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Category Archives: BDS
Human rights activists will hardnose the highway from Woodstock to Catskill
This weekend activists Laurie Arbeiter and Sarah Wellington, an iconic figures in the Palestine solidarity movement best known for selling their “we will not be silent” t-shirts, are heading upstate to take part in a 22-mile fundraiser trek from Woodstock to Catskill.
Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees
Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained
Detainees and Other Prisoner News Palestinians arrest 10 Islamic Jihad members Palestinian security forces arrested 10 members of the Islamic Jihad in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, a local leader of the radical movement said. link to news.yahoo.com Islamic … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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South African artists, intellectuals and gov’t ministers take steps to isolate Israel
How long before South Africans are accused of being anti-Semites? South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as ‘made in Israel’, Amira Hass Minister of Trade and Industry says South Africa recognizes the State of Israel only within … Continue reading
A tale of two festivals
Eleanor Kilroy compares Palfest and the Jerusalem International Writers Festival.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine
Tagged Bidisha, International Writers Festival, PalFest, Silwan
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Danish right-wing: ‘Made in settlement’ labels preempt Israel’s expanding borders
Yesterday, Denmark announced that produce from Israeli settlements will no longer carry a “made in Israel” sticker, sparking criticism from the country’s extremist anti-immigration political party, Dansk Folkeparti, or the Danish People’s Party (DPP).
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists
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BDS victory: South Africa strips Ahava’s ‘made in Israel’ label
Earlier this month, South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry announced that products made in the West Bank but labeled “made in Israel” will no longer be sold in the country.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists
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Nobel Prize laureate J. M. Coetzee appears to boycott International Writers Festival in Jerusalem
J. M. Coetzee said “he would come [to the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem] when the peace process goes forward.”
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine
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Nakba 64 years later, we will never forget
News and headlines from Nakba Day, 2012.
Oren’s defensive piece on ‘sinister’ delegitimization movement shows boycott is working
Michael Oren knows that Israel is losing its reputation
Israeli officer threatens to rape Palestinian activists in custody (if this happened in Syria it would be headline news)
Israel faces major West Bank uprising over hunger strikers
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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Palestinian writers call for boycott of Jerusalem int’l writers’ fest
Writers at int’l fest who tour East Jerusalem are gulty of ‘colonial voyeurism’, says Palestinian boycott committee
Posted in BDS
Tagged Aleksandar Hemon, The General Union of Palestinian Writers, Tracy Chevalier
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House support for Israel damages prospects for peace
On Monday, the House of Representatives released a draft of the 2013 budget bill, which includes an eye-popping $1.5 billion in weapons earmarked for Israel.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Neocons, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Rejecting boycott, Tom Rob Smith and Tracy Chevalier prepare for Jerusalem International Writers Festival
The Jerusalem International Writers Festival is sponsored by the Jerusalem Foundation which, together with the Jerusalem municipality and settler organizations, is responsible for projects of ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government
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Israeli military raids office of human rights organization ‘Stop the Wall’; steals computers and hard drives
Early this morning the Israeli military in ten armored jeeps surrounded and raided the Ramallah office of Stop the Wall, confiscating computers and archival documents.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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‘Battle of the Empty Stomachs’: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab surpass 70 days on hunger strike
Addameer: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab’s petitions to the Israeli High Court regarding their administrative detention orders were rejected yesterday, four days following their High Court hearing on 3 May. Thaer and Bilal are on their 71st day of hunger strike and at immediate risk of death.
In ‘Nation’ BDS debate, Barghouti demands rights, Avishai pleads to protect ‘progressive and creative’ Israeli elites
Omar Barghouti and Bernard Avishai face off in a forum on BDS publshed by The Nation.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Media
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Settlers poison grapevines belonging to occupied village, Beit Ummar
Beit Ummar is also attacked by soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets after a funeral
Feminist scholar Katherine Franke refuses to be pawn in Oren’s equality game
At this year’s 2012 Equality Forum on advancing the rights of international LGTBQ communities, the “featured nation,” Israel, will pinkwash itself by exploiting Tel Aviv’s gay culture in order to manufacture conference goers into hasbara-ites.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Reports/Video
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BDS Scorecard: Methodists recommend sanctions & boycotts; reject divestment
There has been confusion as to what was actually passed at the recent United Methodist Church General Conference. Anna Baltzer, from the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, sets the record clear.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Native American and Indigenous Studies Scholars defend UCLA Professor David Shorter and supporters of BDS
In an open letter condemning the Amcha Initiative’s charges of anti-Semitism, Native American and Indigenous Studies scholars who endorse the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) defend their colleague, UCLA Professor David Shorter.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons
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It took decades for South Africa boycott resolutions to gain traction
Anglicans defeated divestment resolution from South Africa as late as 1987
Posted in Activism, BDS
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The Methodist conference: Let’s call this victory what it is
It says a lot about Israel’s declining status, and the rising influence of Palestinian-led civil society efforts, that a boycott measure like the one United Methodists adopted at their General Conference this week could pass a major church body in the United States with minimal notice.
Situation for Palestinian Hunger Strikers grows more and more dire– 2 at death’s door
Hunger Strike & Prisoner News Gravely ill Palestinian hunger striker faints in court as Israeli judges sentence him to slow death, Ali Abunimah Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk … Continue reading
Israeli dramaturgist: ‘Habima theatre is an active participant in Palestinian oppression’
The Israeli national theater’s excuse for performing in Israeli settlements — we have to, by law — is being undermined
Posted in BDS
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