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BDS committee marks 5 years
Published today (updated) 12/07/2010 21:12 Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee marked its fifth year of action Friday, thanking participants around the globe for supporting the initiative. Reiterating its position to support and encourage BDS against Israel “until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights,” the movement saw […]
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Way forward for Palestine solidarity
Al-Awda New York statement to USSF Thursday, 24 June 2010 01:21 Al-Awda New York, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, issued a statement, “The Way Forward for Palestine Solidarity,” on June 23, 2010, in conjunction with their planned workshop at the US Social Forum. The issues addressed in the statement below will be discussed more […]
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Boycott, divestment and sanctions in Australia, five years on
Sonja Karkar, The Electronic Intifada, 9 July 2010 It is five years since Palestinian civil society first made the call for a global boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against the apartheid state of Israel. At the time, introducing such action in Australia seemed impossible when the public barely knew anything about the Palestinian struggle for […]
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Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children
by Rome Palestinian Solidarity Network / July 10th, 2010 That was the heading on the leaflet distributed at the Iper Coop in Rome, Italy on July 9, 2010, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. While the systematic demolition of Palestinian homes by Israel continues, the […]
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Israel must change or collapse: On the impact of BDS
Rachel Giora In the eyes of the world, the question is what can be done when the relevant institutions do not succeed in enforcing international law? Tanya Reinhart (May 5, 2005)1 Despite the recent atrocities inflicted by Israelis on Palestinians and internationals, despite the deteriorating status of human rights experienced by Israeli citizens both Palestinian […]
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Palestinian BDS National Committee marks five years of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions
Palestinian BDS National Committee marks five years of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Occupied Palestine, 9 July 2010 – On the fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights,[1] the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) warmly salutes all our […]
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The new challenge to Israeli apartheid
The spreading campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel has the potential to focus the world’s attention on the crimes against the Palestinian people. July 7, 2010 Protesting the blockade of Gaza in Melbourne, Australia ISRAEL ANNOUNCED an easing of its blockade of Gaza and charges against several soldiers who participated in Israel’s 2008-09 […]
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Israel’s gay propaganda war
In portraying itself as the only gay-friendly country in a homophobic region the Israeli state reveals its own desperation o Jasbir Puar o guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 July 2010 13.00 BST Israel’s recent attack on a flotilla delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, killing at least nine people, suggests a growing indifference of the Israeli government to […]
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New Video: US Social Forum concludes with call for BDS, recognizing Zionism as racism
“We call on all organization and social movements to boycott, divest and sanction the Israeli apartheid state and the institutions the support it.” “We affirm that Zionism is a form of racism that denies Palestinians the right to self-determination.” – US Social Forum National People”s Movement Assembly 2010 The US Social Forum concluded on June […]
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USSF Synthesis PMA supports BDS, condemns Zionism as racism
The US Social Forum”s People”s Movement Assembly process has produced a PMA 2010 website, with information and resolutions from the over fifty PMAs held at the Forum, as well as the Synthesis PMA, which brought together representatives of all of the Assemblies to create a final statement/resolution to be adopted by the Forum as a […]
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