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Minnesota should divest from Israel bonds
By Sylvia Schwarz | Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 The four Geneva conventions at the core of international humanitarian law were adopted in 1949 and ratified by 194 countries in the world. These conventions specify conduct that can be found criminally culpable if violated. The first three are specifically applicable to conduct against military personnel who […]
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BOYCOTT! Supporting the Cairo Declaration
To the Initiators of the Cairo Declaration, We, members of BOYCOTT!, would like to express our vote of support for the “Cairo Declaration”, issued by the Gaza Freedom Marchers on January 1st, 2010. We are proud to stand together with fellow responsible citizens of the world and reiterate our shared commitment to demanding human rights […]
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London rally targets UK supplier of Israeli arms
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:24:52 GMT Demonstrators rally in southern England to protest against a British company that provided Israel with arms during its 2009 onslaught in Gaza. Protesters in Brighton surrounded the EDO MBM factory, a subsidiary of the American multi-national ITT corporation that supplies essential parts for the Israeli air force, marking the […]
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Victory! Release of Jamal Juma’ and Mohammad Othman demonstrates importance of international grassroots pressure
You have probably heard by now that Jamal Juma’ and Mohammad Othman, leaders of the Palestinian grassroots struggle against Israeli occupation and apartheid and proponents of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS), have been released from their imprisonment-without-charge in Israeli jail. Their freedom is a huge victory for the grassroots struggle for Palestinian self-determination and equality. […]
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The Sixth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week 2010
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.4464903&w=425&h=350&fv=config%3D%7B] more about "The Sixth Annual Israeli Apartheid We…", posted with vodpod Israeli Apartheid Week 2010 Poster Competition We are proud to announce the first international Israeli Apartheid Week poster competition. First launched in Toronto in 2005, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has grown to become one of the most important global events in the […]
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For Israel, a reckoning
John Pilger Published 14 January 2010 A new global movement is challenging Israel’s violations of international law with the same strategies that were used against apartheid The farce of the climate summit in Copenhagen affirmed a world war waged by the rich against most of humanity. It also illuminated a resistance growing perhaps as never […]
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Ali Abunimah puts Noam Chomsky in his place on BDS
This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we”ll have a conversation with Ali Abu Nimah, co-Founder of Electronic Intifada and activist and Middle East expert Jeff Blankfort, in which they each comment on an interview Voices of the Middle East and North Africa first taped and aired last month with Professor […]
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Lessons from the Gaza Freedom March
by Joshua Brollier When I traveled to Cairo to participate in the Gaza Freedom March, I hoped to enter Gaza to contribute toward ending the siege and preventing future air assaults and invasions, such as the 22-day Operation Cast Lead that Israel launched against Gaza at the close of 2008. I was also keenly looking […]
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Uphill battle for academic freedom in US universities
Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada, 11 January 2010 In 2009, Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, became the first American higher educational institution to successfully pressure its Board of Trustees to divest from Israel-tied mutual funds. The victory came three decades after the college similarly disinvested from funds linked to apartheid South Africa. Across North America, […]
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Press Statement By The South African Palestine Solidarity Movement and COSATU
STATEMENT BY SA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT AND COSATU 7 January, 2010 PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED JOINTLY BY THE South African Palestine Solidarity Movement and COSATU We salute the gallant and heroic actions of over 1,400 people from around the world – especially the South African delegation – who went to Cairo to embark on the historic […]
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