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TEN DAYS LEFT TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL FOR CHRISTMAS
As Americans are in the annual frenzy of Christmas shopping, they must be reminded of those less fortunate. They must be reminded of those actually living in the Land that Jesus called home and what has become of that land and its people. The Christmas season is supposed to be a time of love and […]
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As’ad AbuKhalil on Apartheid in Palestine
Professor As’ad AbuKhalil talk given University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth: “Apartheid: Racism and Violation of human rights in South-Africa and Palestine,” organised by People of African descent & Students for justice in the Middle East on 9th December 2009 http://arabichour.org
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Israeli Academics are up in arms…literally!!!
December 16, 2009 The AIC published a report on the deep ties between Israel’s universities and the security forces, as well as other aspects of the involvement of academics and academic institutions in sustaining the occupation. As the AIC explains This report aims to empower the debate on an academic boycott by giving information not […]
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Sections of Goldstone Report Very Useful for BDS and related campaigns
This is to bring your attention to the fact that there is a section in the Goldstone Report that affirms the analysis of Israel as a regime that combines occupation, colonialism and apartheid. This makes the Goldstone Report also very relevant for – the BDS Campaign – Israeli Apartheid Week – and campaign against the […]
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Presentation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Trusteeship Council Chamber United Nations New York, New York November 30, 2009 Remarks by Bill Fletcher, Jr. BlackCommentator.com & U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Mr. Chairman, Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. […]
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News from Within Podcast: Academic Boycott of Israel
The idea of an academic boycott of Israel emerged in 2002 and has since gained momentum worldwide, particularly in the aftermath of the December 2008 and January 2009 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Academic Boycott of Israel and the Complicity of Israeli Academic Institutions in Occupation of Palestinian Territories In his Economy of the […]
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Report: Israeli academic institutions’ role in the occupation
Report, The Alternative Information Center, 14 December 2009 The idea of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) as means of struggle against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories has gathered pace in the years following the second intifada, and all the more so since the Israeli siege and attacks on the Gaza Strip. As academics and […]
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Beware – you or someone you know might unwittingly buy Israeli blood diamonds this Christmas
Wednesday December 09, 2009 by Sean Clinton – Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Report Israeli blood diamonds will be forever ….on your conscience. As the Christmas season approaches the Israeli government can look forward to another bumber inflow of revenue to its exchequer funded by consumers the world over who unwittingly purchase Israeli blood diamonds. Few […]
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The Interview Ha’aretz Doesn’t Want You To See
Rehaviya Berman conducted an interview with Ali Abunimah, for Ha”aretz, a few weeks ago. The Interview was never published. Berman decided to publish it on his blog [Hebrew] and I decided to translate it, for your reading pleasure: Exclusive: One On One with the Leader of the Electronic Intifada Rehaviya Berman Meet Ali Abunimah, the […]
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Israel supports cultural boycott
by Adam Horowitz on December 6, 2009 From Haaretz: The Gaza Strip”s first international documentary festival, which will end tomorrow, began nearly a month after the scheduled date because Israel”s blockade made it difficult for organizers to get the films that will be screened there. . . Palestinian director Riad Shahin, who is running the […]
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