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British academics urge Elton John to cancel Israel concert
A group of British academics have called on singer Elton John to cancel his scheduled performance in Israel this June. “Political or not political, when you stand up on that stage in Tel Aviv, you line yourself up with a racist state,” the British Committee for Universities of Palestine wrote in an open letter to […]
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BRICUP tells Elton John ‘Don’t Play Israel’
BRICUP has sent an open letter to Elton John asking him to cancel his planned concert in Israel in June. We’ve said to him: “Okay, you turn up in Ramat Gan, and it gets to that “Candle in the Wind” moment, and thousands of lighters flicker – but there won”t be any Palestinians from the […]
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Settlement goods – House of Commons debate, 27 January 2010
A debate in the House of Commons on EU-Israel trade on 27 January 2010 contains a detailed analysis by Phyllis Starkey of how EU-Israel regulations on trade in settlement goods are evaded, and a government response. The account below has been marginally edited to take out page breaks, interruptions and the like – see the […]
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A British MP Makes a Case Against AHAVA
Excerpt from speech by Dr. Phillis Starkey, Minister of Parliament, made on 1/27/10 regarding labeling of Israeli settlement products. This section focuses on AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories. Full transcript of the day”s debates in Parliament available here. The text below comes from a marginally edited version posted by the U.K. site Jews for Justice in […]
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An Open Letter to Carlos Santana
AN OPEN LETTER From: 1948 LEST WE FORGET Date: 22 January 2010 17:38:47 GMT To: tourinfo[at]santana.com, fanmail[at]santana.com Subject: Santana’s proposed gig In Israel Dear Carlos, We understand that you are scheduled to perform in Israel this coming summer. This is news that will make definite political and entertainment headlines. We are interested in the former. […]
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Israel and the Environment – a meeting that should not happen
I hope you won’t mind my writing to ask if you would be willing to sign the attached open letter. It asks David Bellamy to withdraw from participation in a forthcoming event aimed to ‘showcase’ Israel’s environmentalist credentials, and the contributions of its environmental scientists. Israel has actually been responsible for environmental degradation on a […]
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London rally targets UK supplier of Israeli arms
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:24:52 GMT Demonstrators rally in southern England to protest against a British company that provided Israel with arms during its 2009 onslaught in Gaza. Protesters in Brighton surrounded the EDO MBM factory, a subsidiary of the American multi-national ITT corporation that supplies essential parts for the Israeli air force, marking the […]
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Filmmaker Ken Loach urges cultural boycott of Israel
January 15, 2010 (Press TV) – The acclaimed British director and winner of Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Ken Loach, has called for the boycott of Israeli movies at the international film festivals and cultural events. “The massacres and state terrorism in Gaza make the showcasing of Israeli films in various sections of […]
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“˜Electrifying’ tour calls for Israel boycott
by John Rose [Socialist Worker] 15 December 2009 – Leaders from South Africa”s freedom struggle joined a key Palestinian activist for an electrifying tour of meetings last week. Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC) and Cosatu, the South African trade union federation, spoke alongside Omar Barghouti, Palestinian spokesperson for the call for Boycott, Disinvestment […]
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Ahava Covent Garden Protest
Demonstration at the Ahava store in London Saturday afternoon (19/12/09). Ahava produces soaps and so-called beauty products based on chemicals which it steals from the Dead Sea and then processes in the occupied West Bank. Under the new British Government regulations these goods should be labelled as settlement produce an not as ‘made in Israel’.
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