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Loewenstein: Boycott, divest from and sanction Israel
Sydney-based journalist and author Antony Loewenstein is an outspoken critic of Israeli policies and author of the best-selling 2006 book My Israel Question. He is the co-founder of advocacy group Independent Australian Jewish Voices and is a board member of Macquarie University”s Centre for Middle East and North African Studies. Articles and commentary by Loewenstein […]
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CALL FROM GAZA TO THE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD TO BREAK THE SIEGE
CALL FROM GAZA TO THE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD TO BREAK THE SIEGE Besieged Gaza, Palestine 5.6.2010 One-and-a-half years after Israeli army perpetrated a massacre upon the population of Gaza, Apartheid Israel commits another crime against partisans of Palestine in international waters. The world is moved at the plight of Palestinians and their supporters. All […]
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What Next? The Freedom Flotilla and the Struggle to Break the Siege of Gaza
Rafeef Ziadah While people around the world are still in shock at the killing by Israeli commandos of innocent human rights activists on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, those who have been following Israeli state actions for some time are not surprised. This is an ongoing pattern of Israeli state terrorism and collective punishment. While […]
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Want To See What Israel Bans From Gaza – Why We Need The Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Here are some items Israel has banned from entering the Gaza Strip. Video by Existence Is Resistance. Music by Dead Prez.
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BDS-Related Responses to Israel’s Flotilla Massacre of 31 May 2010
Only a few days since Israel’s illegal and fatal act of aggression against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla,, BDS-related reactions around the world were quick and qualitatively consequential. Building on 5 years of international BDS activism since the Palestinian Civil Society Call for BDS was launched on 9 July 2005, a year and a half since […]
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Margaret Atwood: Lessons in Selling Out
I felt a deep sharp pain in my stomach; I could swear that I saw the flotilla in the sea from my window; the water was red and I could swear that I smelled the blood, thick and iron-saturated. The pain hit for a split second; it couldn”t last longer. The sun was shining perfectly […]
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In Response to Israel’s Assault on the Freedom Flotilla: BNC Calls for Action
Posted by RORCoalition on Thu, 06/03/2010 – 08:49 BNC, 1 June 2010 – Palestinian civil society calls for intensifying boycott and sanctions as Israel massacres humanitarian relief workers and international solidarity activists Occupied Palestine, 1 June 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) strongly condemns last night”s fatal attack by the […]
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The urgency of this moment
Radhika Sainath, The Electronic Intifada, 3 June 2010 When evidence emerged that a North Korean torpedo sank a South Korean warship in disputed waters two months ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly condemned the attack. Clinton demanded that Pyongyang “stop its provocative behavior, halt its policy of threats of belligerence towards its neighbors, and […]
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Are Teams Right to Refuse to Play Israel?
Dave Zirin June 2, 2010 “[We are] saddened by the mixture of politics and sports.” So said a spokesperson for the Israeli Football Association in response to Monday”s news that the Turkish U-19 (under 19) soccer team canceled its match in Israel. Turkey”s team made the move following the Israeli Navy”s attack on the Gaza […]
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Get on the boat
Toufic Haddad, a Palestinian-American writer and researcher based in Jerusalem and author of Between the Lines: Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. “War on Terror”, calls for a renewed commitment to the struggle to stop Israel’s war on the Palestinians. June 1, 2010 AS I write these lines, BBC Arabic language radio is reporting that […]
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