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Los Angeles Launches Nation’s First Israel Divestment Campaign
Posted by Linda Milazzo at 1:35 am September 10, 2010 On April 1, 2010, in a no-holds-barred interview with the Christian Science Monitor, Israeli peacemaker Jonathan Ben Artzi, a PhD candidate at Brown University and nephew to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, made clear his belief that equality and social justice will prevail in Israel […]
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Israel Divestment Petitions, Press Conference–You can help!
Greetings: The campaign to divest from Israel has begun! Please join us in changing California’s law by helping us circulate a petition measure that would require the state’s two largest pension funds, PERS and STRS, to divest from companies that contribute to the construction of Israeli settlements or provide military equipment to Israel. If you […]
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Think Before You Ink: Boycott Hewlett Packard
For more information on the Boycott HP campaign click here.
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BNC condemns repression of French BDS activists
BNC condemns repression of French BDS activists Occupied Palestine, 9 September 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, strongly condemns the decision taken by French authorities to prosecute people of conscience for calling for a boycott […]
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US Campaign endorses push for divestment at TIAA-CREF
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 The US Campaign has endorsed an exciting petition at Jewish Voice for Peace (a US Campaign member organization), pushing US financial services giant TIAA-CREF toward divestment from companies involved in Israel’s theft of land and abuse of human rights. Check out JVP’s campaign page, sign the petition and get resources to […]
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Boycott the 26th Haifa International Film Festival
Occupied Ramallah, 8 September 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges filmmakers and cultural workers to boycott the 26th Haifa International Film Festival (HIFF) running from September 23 to 30, 2010. PACBI believes that this festival, as with similar cultural initiatives supported by Israeli state institutions, is designed […]
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CALIFORNIA “DIVEST FROM ISRAEL” BALLOT INITIATIVE LAUNCHED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE When: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, noon Who: California Israel Divestment Campaign www.israeldivestmentcampaign.org Where: In front of Israeli Consulate, 6380 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048: Why: Press Conference – Launch Ballot Initiative Drive to Require Public Employee Systems to Divest from Certain Business Activities in Israel Media Contacts: Sherna Berger Gluck: 310-455-1028; […]
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Wikimedia Foundation to change its location of the Wikimania 2011 meeting from Apartheid Israel
Our Appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation Dear visitors, thank you for your interest in our plea. The next Wikimania conference is set to take place in Haifa, Israel on August 4 – 7, 2011. The location was chosen based on a city bid to host the conference. We are a group of young women and […]
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CALL FOR ENDORSEMENTS AND DONATIONS FOR 2010 BDS QUEBEC CONFERENCE
Dear friends and allies, On October 22 to 24, 2010, a historic conference will take place in Montreal which aims to consolidate and move forward the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid. In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, from trade unions to women”s groups to refugee organizations, issued a […]
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WORST AHAVA PROPAGANDA EVER: PLEASE TAKE ACTION
Please take action against this egregious propaganda piece on a purported news site that suggests buying Ahava products as a path to Middle East Peace. http://www.examiner.com/melrose-makeup-in-los-angeles/israel-your-destination-for-pilgrimage-peace-keeping-and-perfect-pores Please take three minutes to go to the post, scroll to the bottom, click on the link on lower right that says “report this,” click on “incorrect information” and […]
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