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Israeli Companies Liable to Awaken Huge Political Boycott throughout World
Adam Reuter, The Marker (trans. from Hebrew by alternativenews.org) 10 May 2010 This article originally appeared in the Israeli economic newspaper The Marker. It was translated to English by the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in support of the Palestinian-led campaign for BDS. Since its establishment, Israel has been under attack regarding the legitimacy of its […]
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Palestinians turn to boycott in West Bank
By Janine Zacharia Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, May 15, 2010; 9:53 AM MAALEH ADUMIM, WEST BANK — In Mishor Adumim, a bougainvillea-lined industrial zone inside this West Bank Jewish settlement, at least 17 businesses have closed since Palestinians began boycotting its products several months ago. For the Israelis, it’s “an insufferable situation,” according to […]
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BOICOTTARE ISRAELE A ROMA (BDS Action in ROME)
CINQUE ATTIVISTI DELLA RETE ROMANA DI SOLIDARIETA CON IL POPOLO PALESTINESE SONO STATI TRATTENUTI IN STATO DI FERMO PER DUE ORE NEL POSTO DI POLIZIA DELLA FIERA DI ROMA 8 maggio nel Padiglione 11 della Fiera di Roma nel quale si tiene la fiera del Farmaco e dei cosmetici – Cosmofarma – í¨ stata stroncata […]
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Irish activists urge divestment at CRH annual meeting
Adri Nieuwhof and John Dorman, The Electronic Intifada, 12 May 2010 Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) activists are pressuring the Ireland-based international building materials group CRH to divest from its Israeli subsidiary Mashav. Last week, IPSC members attended the annual CRH general shareholders meeting as activist shareholders. Their aim was to discuss the involvement of […]
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AUB Students Protest Zionist Companies at Career Fair on Campus
Here are the flyers they handed out: Here is one student’s account of the campus response to their protest: I am writing this email in protest of your actions today at the AUB career fair. Several friends and I decided to hand out flyers protesting three companies; Nestle, Veolia and L’Oreal. Many of the students […]
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Israeli gov’t embraces radical settler movement with connection to 6th Avenue fabric store
by Philip Weiss on May 12, 2010 I failed to pick up on this last week, but a high government official in Israel held a public meeting with Itamar Marcus, who is evidently a member of the Marcus family that owns a fabric store on Sixth Avenue in New York that serves as the address […]
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Fatah Leaders Call for All-Out Boycott of Israel
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu A member of the central council of the Fatah party, headed by Abbas, calls on the Palestinian Authority to extend its boycott of Yesha (Judea and Samaria) products to all of Israel. Speaking at a recent conference in El Bireh, next to Ramallah, Mahmoud al Aylool said an all-out boycott of […]
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CAIA Province-wide Day of Action: Dalton McGuinty, Stop Doing Business with Israeli Apartheid!
CAIA Province-wide Day of Action Start: May 26 2010 12:00 pm End: May 26 2010 1:00 pm Dalton McGuinty, Stop Doing Business with Israeli Apartheid! The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) is calling on our allies to join us in telling Premier Dalton McGuinty that Ontario should not be doing business with Israeli Apartheid. This […]
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Jordan Union To Fight For Boycott
Tuesday May 11, 2010 10:46 Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Report The Professional Associations Complex in Jordan is holding a campaign to ensure that the Jordanian markets do not carry any Israeli products. The campaign, For A Jordan Without Israeli Products, was launched as the Palestinians prepare to mark the 62nd anniversary of the […]
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Israel does not yet deserve a place in the OECD
Israel does not yet deserve a place in the OECD GEORGE BISHARAT May 10, 2010 Australia missed a chance to defend international law and human rights by voting this week to support Israel”s application for membership to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD was founded in 1960 by states practising democracy […]
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