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Jury clears activists who broke into Brighton arms factory
Five found not guilty after arguing they were seeking to prevent Israeli war crimes in Gaza * Bibi van der Zee and Rob Evans * guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 June 2010 19.59 BST Israeli soldiers marching into the Gaza Strip Israeli infantry march into the Gaza Strip in January 2009 as Israel begins its ground assault […]
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UK church boycotts Israel WB products
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:05:39 GMT A UK church has unanimously voted to boycott Israeli products in a show of protest against Tel Aviv’s illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The Methodist Church of Britain on Wednesday announced a decision to boycott Israeli-produced goods and services from the West Bank because […]
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Swansea City Council resolve to exclude Veolia from future contracts
Breakthrough! On 17 June Swansea City Council passed a resolution to exclude Veolia from all future contracts. Swansea is the second largest city in Wales. This is highly significant. It is the first time that a council in UK has passed such a resolution. To our knowledge the only local authorities in Europe to pass […]
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British trade union calls for boycott
By JONNY PAUL 06/24/2010 22:27 One of UK’s largest unions votes for boycott, expelling Israeli envoy. One of Britain”s largest trade unions passed a motion at its annual conference in Bournemouth last week accusing Israel of lying over the Gaza flotilla incident and has called for a complete boycott of Israel and for the expulsion […]
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The fight against Israeli apartheid
by Tom Hickey Israel”s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla – an atrocity which saw nine unarmed aid workers killed – occurred during the lecturers” UCU annual conference. The day before, delegates debated the question of boycotting Israel and reaffirmed UCU support for the policy of boycott, disinvestment and sanctions (BDS). Delegates agreed the sidelining […]
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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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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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Women of Colour call on Joan Armatrading not to play Apartheid Israel
Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike Crossroads Women’s Centre 230A Kentish Town Road London NW5 2AB Tel: 44 (0)20 7482 2496 womenofcolour[at]allwomencount.net www.globalwomenstrike.net We call on Joan Armatrading, as a woman of colour who wrote a tribute to and performed for Nelson Mandela, and whose website says, “South Africa has always been close […]
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