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Montrealers throw Hallowe’en party at the Bay to launch boycott of Israeli Ahava Dead Sea products
Montreal, October 31 – On the scariest day of the year, members of Middle East solidarity groups Tadamon, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) and the Québec BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) Committee will be demanding that the Bay take its creepiest product, Ahava Dead Sea cosmetics, off its shelves. Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories (www.ahava.co.il) […]
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Israeli banks entrenched in settlement building
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 27 October 2009 Several Western pension funds and financial managers hold shares in two Israeli banks: Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi. Both banks operate in and offer loans to finance illegal settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories. Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, was established in 1921 by […]
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CODEPINK JOINs THE FIRST GLOBAL BDS MARATHON
Codepink protest AHAVA, which is made in Occupied Palestinian Territory and sold as made in Israel. See the ongoing campaign: http://www.stolenbeauty.org/article.php?list=type&type=415 as part the first global BDS Marathon, October 16/17 2009 http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2085.shtml Israeli arrests of Palestinian human rights activists aim at stopping grassroots activism and the global call for Israeli accountability in front of international […]
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UPDATE: Settlement-builder Lev Leviev’s Company Africa-Israel in Dire Straits
Lev Leviev”s company Africa-Israel is unable to repay its loans and is foundering. An Africa-Israel subsidiary, Danya Cebus, has built homes in a number of settlements on Palestinian land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reporting on Africa-Israel”s severe financial problems, the Associated Press noted that Leviev”s “construction activities in the West Bank have come under […]
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New Yorkers join worldwide protests for freedom for Palestinian activist who opposes Leviev’s settlements
New York, NY, October 17, 2009 – On Saturday forty New York human rights advocates rallied on a cold fall day at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli settlement mogul Lev Leviev to demand that Israel release jailed Palestinian boycott activist Mohammad Othman. Othman, held without charges and in solitary confinement since September 22nd, […]
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mobilisation nationale contre Agrexco BDS
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.883920&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "Dailymotion – 10 Octobre 09: mobilisa…", posted with vodpod A Saint Denis, en í®le de France, í l’appel de la Coalition Contre Agrexco et dans le cadre de la Campagne BDS France une soixantaine de militants et de sympathisants de cette campagne se sont rassemblés ce samedi 10 octobre pour dénoncer […]
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Say NO to Leviev & Imprisonment of Palestinian Activists
Join the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (NYCBI) and Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East for a protest at the Leviev store. Stand with the villages of Jayyous & Bil’in to say no to Leviev’s settlements and Israel”s imprisonment of Palestinian boycott activists. Saturday October 17th, 1- 3 PM […]
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Boycott Settlement Goods Protest
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.882480&w=425&h=350&fv=thumbUrl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fi2.crtcdn.net%2Fimages%2Fasset%2F900%2F261%2F11%2FU11176_400x300.jpg%26assetUrl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fv.crtcdn.net%2Fvids%2Fasset%2F900%2F261%2F11%2FU11176.flv%26serviceUrl%3D%2Fproxy%2Findex.php%2Fcccp%2Fbroxy.htm%26locale%3Den_US%26autoplay%3Dfalse%26hostname%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcurrent.com%26frontController%3D%26trackingBucket%3Dcurtvcurrentcomprod%26w%3D560%26h%3D374%26vw%3D560%26vh%3D374%26permalink%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcurrent.com%2Fitems%2F91154940_boycott-settlement-goods-protest.htm%26contentId%3D91154940%26externalContext%3Dcdc%26context%3Ditem%26adKeywords%3Dnews%7Cvc2%7CVC2+Top+Contenders+US%7Cpolitics%7CIsrael%26adPlacements%3DRight%26referer%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcurrent.com%2Fitems%2F91154940_boycott-settlement-goods-protest.htm%26contentTitle%3DBoycott+Settlement+Goods+Protest%26addedByUser%3Dfilkaler] more about "Boycott Settlement Goods Protest", posted with vodpod On 11th October 2009, activists protested inside Sainsbury”s on Cromwell Street, West London to highlight the sale of Israeli and illegal Settlement produce by both Sainsbury”s and other major supermarket chains across the UK.
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Volvo providing armored buses for Israeli settlements
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 7 October 2009 Following reports published by The Electronic Intifada on the use of Volvo equipment in the demolition of Palestinian houses in 2007, the Volvo Group stated that it did not condone the use of its equipment for such purposes. Claiming to have no control over the use of […]
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Boycotts Go Back to School!
This fall, as college students return to campus, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, in partnership with Hampshire College Students for Justice in Palestine, is organizing a five-city boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) tour across the country. Ever since the dynamic student organizers at Hampshire got their university to divest from corporations supporting […]
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