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Divestment Walkthrough at Hampshire college BDS Conference
This includes: breaking down by type and size of institution; examining steps for running a campus campaign; framing your campaign to on and off campus media; exploring various school structures and working with the trustees and administration; strategies for talking to your own campus and opposition about BDS; evaluating levels of support, sympathy, and opposition; […]
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Palestinian boycott calls won’t hinder Jerusalem light rail construction
By ABE SELIG Despite recent calls by Palestinian Authority officials to boycott two French companies working on Jerusalem’s much-anticipated light rail system, the local spokesman for one of those companies – Alstom – told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that the light rail work was moving ahead as scheduled, and that political considerations would not […]
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Veolia and Alstom continue to abet Israel’s rights violations
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 24 November 2009 Despite mounting pressure to withdraw from the light rail project in Jerusalem designed to serve the needs of Israel’s illegal settlements, the French transportation giant Veolia is set to be highly involved in the project for the next five years. The company needs to support its new […]
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Ali Abunimah: Campus BDS Conference keynote speaker
Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada and author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Campus BDS Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
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J Street seeks to undermine BDS
by Adam Horowitz on November 20, 2009 We”ve been following J Street”s attempts to counteract the growing BDS movement. First there was its aborted release of a public letter criticizing the Toronto Declaration. Then there was the workshop at its student conference called “Reckoning with the Radical Left on Campus: Alternatives to Boycotts and Divestments.” […]
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BDS Campaign Update (mid-June 2009 – September 2009)
Published in Al Majdal’s Nakba Education on the Path of Return (Autumn 2009) French activists protest Paris air show 20 June 2009 – A group of French activists from the French BDS campaign held a non- violent protest against Israeli participation in the Paris – Le Bourget Air Show. Le Bourget Air Show is one […]
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BDS Omar Barghouti – United in Struggle against Israeli Colonialism, Occupation, and Racism
Global BDS movement Extrait de lintervention DOmar Barghouti « Movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions », dans le cadre du séminaire « United in Struggle against Israeli Colonialism, Occupation, and Racism:Economic Perspectives and Advocacy Strategies ayant eu lieu le 24-25 October 2009 in Bethlehem. Ce séminaire était organisé par Occupied Palestine and Golan Heights Advocacy […]
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The Jerusalem Light Railway Project: Effects and Legal Implications
Construction on the Jerusalem Light Railway (JLR) began in 2006 with the pretext of, “bringing immediate relief to traffic congestion” and “revitalizing the center of Jerusalem”. The project, slated for completion in 2010, is a public-private initiative that purports not to carry any political objectives or intention but instead serves to improve the public transportation […]
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Palestinians to Arab states: You can stop Jerusalem light rail
By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent The chairman of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office, Dr. Rafiq Husseini, on Monday urges all Arab countries to cancel their business ties with two French companies – Veolia and Alstom – involved in the construction of a Jerusalem-based light railway which passes through the West Bank. Husseini spoke in a […]
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Register Today for the Hampshire Campus BDS Conference
This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism will converge for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference has three key goals: 1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating […]
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