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Is PA Guilty of Undermining BDS Campaign?
Samah Sabawi [Palestine Chronicle] 10 March 2010 – In 2008 Netanyahu announced during his election campaign that he plans to ‘weave an economic peace alongside the political process which will give a stake in peace for the moderate elements in the Palestinian society’. (1) Since its election, the Netanyahu government has made “economic peace” central […]
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Campaign Launched to Clear Azzeh Refugee Camp (Bethlehem) of Israeli Products
1 March 2010 – Today marks the first day of Israeli Apartheid Week in cities around the world. The week of activities, which was started by a group of activists in Toronto, Canada in 2005, has grown to become one of the main highlights of global activism in support of the rights of Palestinians, and […]
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Join the Second Global BDS Day of Action 30 March 2010
BNC Call for Action The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The BNC calls on people of conscience and […]
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The Israeli Occupation as an Apartheid System
During the sixth International Israeli apartheid week, the Alternative Information Center is hosting events and lectures. On 2 March, Hazem Jamjoum of the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights discussed about Israeli apartheid system in the AICafé. On this occasion we interviewed him. Why can the Israeli occupation be considered an apartheid […]
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Inside Story – Israeli apartheid week
A controversial campaign in the Western world links Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in apartheid South Africa, called the Israeli apartheid week. Inside Story asks: Is criticism of specific Israeli policies raising doubts about Israel’s right to exist? And is Israel now on the PR offensive to fight back?
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Palestinian Boycott Leader Challenges SF Jewish Federation
by Omar Barghouti, a leader of the international movement to boycott Israel Open Letter to Rabbi Doug Kahn Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council It has recently come to my attention that pending the advice of a working group of which you were a member, the Jewish Community Federation has chosen to itself […]
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BNC Statement in Support of Israeli Apartheid Week
Monday, 01 March 2010 22:29 Occupied Palestine, 1 March 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) salutes the organizers of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which will take place in over 40 cities this year. For the first time, IAW will see activities in Gaza City, where Palestinians continue to resist Israel”s […]
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Land Day to be marked with Global BDS Day of Action
Statement, Palestinian BDS National Committee, 1 March 2010 The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The BNC calls on […]
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Omar Barghouti : Co-founder of the Global BDS Movement & PACBI
Palestinian academic, commentator, human rights activist and co-founder of the Palestinian Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) along with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), Omar Barghouti discusses the formation of BDS, the profiteering and aiding and abetting of unethical multinational companies such as CRH (a.k.a, Cement Roadstone […]
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BNC Responds to French Prime Minister: BDS promotes justice and universal rights
25 February 2010 – The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) is deeply disturbed by the inaccurate and inflammatory insinuations made by French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, during his speech at the annual dinner of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF), February 3, 2010.[1] Mr. Fillon”s reportedly said: “We must remain clear-sighted […]
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