Join us at Palestinian and Jewish Unity”s weekly picket of Indigo bookstore to celebrate the successes of the first 5 years of the global movement […]
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New York City AHAVA Boycott Demonstrations
This week we will join with other groups using the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign to pressure the Israeli government to respect human rights & international law, and to raise money for an important documentary film about Operation Cast Lead, the assault on Gaza. Friday, July 9th-Meet at 107 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, between […]
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Israel’s gay propaganda war
In portraying itself as the only gay-friendly country in a homophobic region the Israeli state reveals its own desperation o Jasbir Puar o guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 July 2010 13.00 BST Israel’s recent attack on a flotilla delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, killing at least nine people, suggests a growing indifference of the Israeli government to […]
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Israeli Government Officials Rebuffed At ILWU Local 10 In San Francisco
A delegation of representatives and supporters of Israel on July 6, 2010 including the Deputy Israeli Consul for the Pacifica Northwest Gideon Lustig failed in their efforts to pressure San Francisco ILWU Local 10 to reject their positions in protest of the attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, against the blockade of Gaza and the […]
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