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College and University Workers United
Why Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions pamphlet. Click here to download: Why Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions pamphlet
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AIC Releases Report on Complicity of Israeli Academic Institutions
The Alternative Information Centre (AIC) has released a groundbreaking report on the role of Israeli academic institutions in supporting and maintaining Israeli Apartheid. The idea of an academic boycott of Israel first emerged in 2002 as part of the growing boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, itself a part of the struggle against the Israeli […]
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Yes to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Against Israel: An Answer to Uri Avnery
Michael Warschawski [Alternative Information Center] 8 October 2009 – The call for BDS–Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions–has finally reached Israeli public opinion. The decision of Norway to divest from Israeli corporations involved in settlement building made the difference, and provided the first big success to that important campaign. After having ignored the BDS campaign for several years, […]
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Volvo providing armored buses for Israeli settlements
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 7 October 2009 Following reports published by The Electronic Intifada on the use of Volvo equipment in the demolition of Palestinian houses in 2007, the Volvo Group stated that it did not condone the use of its equipment for such purposes. Claiming to have no control over the use of […]
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Answering critics of the boycott movement
Sami Hermez, The Electronic Intifada, 1 October 2009 Over the last three years, the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel has been gaining stride. Individuals around the world have been joining this call, from organizing actions in supermarkets in France and Great Britain protesting Israeli products made in settlements, to filmmakers withdrawing movies […]
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Apartheid is the Root of Israel’s Aggressions
Submitted by Glen Ford on Tue, 09/22/2009 – 12:17 Israel reacted with typical feigned outrage at the United Nations report on war crimes and human rights violations committed by its forces in Gaza, last winter. The Jewish state’s serial violations of international law are rooted in the barbarism of its governing principle, apartheid, which leads […]
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CONTRA AVNERY: A Case for Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS)
By Alan Sabrosky Salem-News.com One should never put down any weapon when one”s arsenal is so nearly empty and the struggle is so uphill. (JACKSON, Miss.) – Avnery has written and done many good things, but on this issue I believe he is wrong. Avnery”s position on BDS reminds me of a Jewish colleague in […]
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Who profits from Israeli occupation?
Boycotted by activists, the Israeli company AHAVA is backed by one of Israel’s most powerful families.
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Israeli officer promotes war crimes at Harvard
Maryam Monalisa Gharavi and Dr. Anat Matar, The Electronic Intifada, 22 July 2009 On 9 July Harvard University’s Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) invited Colonel Pnina Sharvit-Baruch, former Israeli military legal adviser, to their online Humanitarian Law and Policy Forum. The stated aim was to bring “objective” discussion to the principle of […]
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EU Eyes Exports from Israeli Settlements
A German legal dispute over imports from Israel’s settlements in the occupied territories could lead to the imposition of customs duties By Ralf Beste and Christoph Schult The Israeli settlement known as Maale Adumim sits fortress-like atop a red stone plateau. In the Bible, the road to the plateau was known as the “steep red […]
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