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ICJ Apartheid Wall / Palestinian BDS Call Anniversaries
July 9th marks two important anniversaries for our movement. In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory ruling declaring Israel’s apartheid wall illegal. Then, in 2005, over 100 Palestinian civil society organizations issued their international call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions actions to bring Israel’s illegal 42 year military occupation to an end. […]
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BNC Open Letter to UNICEF: End your partnership with Motorola
Palestine, July 01 2009 – In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on the international community to impose broad boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) initiatives against Israel, similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era, until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and […]
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Jordan breaks up ‘illegal’ sit-in against Israeli imports
The Jordanian government said Sunday that a sit-in against the import of Israeli agricultural products was forceably dispersed because had not obtained a proper protest license. “The sit-in was illegal because the participants did not obtain a prior license in compliance with the law,” Minister of State for Information Affairs and Communication Nabil Sharif said […]
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Derail Veolia and Alstom Campaign
CityPass and the Jerusalem Light-Rail Project In 2002, the CityPass consortium won a tender put out by the Israeli authorities for a light rail transportation project worth around 500 million Euros. This light rail system would link with settlements in the Occupied West Bank. The path of the light rail follows the Apartheid Wall and […]
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CODEPINK Protests AHAVA Cosmetics Company at Hilton Store in Tel Aviv
CODEPINK activists showed the muddy truth of the AHAVA company, whose factory is located in Occupied Palestine, during an international delegation visit to Israel in June, 2009. Here, Rae Abileah and Medea Benjamin speak outside the Hilton after the store inside was closed by security when demonstrators staged the action. AHAVA means love in Hebrew […]
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Melbourne dumps Connex following boycott campaign
Press release, Australians for Peace, 28 June 2009 The following press release was issued by Australians for Peace on 25 June 2009: Connex has been dumped by the Victorian State Government as Melbourne’s train system operator. Moammar Mashni of Australians for Palestine said that after four months of campaigning and some 100,000 pamphlets distributed, Palestine […]
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Author Naomi Klein calls for boycott of Israel
BILIN , West Bank (AFP) – Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters. “It’s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it’s a boycott of the Israeli economy,” the Canadian writer told journalists as […]
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Anti-Israel Group Boycotts Trader Joe’s
June 20, 2009 By Lilly Fowler and Tom Tugend Although “World Refugee Day,” the boycott of Trader Joe”s planned by the anti-Israel group “Don”t Buy into Apartheid,” came and went on Saturday, June 20, with no apparent incidents in Los Angeles, other cities in California did witness protesters invade the popular supermarket chain. Kate Raphael, […]
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US activists de-shelve Israeli products from national grocer
Press release, Don’t Buy Into Apartheid, QUIT (Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism), South Bay Mobilization and BDS BayArea, 23 June 2009 On Saturday, 20 June, activists gathered at Trader Joe’s in Oakland and San Francisco, US to demand that the company stop carrying Israeli goods. Protesters removed Israeli products from the shelves in order to show […]
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Coupon for Cashiers: Don’t Stock Israeli Products!
June 20th Trader Joe”s kick off actions in Oakland, S.F. & Sacramento a big success! Bay Area organizers… “¢ Sent a letter to TJ’s Headquarters informing them of the International Boycott against Israeli products & requesting Israeli product removal. A letter was delivered to a local store where group members were told managers make buying […]
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