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OECD rewards Israel’s occupation
Despite Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development recently agreed to let it join, writes Brian Napoletano. May 20, 2010 THE GOVERNMENTS of the 31 member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) all agreed on May 10 that Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, […]
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Boycott volunteers say army searching for them
Published today (updated) 20/05/2010 18:44 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Volunteers with the Palestinian Authority’s House to House settlement goods boycott campaign said Israeli forces entered the Husan village, west of Bethlehem, searching for them. Volunteer Ahmad Jaz’ul told Ma’an that four Israeli military jeeps “raided the village at 1pm in the afternoon, searching for the […]
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PA hands out blacklisted settlement goods list
Published Tuesday 18/05/2010 (updated) 20/05/2010 08:58 Bethlehem/Jenin – Ma’an – Residents received hand-delivered lists of blacklisted settlement products on Tuesday as the Palestinian Authority kicked off its door-to-door anti-settlement produce campaign throughout the West Bank, comprising the first of several pamphlets to be distributed as part of the House to House program. The list, part […]
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PA upgrades boycott of settlement products despite Israeli warnings
Palestinian Authority upgrading its campaign against Jewish-made goods from the West Bank and Golan Heights. By Avi Issacharoff and Chaim Levinson The Palestinian Authority has upgraded its campaign against products made in Israeli settlements, notwithstanding warnings from Israel. On Tuesday, some 3,000 Palestinian volunteers, conscripted by the government of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad through […]
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Student council calls on peers to support goods boycott
Nablus – Ma’an – University student councils offered their full support for the Palestinian Authority boycott of settlement goods on Wednesday, vowing to ensure students implement the embargo. Head of the An-Najah University student senate Makram Daraghmeh said all Palestinian universities would organize events and activties in the coming days, aimed at encouraging students to […]
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Settlements Boycott Campaign Starts In The West Bank, Settlers Outraged
Tuesday May 18, 2010 16:05 by Ghassan Bannoura – PNN Report post Israeli settlers groups called on the Israeli government to stop proximity talks with the Palestinians due to the settlements products boycott campaign that started today in the West Bank. The Campaign “House-to-House” was launched by the Palestinian National Pride fund. Hundreds of Palestinian […]
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PA boycott campaign gains momentum
Palestinian governors urge citizens to cooperate with settlement product ban; activists distribute pamphlets listing banned items. ‘We can manage this economic system,’ says Palestinian-appointed Jerusalem governor Ali Waked Hundreds of activists took to the streets of the West Bank on Tuesday and distributed brochures calling on the Palestinians to boycott settlement products. The Palestinian Authority […]
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Settlers: Palestinian boycott is an ‘act of hate’
Yesha Council calls on government to close Israeli ports to Palestinian goods until embargo on goods produced in settlements ends. By Chaim Levinson The Yesha Council, which represents the Jewish settler movement, on Tuesday denounced a Palestinian boycott of Israeli goods produced in the West Bank and the Golan. In a statement, the council endorsed […]
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PA distributes full list of boycotted settlement goods
Bethlehem/Jenin – Ma’an – As the Palestinian Authority launched its door-to-door anti-settlement goods campaign on Tuesday West Bank residents received hand-delivered lists of blacklisted products in a bid to implement a wide-scale embargo. The list, part of an 88-page guide on how to participate in the boycott, includes logos of well-known brand names, furnishing companies, […]
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H&M Protest in Brussels on May 15th
To commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba, the COordination Boycott Israí«l (COBI) in Belgium had planned to organise a march through Brussels city centre, but remarkably the city denied a permit for this. In tune with this silencing of protest, activists on May 15 marched silently with lips sealed through the main shopping street […]
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