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Call for Action: Global Day to Break Israeli Siege
Today we watched with horror as Israel committed its massacre against the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza murdering 19 unarmed civilians and leaving over 50 injured. The peaceful Flotilla carrying over 10,000 tones of humanitarian aid to Gaza and over 700 pro-Palestinian activists was attacked by Israeli Navy forces using live ammunition, teargas, grenades…etc. The Israeli […]
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Tutu condemns Israel aid-boat attack
May 31, 2010 3:25 PM | By Sapa Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and a group of retired global leaders have joined international leaders in condemning the Israeli forces’ raid on a ship delivering relief supplies to Gaza. “We as elders condemn Israel utterly for this attack. The actions of the Israelis is inexcusable,” said […]
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Call for Action by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (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 Israeli navy on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid […]
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COSATU condemns Israeli state piracy
Cosatu 31 May 2010 Union federation outraged at murder of at least twenty people The Congress of South African Trade Unions is outraged at the murder by Israeli commandos’ of at least twenty people – and injuries to a further 60 – as a result of their armed attack on a convoy of ships carrying […]
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South African civil society outraged at Israeli massacre
Issued by the Coalition for a Free Palestine 31 May 2010 The undermentioned civil society organisations, including the Palestine solidarity movement in South Africa, the South African Council of Churches, and the Muslim Judicial Council, are outraged by the massacre committed by Israeli forces this morning, in flagrant violation of international maritime law. At 04:30 […]
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Pakistanis for Palestine condemns Israel’s attack on the International Freedom Flotilla
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 31-May-2010 Press Statement Pakistanis for Palestine condemns the naked aggression of the Israeli Defence Forces against the international “Freedom Flotilla”, the convoy of ships attempting to carry humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip that has been unilaterally blockaded by Israel since June 2007. The ships were in international waters, about 150 […]
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Call for an international campaign to Stop the Jewish National Fund
To join the campaign and endorse this statement, contact: stopjnf [at] bdsmovement.net Organizations who have joined the campaign are listed below The Jewish National Fund (JNF)[1] was instrumental in the ethnic cleansing[2] of Palestine in the 1948 Nakba, and continues to play a central role in maintaining Israel’s regime of apartheid.[3] The JNF provided political, […]
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BDS Is Vital For Palestine’s Freedom
2010 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Mustafa Barghouthi, tells PSC that an international campaign of boycott, sanctions and divestment on Israel is vital if Palestine is ever to be free of occupation. Dr Barghouthi, who heads the Palestinian National Initiative, also describes how the movement of non-violent resistance in the West Bank is challenging Israel”s occupation. […]
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Boycotting Israel / US Products for Justice
Remember the time when joining hands in murdering innocent people seemed atrocious? The time when “To kill one soul is as though you have killed the whole of humanity” of the Holy Qur’an actually meant something to most of us? Just in case we haven’t already realized, the time when we actually cared for the […]
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Marking the 5th anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society BDS Call
Celebrating our Victories, Planning for More! 9 July 2010 Occupied Palestine – The Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on people of conscience all over the world to unite for a BDS Media Day on 9 July 2010, the 5th anniversary of launching the BDS movement and the 6th anniversary […]
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