• Isolate apartheid Israel

    Pip Hinman, Green Left 20 June 2010 Israel stands increasingly isolated following its attack on the peace flotilla, in which nine Turkish activists on board the Mavi Marmara were murdered and many more wounded. The attack on the flotilla, like the siege of Gaza, is aimed at demoralising Palestinians and their supporters. But the global […]

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  • War crimes suit filed against Barak, Livni in Belgium

    Belgian of Palestinian descent, together with 13 Gaza Strip residents, files case in Brussels court against 14 Israeli leaders and officers AFP Published: 06.23.10 After similar circumstances last week prompted the last-minute cancellation of Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s trip to Paris, another court case was filed against the Barak and a series of other senior […]

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  • Israel’s feeling of isolation is becoming more pronounced

    By Janine Zacharia Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, June 22, 2010; A08 JERUSALEM — An Elton John concert ordinarily isn’t front-page news. But in Israel, where many feel more shunned than they have in decades, the legendary pop icon’s decision to perform in Tel Aviv last Thursday was cause for celebration. After weeks of dreary […]

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  • Ha’aretz: Only a boycott will persuade Israel

    From Ha’aretz, June 22: Only a boycott will persuade Israel by Ayala Shani & Ofer Neiman “Israel won”t change unless the status quo has a downside” – these words were written by journalist Tony Karon, a Jew from South Africa. This sentence reflects the rationale behind the broad BDS campaign – which includes sanctions, institutional […]

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  • Spanish initiative for the fifth anniversary of the BDS call

    BDS Poster Contest This 9th of July 2010 it will be 5 years since the Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) of the Palestinian civil society. For this reason and to encourage civil society worldwide to join in against indifference and powerlessness, we call this BDS Poster Contest with the BDS motif (be it […]

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  • Noam Chomsky’s Hypocrisy

    By Ghali Hassan 20 June, 2010 Countercurrents.org “I don’t regard myself as a critic of Israel. I regard myself a supporter of Israel … I think the U.S. should continue to support Israel”. [1] – Noam Chomsky The American linguist Noam Chomsky is often described by Western media as “arguably the world’s most influential intellectual […]

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  • A Queer Boycott

    Bekhsoos has been publishing a lot of news around the Queer BDS movement and the different anti-Zionist movements around Pride and other international conferences. So for this issue we found it fit to explain (for lack of a better word) to our readership why we so strongly support BDS and why we stand against Zionism […]

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  • Turkey Shelves Israeli Cooperation, Considers breaking off Ties; Israel Lobbies in Congress denounce Ankara

    Posted on June 16, 2010 by Juan Cole Members of the US Congress attacked Turkey on Wednesday for voting against the UN Security Council resolution imposing further sanctions on Iran, and for its heavy criticism of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana) said, “There will be a cost if Turkey stays on […]

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  • Sunday, June 20th– Make History: Picket Israeli Ship at Port of Oakland

    Don”t sleep in, make history! Join the Labor/Community Picket of an Israeli Ship Sunday, June 20 5:30 A.M., Berth 58, Port of Oakland Protest Israel”s Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla! Boycott Israeli Ships and Goods! Lift the Blockade NOW – Let Gaza Live! Bring Down Israel’s Apartheid Wall! Unions, labor federations and other organizations […]

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  • Integrating Palestine into the Progressive Left

    by: Noura Erakat As progressive forces in the United States prepare to convene the second U.S. Social Forum from June 22 – 26 in Detroit, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Noura Erakat comments on the gap between Palestinian and Arab dreams of an America committed to justice and the reality of the work it would take to […]

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