• Palestinian Economic Boycott Hits Israeli Settlers

    Posted on May 21, 2010

    By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 20, 2010 (IPS) – Israeli settlers are beginning to feel the bite of an economic boycott campaign launched by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against goods produced in the illegal Israeli settlements dotting the occupied West Bank. “This is economic terrorism,” complained the Yesha Council (YC), an umbrella organisation of municipal […]

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  • OECD rewards Israel’s occupation

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    Despite Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development recently agreed to let it join, writes Brian Napoletano. May 20, 2010 THE GOVERNMENTS of the 31 member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) all agreed on May 10 that Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, […]

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  • Boycott volunteers say army searching for them

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    Published today (updated) 20/05/2010 18:44 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Volunteers with the Palestinian Authority’s House to House settlement goods boycott campaign said Israeli forces entered the Husan village, west of Bethlehem, searching for them. Volunteer Ahmad Jaz’ul told Ma’an that four Israeli military jeeps “raided the village at 1pm in the afternoon, searching for the […]

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  • PA hands out blacklisted settlement goods list

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    Published Tuesday 18/05/2010 (updated) 20/05/2010 08:58 Bethlehem/Jenin – Ma’an – Residents received hand-delivered lists of blacklisted settlement products on Tuesday as the Palestinian Authority kicked off its door-to-door anti-settlement produce campaign throughout the West Bank, comprising the first of several pamphlets to be distributed as part of the House to House program. The list, part […]

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  • PA upgrades boycott of settlement products despite Israeli warnings

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    Palestinian Authority upgrading its campaign against Jewish-made goods from the West Bank and Golan Heights. By Avi Issacharoff and Chaim Levinson The Palestinian Authority has upgraded its campaign against products made in Israeli settlements, notwithstanding warnings from Israel. On Tuesday, some 3,000 Palestinian volunteers, conscripted by the government of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad through […]

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  • Belgian-French bank cornered over Israeli settlement financing

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 20 May 2010 BRUSSELS (IPS) – New evidence has been uncovered to show that Dexia, a major Belgian-French bank, is still financing Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) despite official assurances that such loans have ceased. Jean-Luc Dehaene, a former Belgian prime minister and now Dexia’s chairman, announced […]

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  • Episcopal Peace Fellowship Announces: National Executive Council’s Statement on Divestment, Boycott and Economic Sanctions as a means of Nonviolent Resistance

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    Episcopal Peace Fellowship PRESS RELEASE Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Linda Gaither, Chair, 607-342-7995 (lgaither[at]sonofyork.com); Bill Exner Vice Chair, 603-497-2003 (office[at]stmattsepiscopal.org or exner[at]comcast.net) or Allison Liles, Vice Chair, 256-684-0990 (allisonliles[at]gmail.com) The National Executive Council of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship voted to endorse the enclosed statement with a vote of 8 yes, 2 no and […]

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  • The Second National Conference on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)

    Posted on May 20, 2010

    Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)* www.BDSmovement.net In commemoration of 62 years of Nakba (Click here for Conference program) (?????? ??????? ?? ??????) Simultaneous translation will be provided The BDS National Committee (BNC) cordially invites you to the Second National Conference on BDS: a strategy for civil resistance. The conference aims to raise awareness […]

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  • BRICUP sends a second open letter to Elton John

    Posted on May 19, 2010

    19 May, 2010 Dear Elton John: It”s funny how people can be close friends, and yet react so differently to things. You”re apparently close friends with Elvis Costello – so close you hosted his wedding to Diana Krall at your “castle” in Windsor. After just three weeks of people appealing to Elvis Costello not to […]

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  • Elvis Costello Cancels Concerts in Israel

    Posted on May 19, 2010

    Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF Published: May 18, 2010 Elvis Costello has canceled two concerts he was planning to perform in Israel this summer, citing the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Agence France-Presse reported. Mr. Costello was scheduled to appear at the Caesarea Amphitheater on June 30 and July 1. But in a statement on his […]

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