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Palestinian boycott of Israeli settlement goods starts to bite
Campaign to clear supermarket shelves of West Bank settlement wares forces Israeli factories to cut production Harriet Sherwood in Ramallah guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 June 2010 11.08 BST Israeli factories based in settlements on the West Bank have been forced to cut back production as a growing Palestinian boycott movement begins to take effect. The boycott, […]
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To end the occupation, cripple Israeli banks
Terry Crawford-Browne, The Electronic Intifada, 30 June 2010 The international banking sanctions campaign in New York against apartheid South Africa during the 1980s is regarded as the most effective strategy in bringing about a nonviolent end to the country’s apartheid system. The campaign culminated in President FW de Klerk’s announcement in February 1990, releasing Nelson […]
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Omar Barghouti discusses BDS
Sunday, June 27, 2010 Cofounder of the Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and leading light of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, Omar Barghouti discusses the burgeoning of support from civil society worldwide for BDS since the horrific slaughter visited on Gaza by Israel in winter 2008- 2009 and the […]
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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to march in Toronto Pride
Quick item this. I read it first on Dr Dawg’s Blawg, under a little list headed The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The good: Toronto Pride, no doubt with the assistance of considerable pressure, reverses itself: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will be permitted to march after all. And Jonathan Kay is having a hissy-fit, […]
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Fayyad launches latest anti-settlement initiative
Published Monday 28/06/2010 (updated) 29/06/2010 15:29 Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Prime Minister Salam Fayyad launched the latest anti-settlement goods campaign aimed at clearing the Palestinian market of settlement produce on Monday. The Shop to Shop campaign focused on clearing Palestinian supermarkets and stores of the produce, Agence France-Presse Press reported. “This is a new campaign, […]
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5,000 stores undergo settlement goods inspection
Ramallah – Ma’an – Volunteers for the Palestinian Authority’s latest settlement good boycott initiative visited over 5,000 supermarkets across the West Bank on Monday, as the Shop to Shop campaign entered its second day. Campaign directer Omar Kabha said store owners responded to volunteers, who disseminate information on the settlement goods ban and inspect supermarkets. […]
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Open Letter in Support of the Boycott of Arizona by the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
27 June 2010 The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) endorses and supports the call for Boycott of Arizona on account of its manifestly racist laws, HB1070 and SB 2281. SB1070 calls for police officers to require documentation from people to establish resident status. The law essentially requires police to […]
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A new phase of struggle is born
Speech: Kevin Ovenden June 28, 2010 Israel’s murderous assault on a flotilla of ships carrying solidarity activists and humanitarian aid to break the U.S. and Israeli-imposed siege of Gaza spurred outrage around the world–and catapulted the international movement in support of the Palestinian people to a new stage. At the Socialism 2010 conference in Chicago, […]
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11 unions back campaign to boycott Israel
Sun 27 Jun 2010 The international campaign for boycott, sanctions and divestment against Israel is starting to gain leverage in Australia, especially since the recent killings of nine Turkish solidarity activists. Since the May 31 attack on the flotilla of peace activists who were attempting to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, […]
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Turkey: All-Inclusive Boycott Of Israel
By DAVID BEDEIN, Middle East Correspondent Friday, June 18, 2010 JERUSALEM – The relationship between Israel and its long-standing friend in the region, which has deteriorated consistently over the past several months, has now reached a new low. The Turkish ambassador to Israel, who was recalled to Ankara after the May 31 flotilla takeover, in […]
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