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Palestinian Civil Society welcomes decision taken by Italian supermarket chains to suspend sale of Israeli settlement produce
Occupied Palestine, 26 May 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) warmly welcomes the decision taken by two of Italy”s largest supermarket chains to suspend sales of products from Israel’s colonial settlements, illegally built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Nordiconad announced that they will no longer stock produce from Agrexco, […]
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Boycott gives Israel a taste of its own medicine
The Palestinian boycott of Jewish settlement goods outrages Israel but is nothing compared with Israel’s undeclared embargo o Rachel Shabi o guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 26 May 2010 10.00 BST Things are heating up with the Palestinian boycott of Jewish settlement products. The Palestinian Authority has recently passed a law prohibiting the sale of such goods, with […]
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The PA’s disingenuous boycott campaign
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 May 2010 In recent weeks, the US- and Israeli-backed Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has made a show of calling on Palestinians to boycott goods manufactured in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Despite the rhetoric of defiance and resistance, and exaggerated screams of anguish from Israeli settler groups, the […]
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PA, PLO slam Israeli stance on boycott
Published today (updated) 25/05/2010 11:45 Bethlehem – Ma’an – President Mahmoud Abbas continued to insist on the necessity of boycotting Israeli settlement products, in the face of ballooning Israeli criticism, highlighting again on Monday the parameters of the movement. The statement followed the publication of accusations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alleging the boycott […]
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Netanyahu: Boycott only harming PA
Published today (updated) 24/05/2010 19:55 Jerusalem – Ma’an/Agencies – The Palestinians are opposing economic peace with Israel and are “taking steps that in the end hurt themselves,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud party members on Monday. “Israel is aiming for peace and economic prosperity,” Netanyahu said, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote. “The Palestinians […]
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Two Italian Supermarkets Suspend Sales of Settlement Products
Palestine Monitor 23 May 2010 COOP AND NORDICONAD SUPERMARKET CHAINS SUSPEND SALES OF PRODUCTS FROM SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: An important success for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid May 22, 2010 – Following lobbying efforts by the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco, two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and […]
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Palestinians boycott Israeli settler goods
AlJazeeraEnglish – May 23, 2010 – Millions of dollars of Palestinan money helps Israeli businesses thrive in the West Bank, but now the Palestinan Authority is boycotting goods made by settlers. At least 3,000 Palestinian grassroots volunteers are leading the boycott campaign. Knocking door-to-door, they provide households with the information they need to help get […]
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COOP AND NORDICONAD SUPERMARKET CHAINS SUSPEND SALES OF PRODUCTS FROM THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
An important success for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid May 22, 2010 – Following lobbying efforts by the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco, two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and Nordiconad, announced the suspension of sales of products from Agrexco, the principal exporter of produce from Israel and the illegal Israeli […]
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Palestinian Economic Boycott Hits Israeli Settlers
By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 20, 2010 (IPS) – Israeli settlers are beginning to feel the bite of an economic boycott campaign launched by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against goods produced in the illegal Israeli settlements dotting the occupied West Bank. “This is economic terrorism,” complained the Yesha Council (YC), an umbrella organisation of municipal […]
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