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Unite votes to boycott Israel
By Jonathan Kalmus, June 4, 2010 Britain’s largest union, Unite, has unanimously passed a motion to boycott Israeli companies at its first policy conference in Manchester on Wednesday. The motion, which passed unanimously, called the union “to vigorously promote a policy of divestment from Israeli companies”, while a boycott of Israeli goods and services will […]
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Want To See What Israel Bans From Gaza – Why We Need The Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Here are some items Israel has banned from entering the Gaza Strip. Video by Existence Is Resistance. Music by Dead Prez.
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The Swedish dockers’ union decides on a blockade against Israeli ships and goods
Publié le juin 3, 2010 par ibnkafka People ask themselves how to react to Monday”s bloodbath on the Mavi Marmara. Svenska hamnarbetarfí¶rbundet, the Swedish dockers” union, has made a first contribution to that debate: it has decided on a blockade against Israeli ships and goods from June 15 at 00.00 hour to June 24 at […]
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Gaza and MV Rachel Corrie Need Your Backing Now!
June 4, 2010 We are Israeli citizens and residents, Palestinians and Jews. We work in our society to raise the voices of conscience and dissent in light of the hostility, self-righteousness and racism which dominate it, but these efforts are not sufficient. In the wake of our government’s deadly attack on the Free Gaza aid […]
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San Francisco Green Party Boycotts Israel
Boycott Israel 06/01/10 By: SF Green Party Source: SF Green Party Resolved by the San Francisco Green Party: Because all other nonviolent and diplomatic means of resolving the crisis in Palestine/Israel have consistently failed for over four decades, the San Francisco Green Party sees a worldwide boycott and divestment of Israel as the only remaining […]
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Civil society denounces Israel across Turkey
Civil society organizations across Turkey have denounced Israel in the strongest possible terms with protests and statements following the killings of at least nine defenseless peace activists at the hands of Israeli naval commandos on an aid flotilla in international waters. Many of the organizations called on the international community to ask Israel to account […]
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Protestors demand India should cut off ties with Israel
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: “India should cut off all its relations, diplomatic or otherwise, with Israel and a case must be registered against it in the International court of justice,” said Aslam Gazi, Spokeperson, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, during a Protest near Churchgate Railway station in South Mumbai on Thursday. The protest was jointly organized by […]
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JI urges Muslim states to boycott Israel
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan on Thursday urged the Muslim states to boycott Israel in all fields and start an immediate relief move for Gaza Strip via the Rafah border between Egypt and Palestine. Presiding over a high-level meeting of the party held at Mansoora, the JI chief called the Israeli attack on the […]
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UK author Iain Banks urges Israel boycott
(Reuters) – Author Iain Banks called for a cultural and educational boycott on Israel Thursday following its deadly raid on a flotilla of ships carrying aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. The author, well known for his science fiction novels and other works, said in a letter to the Guardian newspaper that he had instructed […]
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Divide grows over Israel and Gaza
* The Guardian, Friday 4 June 2010 We applaud Iain Banks’s decision to refuse book translation deals with Israeli publishers (Letters, 3 June). The mentality behind Israel’s tortuous attempts to justify nine murders and many injuries on the Mavi Marmara was exposed for all to see outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington on Wednesday night. […]
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