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Category Archives: BDS
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
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Video: United Methodist Church votes against divestment
The Methodist Church says No to a measure to “provide the moral nonviolent assistance called for by our sisters and brothers in the holy land and end our investments in the tools that systematically deprive them of their freedom”
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel/Palestine
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No books, no writers, no words for Gaza
The Palestinian festival of literature, Palfest, has never been into Gaza
Posted in American Jewish Community, BDS, Gaza, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine
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New petition challenges Horowitz smear invoking Nazi holocaust to attack BDS
Recently the David Horowitz Freedom Foundation published a dangerous and slanderous ad in the New York Times. The ad invokes the Nazi holocaust in order to attack supporters of BDS including several professors. Jews of conscience and others who share a similar commitment to justice must speak out in defense of justice for Palestinians and against such defilement and misuse of the holocaust.
United Methodist Church rejects divestment
This afternoon, the United Methodist Church voted against divesting from Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions, and Hewlett-Packard for their involvement in the Israeli occupation. Above is a screenshot of a map one delegate shared as he made a case for divestment.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab in serious condition after 63 days on hunger strike
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – Israel Branch, warned that the health condition of Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab, who entered their 63rd day of hunger strike is causing grave concern, adding that both detainees suffer from an acute decrease of muscle tone and are bedridden, which puts them under dual threat; muscle atrophy and Thrombophilia, which can lead to a fatal blood clot.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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Jerusalem writers fest requires speakers to submit speeches for review in effort to avoid criticism of Israel
Director of the writers festival, Tal Kremer, said on Monday that “in light of what happened with Nir Baram [at the 2010 festival], we asked this year’s authors to give us the text of their speeches.”
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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When the Methodist Church decided that slavery was regrettable but none of our business
Methodists regarded slavery as sinful, but tolerated it in America in the 1840s, as Harriet Beecher Stowe documented
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‘Magnes Zionist’ calls on Methodists to do the right thing
Methodists can help free Jews of indoctrination, and alleviate Palestinian suffering
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Ending Israel’s occupation is the only way to truly invest in Palestine
Word came down this afternoon that the Methodist divestment resolution will be considered tomorrow in front of the conference plenary. Here, Hedy Epstein explains how divestment is a “strong, humane and prophetic response to the injustice daily faced by the Palestinians.”
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The Methodist Church has many options where to invest its resources — the occupation of Palestine shouldn’t be one of them
A letter to a Methodist Reverend on why he should divestment from the military occupation of Palestine.
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The push for divestment continues as the Methodist General Conference enters its second week
Anna Baltzer and Sydney Levy offer an update on where things stand on the Methodist divestment vote, and what lessons were learned during the first week of the General Conference.
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John Wesley advises Methodist delegates on divestment
John Wesley’s writing on slavery from 1774 can offer guidance to Methodists considering divesting from the occupation.
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Zahi Khouri to Methodist conference: ‘We don’t need charity; we want freedom to help ourselves’
When United Methodist delegates gather as a plenary to vote on church policies this week, two petitions will be presented that reflect opposing approaches to helping Palestinians.
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Tagged BDS, divestment, Methodists, United Methodists
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A weekend of violence against Palestinian activists that the UN will never get around to condemning
and other news from Today in Palestine: Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Palestinian History Jordan Valley Resident Forcibly Removed from Home JORDAN VALLEY, April 27, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers forcibly removed on Friday a Palestinian … Continue reading
Investment in Palestine no substitute for divestment from oppression
On Friday, a United Methodist Church subcommittee voted to amend a call on the church’s Pension Board to divest from three companies that enable the occupation, to instead look for opportunities for Palestinian investment. However, support for divestment was sufficient enough to force a presentation in support of divestment to the full conference sometime next week.
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Huge Co-op in UK dumps suppliers linked to Israeli settlements
Palestine human rights campaigners today welcomed news that the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, The Co-operative Group, will “no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements”.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation
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Denver billboards lead to– hold on to your hat– spirited debate!
Billboards in New Mexico and Colorado have allowed Americans to debate aid to Israel
Gurvitz on ‘Israel’s not-so-stellar record on treatment of Christians’
Christian priests have trouble renewing their visas in Israel; and visitors to the country are questioned about their religious beliefs
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics
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Palestinian prisoner hunger strike grows to 2,000 inmates despite punitive measures to stop it
Guardian: Human rights groups say 2,000 are now on hunger strike against indefinite detention without charge and alleged ill-treatment. The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has grown to 2,000 with more preparing to join the protest next week, according to human rights groups in the West Bank.
Video: Blumenthal, Rosenberg, Davis debate BDS on Al Jazeera English
From Al Jazeera English: Do boycott campaigns help or harm attempts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? Inside Story discusses with guests: MJ Rosenberg, Max Blumenthal & Reverend Walter Davis.
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Moment of Truth: Report from day two of the United Methodist General Conference
Delegates to the United Methodist Church General Conference (UMGC) were shown Wednesday a vision of what the future could look like if Israel were to finally end its control of the Palestinian territories.
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Tagged BDS, Caterpillar, church, divestment, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, United Methodists
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Message to Methodists: ‘Vote for Divestment. Vote for Human Rights.’
The above video was produced by The Palestine Solidarity Committee in St. Louis, MO. Three PSC members also have an an Op-Ed in today’s ‘Tampa Bay Times’ calling on the United Methodist Church to divest from multinational companies profiting from the Israeli occupation.
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