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Israelis fear cultural boycott
By Tobias Buck in Jerusalem Published: June 11 2010 16:49 | Last updated: June 11 2010 16:49 Judging by recent events, the global music scene has been gripped by an exciting new craze: boycotting Israel. The fashion started this year, when Carlos Santana, the ageing guitar hero, cancelled his planned summer gig in Tel Aviv […]
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Activists disrupt Caterpillar shareholder meeting
Kristin Szremski, The Electronic Intifada, 11 June 2010 While pro-Palestinian activists and supporters of Israel lined opposite sides of South LaSalle Street outside the Northern Trust Building in Chicago on 9 June, James Owens, the outgoing CEO and Chairman of Caterpillar Inc., told a room full of shareholders the company was not responsible for the […]
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“Arrest me, I’m a terrorist”
American activists who supported, organized, or were on the flotilla headed to Gaza with humanitarian aid stormed the office of U.S. Congressmen Brad Sherman and turned themselves in for their “crimes.” The stunt was in response to Sherman’s call for Americans on the flotilla be arrested for helping “terrorists.” It illustrates the disconnect between a […]
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Israeli Raid On Gaza-Bound Flotilla Draws Mixed Artist Reaction
by David J. Prince, N.Y. | June 11, 2010 12:10 EDT When the Pixies canceled their first-ever performance in Israel just three days before a scheduled June 9 gig in Tel Aviv, the veteran indie rock band became the latest in a string of acts to call off shows in the Jewish state. The Pixies’ […]
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Recalling the anti-apartheid spirit
The Palestinians and those who support them must take lessons from the successful international anti-apartheid movement, writes Ayman El-Amir* Israel has worked hard to defeat the purpose of the Freedom Flotilla that sought to break the four-year-old Israeli stranglehold on 1.5 million suffering Palestinians in Gaza. Despite international public outrage, Israeli policy, endorsed by the […]
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AN OPEN LETTER TO NEIL SEDAKA TO BOYCOTT APARTHEID
June 10, 2010 at 19:31 It was announced on the radio today that you have a scheduled concert in Tel Aviv this coming October. I was a bit taken back by these announcements…. for good reason. We grew up together and lived on the same street in Brighton Beach for many years. My brother was […]
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British firm cuts ties with Israeli company
RedRat decides due to Israel’s Gaza policy, can no longer work with long-standing clients Disk-In Pro; hope to renew cooperation in future Meirav Crystal British company RedRat announced to Israeli company Disk-In Pro that despite years of cooperation, it would no longer work with the Israeli company because of Israel’s policy in the Gaza Strip. […]
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BDS Actions Bern
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign, actions in Bern Switzerland.
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Irish megastore bans Israeli potatoes
By DONAL THORNTON www.irishcentral.com June 9, 2010 A leading food and retail megastore that operates in Ireland has stopped selling two lines of baby potatoes that are sourced from Israel. German owned megastore LIDL is one of Ireland”s largest chain store”s and they deny that the banning of Israeli products is politically motivated. The Irish […]
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A boycott of Israeli goods is now necessary
They were not, as Israel’s defence minister Ehud Barack ludicrously tried to claim, “an armada of hate and violence”. Nor was the Mavi Marmara “a boat of hate”, as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the Turkish ship, trying to justify his commandos gunning down nine civilians on board as they stormed the boat in […]
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