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Ictu to seek ways to support sanctions against Israel
MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent THE EXECUTIVE council of Ictu is to consider ways in which it can translate into action its support for Palestinian calls for a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Attendees at an Ictu conference on the Middle East held in Dublin yesterday discussed possible ways of implementing such […]
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Irish Trade Union solidarity with Palestine
On Friday there was one of the most significant events yet in Palestinian solidarity work in Ireland. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions held a conference on Palestine/Israel and on how to build solidarity links. It was reported and attacked in the media and, in a nutshell, it was a very successful conference – one […]
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Why Israel Should Not Be Allowed To Join The OECD
By Dr. Hanan Chehata Introduction – The OECD and Israel”s impending accession The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) does exactly what its name suggests. The group, established in its current form in 1961, states that its mission is essentially “to help governments and society reap the full benefits of globalisation, while tackling the […]
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UC-Berkeley’s new divestment approach
By Steve Horn Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:01 a.m. Few tactics of political activism stir more controversy on college campuses, with accompanying international reverberations, than student-led calls for their university investment boards to divest from corporations that make the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and siege of the Gaza Strip possible. Generally, this […]
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Margaret Atwood’s response re: Dan David Prize
Canadian Letters Since I accepted the Dan David Prize and it has been announced, I have received several letters from different groups asking me to reverse my acceptance and boycott this event. For some reason, Amitav Ghosh of India, with whom the prize is shared, does not appear to be a target of this campaign. […]
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Ask Lonely Planet to take Ahava off their agenda!
The Lonely Planet’s guide to Israel and the Palestinian Territories has a recommendation for shopping at the Ahava Factory Outlet and Store. Please take five minutes this weekend to explain to Lonely Planet that there is an international boycott campaign against Ahava. Ahava is engaged in illegal practices, making products in a factory in an […]
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Christian Peacemaker Teams endorses Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
From Christian Peacemaker Teams based in Hebron: 19 April 2010 CPT-Palestine has decided to endorse formally the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, as called for by Palestinian NGOs, because sixty years of negotiations and diplomacy have only enabled Israel to solidify its military occupation of Palestine. The international community has long called for Palestinian […]
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Irish unions urge boycott of Israel
The Irish Confederation of Trade Unions held a day-long conference on how to implement a trade boycott of Israel. Ireland”s Foreign Minister Michael Martin recently described Israel”s partial blockade of Gaza as “medieval,” but favored a British boycott of Israel. At the conference, however, he said, “The government does not agree with or support any […]
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Palestinian Student Urges UC Berkeley Senate To Divest From Israeli War Crimes
Almost one month after the UC Berkeley Student Senate voted 16-4 to divest from General Electric and United technologies because of their complicity in Israeli war crimes the Student Senate meets again to attempt to override a veto by President Will Smelko. The Meeting ended around 7:15 AM with the senate tabling the bill to […]
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