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Swedish pension firm drops Israeli co. in protest
By MALIN RISING STOCKHOLM Sweden’s national pension funds have dropped investments in an Israeli company that makes surveillance equipment for the West Bank barrier. Israel said Thursday that the decision by the Swedish AP funds, which manage assets of more than 800 billion kronor ($110 billion) in the state pension system, was “regrettable” but made […]
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US military aid to Israel violates domestic, international law
Nahida H Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 7 April 2010 The Middle East Study Committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has published “Breaking Down the Walls”, a report to be submitted to the church’s 219th General Assembly this July. Some of the report’s 39 recommendations have drawn harsh criticism. The Simon Wiesenthal Center declared in a […]
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Anti-Israeli boycotts have mushroomed into a favorite ploy across Europe
Editorial: Failing the three-D test By JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL 03/04/2010 23:24 Sweden”s largest pension fund has decided to boycott the Israeli electronics company Elbit Systems. No longer will Forsta AP-Fonden allow any investments in Elbit, due to “ethical considerations.” The direct blow to Elbit is hardly critical. Forsta wasn”t among the Israeli trailblazing firm”s heaviest […]
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Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum
Andrew Dalack, The Electronic Intifada, 6 April 2010 The global movement to realize Palestinian equal rights, self-determination and the opportunity for refugees and their descendants to return to Palestine is gaining increased momentum. As Israel continues its attempt to systematically purge the memory of the indigenous Arab Palestinians from the historic land of Palestine through […]
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Letter of support of UC Berkeley SJP
April 5, 2010 Dear Friends at UC Berkeley SJP, Two weeks ago news of the vote to divest UC Berkeley from companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation has reached us here in Israel. Like many who have been working hard to liberate Palestine and restore justice to Palestinians, we were very happy […]
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The Palestinians are winning the legitimacy war: will it matter?
By Richard Falk 5 April 2010 Richard Falk argues that a Palestinian victory in the legitimacy war with Israel would not necessarily produce the desired political results and that it is vital that the Palestinians exercise “patience, resolve, leadership and vision, as well as sufficient pressure” if they are to win their just rights. Ever […]
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Total Boycott Against Total Occupation
By Antoine Raffoul 05 April, 2010 As this occupation is total and unmerciful, so must our universal approach to fighting it and ending it be — Antoine Raffoul In an Opinion submitted to the Electronic Intifada on 4 March 2010 entitled: Moment of Truth, Rifat Kassis rightly asks: what does “boycott” mean, how far does […]
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Singling out Israel is the right thing to do
By Yaman Two weeks ago, UC Berkeley”s student senate made a historic 16-4 decision to divest from General Electric and United Technologies, two American companies that profit from the Israeli occupation. A week later, the student body president vetoed the bill, citing its “focus on a specific country,” Israel. His veto echoed identical claims by […]
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Communal Groups Mobilize Against “˜Delegitimizers’ of Jewish State
Targets See New Push as Effort To Discredit Legitimate Criticism By Nathan Guttman Published March 31, 2010, issue of April 09, 2010. Washington – Delegitimization – it”s the new buzzword in the world of pro-Israel activism. The term, used to describe a broad spectrum of anti-Israel protests, has become a major rallying point for the […]
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Stop CAT! Major BDS Action for Palestine
“CAT” BDS Initiative – time is limited – forward widely! Please help now! The Stop CAT Coalition, part of Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine (CAAP) are ready to publicly announce our initiative for this year’s Caterpillar shareholder meeting. This announcement has been delayed until now in order to ensure the success of our plans and […]
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