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Student council calls on peers to support goods boycott
Nablus – Ma’an – University student councils offered their full support for the Palestinian Authority boycott of settlement goods on Wednesday, vowing to ensure students implement the embargo. Head of the An-Najah University student senate Makram Daraghmeh said all Palestinian universities would organize events and activties in the coming days, aimed at encouraging students to […]
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Settlements Boycott Campaign Starts In The West Bank, Settlers Outraged
Tuesday May 18, 2010 16:05 by Ghassan Bannoura – PNN Report post Israeli settlers groups called on the Israeli government to stop proximity talks with the Palestinians due to the settlements products boycott campaign that started today in the West Bank. The Campaign “House-to-House” was launched by the Palestinian National Pride fund. Hundreds of Palestinian […]
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PA boycott campaign gains momentum
Palestinian governors urge citizens to cooperate with settlement product ban; activists distribute pamphlets listing banned items. ‘We can manage this economic system,’ says Palestinian-appointed Jerusalem governor Ali Waked Hundreds of activists took to the streets of the West Bank on Tuesday and distributed brochures calling on the Palestinians to boycott settlement products. The Palestinian Authority […]
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Elvis and the apartheid state
The British singer-songwriter was booked to perform in Israel on 30 June and 1 July. He has issued a statement on his website which makes it unambiguously clear that he is now withdrawing from the bookings. He says: “there are occasions when merely having your name added to a concert schedule may be interpreted as […]
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Settlers: Palestinian boycott is an ‘act of hate’
Yesha Council calls on government to close Israeli ports to Palestinian goods until embargo on goods produced in settlements ends. By Chaim Levinson The Yesha Council, which represents the Jewish settler movement, on Tuesday denounced a Palestinian boycott of Israeli goods produced in the West Bank and the Golan. In a statement, the council endorsed […]
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A victory for ethical responsibility of international artists: PACBI’s Reaction to Elvis Costello’s Cancellation of Two Gigs in Israel
For immediate release Contact (for media interviews): PACBI[at]PACBI.org A victory for ethical responsibility of international artists PACBI”s Reaction to Elvis Costello”s Cancellation of Two Gigs in Israel Occupied Ramallah, 18 May 2010 – The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) warmly welcomes Elvis Costello”s cancellation of his scheduled performances in […]
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PA distributes full list of boycotted settlement goods
Bethlehem/Jenin – Ma’an – As the Palestinian Authority launched its door-to-door anti-settlement goods campaign on Tuesday West Bank residents received hand-delivered lists of blacklisted products in a bid to implement a wide-scale embargo. The list, part of an 88-page guide on how to participate in the boycott, includes logos of well-known brand names, furnishing companies, […]
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Elvis Costello Leaves the Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello has just made a stark departure from the normalization-business-as-usual in the entertainment industry. In a year where artists such as the Pixies, Metallica, Joan Armatrading, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Beyonce, Elton John and Ozzy Osbourne, to name a few, have displayed little hesitation to take the stage in apartheid Israel, Elvis Costello has […]
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Elvis Costello joins Israel boycott, canceling June shows
‘Humiliation and intimidation’ of Palestinians behind decision to scrap Caesarea concerts, British singer says. British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello this week became the latest in a list of stars to cancel performances in Israel as a political protest. Costello, who was due to play two shows in Caesarea on June 30 and 31, posted a message […]
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H&M Protest in Brussels on May 15th
To commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba, the COordination Boycott Israí«l (COBI) in Belgium had planned to organise a march through Brussels city centre, but remarkably the city denied a permit for this. In tune with this silencing of protest, activists on May 15 marched silently with lips sealed through the main shopping street […]
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