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Why Boycotting Apartheid Israel Matters
Owen Holland makes the case for the boycott of Israel Back at the beginning of the year, over thirty UK universities went into occupation in response to Israel”s brutal, unremitting assault on Gaza. At some of these universities, the movement is now beginning to crystallise and gather enough strength – as well as political will […]
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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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Israel’s Occupation: Who Profits and Who Doesn’t? Israel’s Occupation: Who Profits and Who Doesn’t?
19 Nov 2009, London School of Economics On 19 November 2009 the London School of Economics (LSE) hosted a seminar on “Israel’s Occupation of Palestine: Who profits and who doesn’t”. It was organised by the LSE Student Union and featured two activists from Israel talking about the the Israeli Occupation, its corporate supporters, and its […]
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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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Tainted Cement: BDS Campaign Against CRH Irish Construction Company’s Business Dealings with Israeli Company That Exploits Resources on Occupied Lands
On 15 November, hundreds gathered in Dublin, Ireland for a demonstration against the CRH Irish construction company. The demonstration was organized by the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (IPSC). CRH owns 25% of Mashav (“resource” in Hebrew), an Israeli company controlled by the Israeli billionaire Nochi Dankner. CRH purchased Mashav back in 2001, but the demonstrations […]
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Palestinian students cross barriers to discuss boycott
Bianca Zammit, The Electronic Intifada, 23 November 2009 The right of Palestinian students to an education was the main theme of a video conference between students from the occupied Gaza Strip and the West Bank on 12 November 2009, sponsored by the al-Quds Bank for Culture and Information Society and Bethlehem University. The conference was […]
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Detentions Leave Palestinian Students in Limbo
November 8, 2009 By Matthew Kalman Birzeit, West Bank Ashraf Abuiram should have graduated from college long ago, but his life took an unexpected turn. In late 2005, when he was a second-year student pursuing a degree in sociology at Birzeit University, 20 jeeps carrying 100 Israeli soldiers showed up at his home in the […]
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Studies in Racism
Sara Leibovitz-Dar | Maariv | 21 October 2009 “When Israel sends a sophisticated satellite into space, the Arabs come up with a new kind of hummus,” Dr. Dan Schueftan told students during his course on Israel”s security perspective in the diplomacy and security program for senior managers at Tel Aviv University. An essay that was […]
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