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BADIL Statement: The Nakba is Not Just an Event to Remember…The Nakba is Ongoing, and the Time has Come for it to End
What is Needed on the 62nd Anniversary of the 1948 Nakba: Achieve National Unity, Strengthen BDS Campaign; Activate Popular Resistance in all of its Forms; Organize Efforts Internationally; End Public Relations Negotiations Statement by BADIL, 15 May 2010 At their core, the circumstances surrounding the Palestinian struggle today do not differ from those circumstances that […]
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Boycott Blues
Palestinians can’t wreck Israel’s economy by boycotting goods made in the settlements. So why are Israelis so worked up? By Dan Ephron | Newsweek Web Exclusive By presidential decree, Palestinians this month began boycotting products manufactured in Israeli settlements–part of the nonviolent campaign to end Israel’s 43-year occupation of the West Bank. Considering the numbers […]
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BDS: A Global Movement for Freedom and Justice
Al-Shabaka Policy Brief by Omar Barghouti Al-Shabaka policy advisor Omar Barghouti examines the formation and evolution of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. Barghouti argues that BDS’s growing success is due to its rights-based approach, collective leadership, call to Israelis of conscience, and promotion of context-specific strategies. Overview While media attention over the past […]
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Quartet ex-envoy’s investment helps Israel greenwash settlements
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 6 May 2010 Former World Bank president and Middle East Quartet envoy James D. Wolfensohn is an investor in an Israeli company that is developing transport infrastructure for Jewish-only settlements built in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law, an investigation by The Electronic Intifada reveals. Wolfensohn provided […]
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North Texas Boycott, Divest and Sanction of Israel Campaign
The North Texas Boycott,Divest and Sanction of Israel Campaign (North Texas BDS) is a Fort Worth,Texas based organization affiliated with the “U.S. campaign to End Israeli Occupation”, a national organization with 305 chapters throughout North America. Our Goals: Through a legal, non-violent campaign of persuasion and advocacy, these organizations seek to induce local institutions of […]
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US professor says that Gaza and the West Bank will be incorporated into a ‘Greater Israel,’ which will be an Apartheid state similar to white-ruled South Africa
The Future of Palestine By John J. Mearsheimer The following is an excerpt from the The Hisham Sharabi Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor John Mearsheimer at the Palestine Center in Washington D.C. on April 29, 2010. The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners …There is going to be a Greater Israel between […]
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From Arizona to Palestine: Documentation, Deportation, and Boycott
Tell me if this sounds familiar: A new order allows enforcement officials to stop anyone who “looks illegal” (read: has brown skin) and demand that they produce documents proving their right to be in a place they call home. Failure to produce such documents can lead to fines, jail time, or deportation. Widely seen as […]
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BDS is a long term project with radically transformative potential
by Ahmed Moor on April 22, 2010 I”m grateful to Jerry Haber for taking the time to engage me on the role of “liberal” Zionists in the BDS movement. Sometimes my tone borders on truculence, which is really just impatience. I”m impatient for “liberal” Zionists to discard the “Zionist” and become regular liberals like the […]
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UC Berkeley Student Senate Set to Vote April 28th on Historic Divestment Bill
***For Immediate Release*** For More Information Contact Ali Glenesk. 805.610.3889. ali.glenesk[at]gmail.com from: Students for Justice in Palestine Dina Omar. 510.283.8487. dinnaomar[at]gmail.com [Berkeley, CA] – On Wednesday April 28th, the UC Berkeley Student Senate will make a final attempt to pass a bill calling for divestment of University funds from companies that profit from Israel”s war […]
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The BDS Movement: Talk and Discussion with Omar Barghouti
The BDS Movement (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) is an effective voice bringing attention to the injustices of Israel”s treatment of the Palestinian community in the Middle East. Omar Barghouti is a founder of the BDS movement. In part 1 Mr. Barghouti provides his personal struggle to bring the movement forward and includes a very personal insight […]
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