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COSATU Endorses the Palestinian Call to Impose an Immediate, Comprehensive Military Embargo on Israel
8 July 2011 COSATU fully endorses the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls for a mandatory comprehensive arms embargo against Israel similar to that imposed against apartheid South Africa. While solidarity with the Arab Spring for freedom, democracy and social justice is spreading around the world, many states and corporations continue their […]
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Anti-Boycott Bill in Israeli Knesset
The following translation of the Anti-BDS Bill in the Israeli Knesset was provided by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel: Proposed Bill to Prevent Harm to the State of Israel by Means of Boycott, 27 June 2011 Definition: 1. In this bill, “a boycott against the State of Israel” – deliberately avoiding economic, cultural […]
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Stuttgart Declaration: Closing Document of Palestine Solidarity Conference
Stuttgart Declaration Closing Document of the Palestine solidarity conference “Separated in the past – together in the future”. Stuttgart, 26-28 November 2010 Equality – or nothing (Edward W. Said) From 26-28 November 2010, over 200 participants came together for a “Palestine Solidarity Conference”. The theme of this three-day conference, with the title Separated in the […]
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Towards accountability: John Dugard interviewed
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 5 October 2010 Last month, Professor John Dugard, former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, chaired a meeting on universal Jurisdiction in the Hague. The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof interviewed Dugard about means of bringing Israel to account for its human rights violations, particularly […]
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Why Does Israel Still Occupy the Palestinians?
Weekend Edition September 24 – 26, 2010 Policies Defying Rationality? By SHIR HEVER The majority of Israel”s anti-occupation movement, unfortunately, does not focus on the rights of Palestinians to live free, but on the damage that the occupation causes to Israeli society (Sternhell, 2009). The arguments that the occupation is a major investment of resources […]
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Full text of the interview with Richard Falk, U.N. Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine
C. Gouridasan Nair Interview with Richard Falk, U.N. Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine Richard Falk, the United Nations Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine, is sceptical whether the negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, guided by the U.S., would produce […]
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A report on the two day conference on “A Just Peace for Palestine” held on 22-23 September 2010 at New Delhi.
“Just Peace for Palestine” Fri, 2010-09-24 15:07 – Dhananjay Day 1 Noted academics, political leaders and activists from the different parts of the world gathered today for a two day Conference in New Delhi on “A Just Peace for Palestine”. The Conference was jointly organised by the Committee for Solidarity with Palestine, Palestine BDS National […]
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OLMV – Jess Ghannam & Nada Elia talk BDS with hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman
One Land, Many voices – Dr. Nada Elia and Dr. Jess Ghannam join hosts Wael Elasady and Will Seaman for an extended discussion of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions Movement. One Land, Many Voices, March 26th, 2010, 9:00AM-10:00AM: KBOO Community Radio Click here to listen to the show: > > >One Land, Many Voices – September 24, 2010 […]
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