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Barriers and the Boycott
July 2010 By Fay Ferguson Syria was finally granted observer status in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in May, nine years after it first attempted to join. The door to the global trade body opened after the US and Israel dropped their long-held vetoes against the country’s bid. As Syria gears up for perhaps a […]
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Beyond hypocrisy
By Mark LeVine Almost two millennia ago, the great Chinese military leader and strategist Zhuge Liang admonished his fellow military men that “when hypocrisy sprouts, even if you have the wisdom of ancient warrior kings you could not defeat a peasant, let alone a crowd of them”. He might have well added that hypocrisy is […]
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The deceptive rhetoric of “Invest for Peace”
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 6 July 2010 The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is gaining significant momentum cross the United States and Europe, including at US campuses. In response, opposition to the movement is devising new ways to divert attention from efforts to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law and […]
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Israel has never lacked enemies but now it risks losing its friends
Netanyahu went into his meeting with Obama believing he has time on his side. But he’s wrong: the clock is ticking o Jonathan Freedland o guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 6 July 2010 21.06 BST The advance word was that this was to be a “holding meeting” and not much more. Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu would not […]
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As Israel’s image sinks, whither Israeli PR?
By Leslie Susser · July 6, 2010 JERUSALEM (JTA) — In the war of public relations for Israel, the past few weeks have been full of setbacks. Israel”s deadly May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla sparked countless angry editorials, demonstrations and condemnations. The assassination in Dubai in January against a Hamas operative by […]
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Time to Muzzle Israel
By Gulamhusein A. Abba The bloody and dastardly attack, by Israeli forces, in international waters, under cover of darkness, on a peaceful and unarmed flotilla, carrying nothing but humanitarian aid to a besieged people experiencing a humanitarian crisis, was strongly denounced by people and governments from all over the world. Deservedly so. Israel, instead of […]
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BDS in Denmark
Boycott Israel action on July 9, from 4 to 6 pm, in the center of Copenhagen (place: Kultorvet). Distribution of boycot Israel flyers and “Boycott of Hennes and Mauritz flyers” and stickers, Boycott Israel t-shirts. Information about five years anniversary of BDS-campaign. www.boykotisrael.dk Download the stickers here
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BDS growing in Germany
The Berlin BDS group (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) will demonstrate on July 9th in Berlin against Rheinmetall, a German firm which is in a joint venture with Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (IAI) to provide Heron drones for use by the Bundeswehr (German military) in Afghanistan. German soldiers have been trained in Israel to use the drones. […]
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Toronto 5th anniversary event + unnanounced surprise (watchout for the video!)
GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA: EYEWITNESS REPORTS Featuring flotilla survivors Farooq Burney and Kevin Neish Submitted by jenny on June 30, 2010 – 3:06pm Start: Jul 8 2010 6:30 pm GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA: EYEWITNESS REPORTS Featuring flotilla survivors Farooq Burney and Kevin Neish P U B L I C F O R U M Thursday, July 8, […]
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Israel: A Failing Colonial Project
by M. Shahid Alam Increasingly, despite its early military and political successes, Israel cannot for long endure as a colonial project. It must choose between wars – and destruction – or transition to a state for all its peoples. In order to firmly secure its existence – as firmly as that is possible for any […]
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