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Sections of Goldstone Report Very Useful for BDS and related campaigns
This is to bring your attention to the fact that there is a section in the Goldstone Report that affirms the analysis of Israel as a regime that combines occupation, colonialism and apartheid. This makes the Goldstone Report also very relevant for – the BDS Campaign – Israeli Apartheid Week – and campaign against the […]
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Israel, the Palestinians and Apartheid: The Case for Sanctions and Boycott
4th December 2009 The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London On 4th December 2009, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and SOAS Palestine Society organised a public meeting putting forward the case for sanctions and boycott of Israel. Amongst the speakers were several from the South African […]
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*BNC Welcomes the */*Kairos*/* Document of Leading Christian Palestinians
“A moment of truth–A word of faith from the heart of Palestinian suffering”* Occupied Palestine: 11 December 2009 Today, prominent Christian Palestinian leaders are releasing a historical /Kairos/ document, calling on Churches around the world “to say a word of truth and to take a position of truth with regard to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian […]
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ANC Leaders Speak About Sanctions Against Israel – Omar Barghouti
Manchester University, England. 7th December 2009. A public meeting takes place organised by the British Committee for Universities in Palestine (BRICUP). This clip features of Omar Barghouti (Boycott National Committee) making his opening speech. The aims of BRICUP are stated in a press release announcing a national tour by South African ANC leaders in support […]
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ANC Leaders Speak About Sanctions Against Israel
Manchester University, England. 7th December 2009. A public meeting takes place organised by the British Committee for Universities in Palestine (BRICUP). These clips feature remarks by Tom Hickey, national executive member of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) and BRICUP, Ronnie Kastrils, and British NGO War on Want Spokesperson Yasmin Khan responding to questions. The […]
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Bill Fletcher, Jr. Addresses UN General Assembly on Israeli Apartheid
On November 30, 2009, in commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People addressed the UN General Assembly. Among the speakers who were invited to present was US Campaign Steering Committee member, trade union activist and anti-apartheid […]
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The Interview Ha’aretz Doesn’t Want You To See
Rehaviya Berman conducted an interview with Ali Abunimah, for Ha”aretz, a few weeks ago. The Interview was never published. Berman decided to publish it on his blog [Hebrew] and I decided to translate it, for your reading pleasure: Exclusive: One On One with the Leader of the Electronic Intifada Rehaviya Berman Meet Ali Abunimah, the […]
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Abunimah: There is a tremendous struggle to be waged, to force Israeli introspection, and change
by Ali Abunimah on December 4, 2009 Nearly two weeks ago we reported on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, the highlight of which was a speech by Ali Abunimah. We posted video, and kept promising to get a transcript up. What follows is text of the body of Abunimah”s […]
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Tell the Department of Energy to sanction, not award, Motorola Israel
Stop your tax dollars from subsidizing Motorola Israel! Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will award $900,000 to Motorola Israel and SmartSynch for a joint project to develop an energy grid management system. The Department of Energy should not be rewarding Motorola Israel with this contract; instead it should be sanctioning […]
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Montreal: Carrying Forward the Momentum Against Israeli Apartheid
Announcing a Quebec and Canada-wide BDS conference Montreal, October 15th-17th 2010 endorsed by the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC) of Palestine Since 2005″s historic call from Palestine for a comprehensive, international movement for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid, we have seen many important victories for this movement in both […]
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