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Urge TIAA/CREF to Divest
Thursday, August 12, 2010 If you are/were in education and have a TIAA/CREF retirement account, please call and ask them to stop investing in Israel. Making money from apartheid is inconsistent with the stated ideals and goals of this special investment company. Call: 1 800 719-1193. Press 0 to get a live person, confirm your […]
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The Jewish Response
By Mark Baraverman – There were two groups of Jewish attendees at the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Minneapolis early this month. One was composed of several members of Jewish Voice for Peace, Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, and me. ImageWe were there at the invitation of […]
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Vandals hit S.F. billboards with anti-Israel invective
August 4, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California) — An activist group claimed responsibility for plastering anti-Israel messages over legitimate advertisements on San Francisco billboards. The group, calling itself the California Department of Corrections, claimed in an Internet posting to have struck billboards last week in nine city locations. The […]
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Besieging Israel’s siege
In just a few years the Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has become truly global o Omar Barghouti o The Guardian, Thursday 12 August 2010 Despite Israel’s siege of Gaza, and the escalating displacement in the Negev and East Jerusalem, Palestinians have some reason to celebrate. In Washington a food co-op has passed a […]
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FAQ on Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
IMEU, Aug 10, 2010 What is BDS? What are the goals of BDS? Who is calling for BDS? What are some examples of how BDS was used during Apartheid in South Africa? What is the call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel? Who are some of the people endorsing the Palestinian-led BDS campaign? Who […]
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United statement from Spain in support of BDS
5º ANIVERSARIO DE LA CAMPAí‘A BOICOT, SANCIONESY DESINVERSIONES AL ESTADO DE ISRAEL. (BDS). AYER SUDAFRICA, HOY PALESTINA EL 9 de julio de 2005, una coalición de 171 organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil Palestina hizo un llamamiento para la puesta en marcha de una campaña de Boicot, Desinversiones y Sanciones (BDS) contra Israel hasta que cumpla […]
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New guide puts Palestine history, debates in activists’ hands
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2010 “For 62 years, the Palestinian people have been misunderstood and oppressed, and in a small way, we hope to change that. It is in the spirit of justice that we found the inspiration to compile The Veritas Handbook,” states the website promoting a brand-new 347-page electronic book chock-full […]
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Words without Borders “dialogue” violates Palestinian boycott call
Haidar Eid, The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2010 An initiative recently launched by the prestigious online literature magazine Words without Borders entitled “Cross-Cultural-Dialogues in the Middle East,” rings alarm bells in light of the Palestinian civil society call for boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Israel. The initiators of this series of articles are Azareen […]
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