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The Dan David Prize and Margaret Atwood
We all should write to Margaret Atwood, as requested by BRICUP, to ask her to reject the Dan David Prize. See the exchange below between her and us. Antoine Raffoul Coordinator 1948: LEST WE FORGET www.1948.org.uk Begin forwarded message: From: 1948 LEST WE FORGET Date: 14 April 2010 14:40:15 BDT To: Vivienne[at]Curtisbrown.co.uk Subject: The Dan […]
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British trade union federation launches campaign against Israeli products from West Bank
12 April 2010 The British umbrella body of trade unions, the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has launched a campaign calling for an import ban for goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The campaign was launched together with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, an anti-Israel group that advocates a complete economic boycott of Israel […]
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Boycott Veolia: Complicit in Israeli War Crimes- Demo, London
Today’s demo at the Natural History Museum in London against the sponsorship of a wildlife photographic exhibition by Veolia, a French multinational company engaged in the occupation of Palestine through its collaboration with Israel in infrastructure work on the settlements and in running the Jerusalem Light Rail project.
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OPEN LETTER TO AMITAV GHOSH
Dear Amitav Ghosh: It can”t have escaped your notice that Margaret Atwood, with whom you”re sharing one of this year”s Dan David prizes, has received a number of public appeals, from Palestinians, Israelis, and others, to refuse the prize, or not go to Tel Aviv to receive it, or at least to speak out against […]
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Urgent action calls – OECD and Amitav Ghosh
1. Israel applies to join the OECD Israel has applied to join the rich nations club, the OECD. The Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC) has called for the OECD to freeze Israel’s membership application. The OECD”s stated values include: “a commitment to pluralist democracy based on the rule of law and the respect of human […]
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PSCABI and TUA – An open letter in support of the UK prisoners given extended sentences for opposing Israeli War Crimes
Besieged Gaza, Palestine 9 April 2010 We write to you as academics and student representatives of all academic institutions in the besieged Gaza Strip. We support and salute your willingness to suffer the consequences that come with demonstrating in a “free” Western country against the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against us, the […]
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Jerusalem Quartet concert disrupted by anti-Israeli protests
Radio 3 live broadcast taken off air 30/03/2010 A lunchtime recital by the Jerusalem Quartet, broadcast live on Radio 3, was disrupted by anti-Israeli protestors and taken off air. During the first half of the performance at London”s Wigmore Hall yesterday, a group of demonstrators in the audience stood up and began to shout and […]
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London supermarket occupied in Israel boycott
March 31, 2010 – Shoppers occupied Waitrose supermarket in London in protest over the support for illegal settlements in Israel. Much of the produce sold as ‘Israel’ actually comes from stolen lands in Palestine. more info on http://www.waronwant.org
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New Campaign Launch: Full ban on settlement goods (UK)
Dear Friend, In the 43rd year of Israel”s occupation of Palestine, the repression of its people is worse than ever. This must end. The Palestinians have a right to live with dignity, free from occupation. To coincide with the call for a Global Day of Action on 30 March 2010, made by the Palestinian Boycott […]
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7 ways to stop musical “˜ambassadors’ for Israel
Sarah Cobhma | 29.03.2010 20:17 | Palestine Protesters in London disrupted a Live Radio 3 broadcast of the Jerusalem Quartet. They drew attention to the Quartet”s strong links to the Israeli Army, Israel”s crimes against the Palestinians, particularly its illegal occupation of Palestinian land, its ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem, the apartheid nature of the […]
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