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Catalan Activists Launch New Report on Israeli Apartheid and BDS
Nova and the catalan coordination committee working for a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East with “Palestine at heart” have launched a report titled “Apartheid against the Palestinian People” in English, Spanish and Catalan. You can download the report at: http://noviolencia.nova.cat/en/news/there-crime-apartheid-against-palestinian-people The aim of this report is, from outside, without any preconceived side-taking […]
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Like Jim Crow and South Africa before it, Israel must be pressured to abandon apartheid
by Bill Fletcher Jr. on December 1, 2009 The following speech was given on November 30, 2009 at the United Nations as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, Excellencies: Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the […]
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A Debate on Ending Israel’s Occupation: BDS
Michael”s College, Colchester, VT – In the international peace community, the movement to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories through the use of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) has been controversial. Our speakers will debate both the fairness and effectiveness of BDS as a method of resolving the conflict. Arguing in favor of the […]
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Q and A with Ali Abunimah: (BDS) Conference keynote speaker at Hampshire College
Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada and author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Campus BDS Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
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Building Bridges: Omar Barghouti on boycott, divestment, sanctions campaigns
Omar Barghouti, founder of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), and Nancy Kricorian, NYC Coordinator of CODEPINK discuss the global growth of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against the Israeli Occupation. CODEPINK is boycotting the Israeli cosmetics company, Ahava, which illegally manufactures in occupied Palestine. This program was […]
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South Africa blasts Israel’s plans
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 The South African government joined other countries on Tuesday in condemning Israel’s plans to build housing on occupied land in East Jerusalem. “We condemn the fact that Israeli settlement expansion in East Jerusalem is coupled with Israel’s campaign to evict and displace the original Palestinian residents from the city,” chief director […]
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The Palestinian civil society call for for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel
The Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC) http://bdsmovement.net/ The broad consensus among Palestinian civil society about the need for a broad and sustained Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resulted in the Palestinian Call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel that was launched in July 2005 with the initial endorsement of […]
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Divestment Walkthrough at Hampshire college BDS Conference
This includes: breaking down by type and size of institution; examining steps for running a campus campaign; framing your campaign to on and off campus media; exploring various school structures and working with the trustees and administration; strategies for talking to your own campus and opposition about BDS; evaluating levels of support, sympathy, and opposition; […]
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Beyond Compare (South Africa and Israel)
Julie Peteet, an editor of this magazine, is professor of anthropology at the University of Louisville. “Rolling into Gaza I had a feeling of homecoming,” writes the novelist Alice Walker. “There is a flavor to the ghetto. To the bantustan. To the “rez.” To the “colored section.”” In a poetic vein, Walker captures the confinement […]
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Opinion: U.S. should stand against apartheid in Israel
By Sam Jadallah Special to the Mercury News November 3 marked, in the words of political blogger Philip Weiss, a “historically dark day” in the U.S. Congress. House Republicans and Democrats lined up to vote against the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission carried out by Justice Richard Goldstone and to bash Goldstone, a committed Zionist, because […]
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