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BDS Omar Barghouti – United in Struggle against Israeli Colonialism, Occupation, and Racism
Global BDS movement Extrait de lintervention DOmar Barghouti « Movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions », dans le cadre du séminaire « United in Struggle against Israeli Colonialism, Occupation, and Racism:Economic Perspectives and Advocacy Strategies ayant eu lieu le 24-25 October 2009 in Bethlehem. Ce séminaire était organisé par Occupied Palestine and Golan Heights Advocacy […]
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VIDEO: Mandela’s cellmate says Israeli apartheid worse than South Africa
Achmad Cassiem is a veteran of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. He joined the armed struggle for justice at age 15, and at the age of 17 he became one of the youngest people to be imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela, where he served a total of 11 years. He is […]
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Israeli Jews and the one-state solution
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 10 November 2009 Anyone who rejects the two-state solution, won’t bring a one-state solution. They will instead bring one war, not one state. A bloody war with no end. — Israeli President Shimon Peres, 7 November 2009. One of the most commonly voiced objections to a one-state solution for Palestine/Israel […]
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Tutu to Haaretz: Arabs paying the price of the Holocaust
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent “The lesson that Israel must learn from the Holocaust is that it can never get security through fences, walls and guns,” Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa told Haaretz Thursday. Commenting on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in Germany Thursday that the lesson of the Holocaust is that Israel […]
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Palestinian report scathing of South Africa’s relations with Israel
Safiyyah Surtee, [Afro-Middle East Centre] – A report published last month by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, and endorsed by the Palestinian BDS (Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions) National Committee, is scathing of South African business – including South African parastatals – for their relations with Israel. Entitled “Democratic South Africa’s Complicity in Israel’s Occupation, […]
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An Open Letter to Barack Obama from a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
May Day Weekend Edition May 1 – 3, 2009 Stand Up to Israeli Apartheid By MAIREAD MAQUIRE DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA, I found your book “Dreams from my Father” a moving and inspiring story of your own struggle to find your identity and purpose in life. You found it for sure, and today carry the hopes […]
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NYU Study Abroad in an apartheid state
Dina Mikdadi (Tuesday, March 31, 2009) – Last summer, Israel denied Palestinian Fulbright scholars in Gaza the right to travel abroad to pursue their studies. After some intervention on behalf of Condoleezza Rice, Israel allowed a few (but not all) to leave the Gaza Strip. Such absurd restrictions on Palestinian daily life are not uncommon. […]
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US court allows apartheid claims
A United States judge has ruled that lawsuits can go ahead against several companies accused of helping South Africa’s apartheid-era government. IBM, Ford and General Motors are among those corporations now expected to face demands for damages from thousands of apartheid’s victims. They argue that the firms supplied equipment used by the South African security […]
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Salim Vally: The campaign to isolate apartheid Israel — lessons from South Africa
By Salim Vally [Salim Vally, a leading member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa and a veteran anti-apartheid activist, will be a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads conference, to be held in Sydney, Australia, on April 10-12, 2009, organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, Resistance and Green Left Weekly. Visit […]
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Bill Fletcher on Radio Intifada
Click below to listen to the interview with Organizing Committee member Sherna Berger Gluck and Advisory Board member Bill Fletcher: Radio Intifada on Global BDS Day
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