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VUVUZELA
It’s the Penguins vs. the Ostriches in this Boycott Israel summer match — a showdown between artists like Elvis Costello and the Pixies who cancelled their Israel concerts in respect of the boycott, vs. Metallica, Rihanna and Elton John who are going forward with theirs, despite growing criticism.
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New Video: US Social Forum concludes with call for BDS, recognizing Zionism as racism
“We call on all organization and social movements to boycott, divest and sanction the Israeli apartheid state and the institutions the support it.” “We affirm that Zionism is a form of racism that denies Palestinians the right to self-determination.” – US Social Forum National People”s Movement Assembly 2010 The US Social Forum concluded on June […]
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USSF Synthesis PMA supports BDS, condemns Zionism as racism
The US Social Forum”s People”s Movement Assembly process has produced a PMA 2010 website, with information and resolutions from the over fifty PMAs held at the Forum, as well as the Synthesis PMA, which brought together representatives of all of the Assemblies to create a final statement/resolution to be adopted by the Forum as a […]
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Barriers and the Boycott
July 2010 By Fay Ferguson Syria was finally granted observer status in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in May, nine years after it first attempted to join. The door to the global trade body opened after the US and Israel dropped their long-held vetoes against the country’s bid. As Syria gears up for perhaps a […]
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Church Stance On Settlements Angers UK Israel Supporters
Written by Ma’an The fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United Kingdom is under fire for supporting Palestinian Christians. In late June, the Methodist Church of Great Britain became the first major UK denomination to boycott goods from Israeli settlements following last year’s release of the Palestine Kairos document, which declared Israel’s occupation “a sin against […]
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Beyond hypocrisy
By Mark LeVine Almost two millennia ago, the great Chinese military leader and strategist Zhuge Liang admonished his fellow military men that “when hypocrisy sprouts, even if you have the wisdom of ancient warrior kings you could not defeat a peasant, let alone a crowd of them”. He might have well added that hypocrisy is […]
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The deceptive rhetoric of “Invest for Peace”
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 6 July 2010 The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is gaining significant momentum cross the United States and Europe, including at US campuses. In response, opposition to the movement is devising new ways to divert attention from efforts to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law and […]
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Boycott of colony goods must continue
Palestinians who work for colonist companies should also face repercussions * Gulf News * Published: 00:00 July 6, 2010 The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is trying to find new ways to tighten an economic boycott of products manufactured in West Bank colonies. And at the same time, the PNA is also imposing stiff fines and […]
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SAPIENZA MASTER’S FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS: OPPRESSION NORMALIZED
PSCABI UTAP Besieged Gaza, Palestine 06. July.2010 PRESS RELEASE Over and over again, champions of the boycott movement have condemned cooperation with apartheid Israel in acts of normalization. We, the Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel and the University Teachers’ Association in Palestine, have adamantly and insistently written to artists, musicians, writers […]
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Israel has never lacked enemies but now it risks losing its friends
Netanyahu went into his meeting with Obama believing he has time on his side. But he’s wrong: the clock is ticking o Jonathan Freedland o guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 6 July 2010 21.06 BST The advance word was that this was to be a “holding meeting” and not much more. Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu would not […]
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