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Human rights violations: UA group calls for President Shelton to sever UAPD-Motorola contract
By Jennifer Koehmstedt Published: Monday, February 15, 2010 UA administrators are resisting a recommendation by UA students to terminate the university”s contract with the Motorola Corporation. Students say the company is complicit in human rights violations because of contracts they have with the Israeli government, which is militarily occupying Palestinian lands. In 1999, the University […]
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Divestment campaign gains traction at U of Arizona
by Philip Weiss on February 16, 2010 Divestment is biting at the University of Arizona. Several articles about the campaign in the student newspaper. Here”s the lead: UA administrators are resisting a recommendation by UA students to terminate the university”s contract with the Motorola Corporation. Students say the company is complicit in human rights violations […]
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2010 trailer and action resources
Friday, February 12, 2010 Check out the trailer for Israeli Apartheid Week 2010, and find out how you can get involved with this and other March Month of Action activities by clicking here.
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Eroding Israel’s Legitimacy in the International Arena
Note: For those of you who are confused, this article, like all articles on our Boycott News feed, is from another source. The link to that Zionist source is below. We do not endorse all that we post in our newsfeed, but we use items such as the one below to show that our movement […]
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Think tank: Israel faces global delegitimization campaign
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Last Update: 12/02/2010 07:13 Israel is facing a global campaign of delegitimization, according to a report by the Reut Institute, made available to the cabinet on Thursday. The Tel Aviv-based security and socioeconomic think tank called on ministers to treat the matter as a strategic threat. The report cites anti-Israel […]
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Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2010 French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The light rail project is part of the “Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan” sponsored by […]
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Boycott and divestment gets mainstream attention in church, on campus
Thursday, February 4, 2010 It’s good news to see that boycott and divestment campaigns against companies profiting from Israeli occupation and apartheid are becoming increasingly mainstream. Here’s a couple of recent examples. The National Catholic Reporter ran a great article about the Kairos Document produced by the Palestinian Christian community, calling for churches around the […]
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Proposed measure calls for state divestment in Israel
February 1, 2010 | 11:15 am A group calling itself the Israel Divestiture Forum has filed an initiative with the attorney general that would require state pension funds to sever ties with Israeli companies or the Israeli government. The measure was submitted by Sacramento resident Chris Yatooma, who works as the head of fiscal policy […]
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First Anniversary of Divestment 2009 coming up!
February 7th marks the anniversary of Hampshire College’s divestment from the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, the first institution of higher education to wash its hands of the systematic exploitation of the Palestinian people by the Israeli state. To remember the occasion, Students for Justice in Palestine urges you to talk, inform and celebrate this historic […]
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Badil Releases Paper on Potential Avenues to Challenge Corporate: Involvement in Israel’s Oppression of the Palestinian People
4 February 2010 – BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights has released new working paper under the title: “Principles and Mechanisms to Hold Business Accountable for Human Rights Abuses: Potential Avenues to Challenge Corporate Involvement in Israel”s Oppression of the Palestinian People.” The paper is authored by U.S. attorney Yasmine Gado. About […]
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