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Category Archives: BDS
Who really wields the baton at the London Philharmonic Orchestra?
Four musicians for the London Philharmonic who signed a letter endorsing boycott of Israeli Philharmonic tour were suspended for six months, and are now muzzled
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine
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University of New Mexico mock wall highlights human rights issues in Israel/Palestine and the US-Mexico border
Over twenty social justice organizations held the first ever Mock Wall Week at the University of New Mexico.
Egypt and Israel, all is not well
There is increasing public pressure in Egypt to boycott companies doing business in Israel
Judge rules against Minnesota ‘Break the Bonds’ campaign
Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign loses a lawsuit to divest their state bonds from Israel, despite having a black and white case with state investment statues in their favor.
Israeli Foreign Ministry: Exporting toxic culture
“Artists should create bridges where there is conflict,” complained Habima’s artistic director, Ilan Ronen, to the Observer two weeks ago, in response to the boycott of Israel’s national theatre company that performs in the illegal West Bank settlement of Ariel. Habima’s bridge-making offer should be treated with suspicion as it is courtesy of the Israeli state; on Thursday The Jewish Chronicle boasted that the Israeli Foreign Ministry, informed by the JC about a £10,000 funding shortfall at Habima, “has promised to make sure that any financial difficulties are covered to make sure the company is able to perform in London”.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government
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Glorious Methodists helped lead Montgomery bus boycott of 1955
Video appeals to Methodists to support divesting from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
Posted in Activism, BDS, Occupation
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Israeli undercover unit’s murder of Palestinian civilian was part of “training exercise”
Khader Adnan returns home after months in administrative detention and a historic hunger strike
Dana on Beinart: ‘undeterred by unavoidable realities’
Today for the United Arab Emirites’ The National, Joseph Dana reviews Peter Beinart’s milestone book, The Crisis of Zionism.
UCLA prof reprimanded for linking to website advocating boycott of Israel
UCLA professor David Delgado Shorter has been reprimanded by the school’s faculty Senate for linking an online syllabus to a website advocating the boycott of Israel.
Posted in BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics
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In which a fool snares a playwright
British playwright David Edgar refuses to sign an artists’ letter on boycotting an Israeli theater because he buys specious argument that it will end with boycott of Jewish stores
Posted in BDS
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Freedom Funnies: ‘The Angel of Dialogue, the Gift of Censorship, and the Power of Boycott’
In the latest installment of Freedom Funnies, Ethan Heitner talks with Larissa Sansour about the cultural boycott and the controversy over her rejection by the Lacoste Elysee Prize.
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, protest mounts against world’s largest security contractor
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, civil society and prisoner rights organizations call for boycotts against the security giant G4S, the world’s second largest private employer.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, US Politics
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As 100s of other prisoners begin hunger strike,Thaer Halahla, 7 weeks without food, vomits blood
and other developments from the occupation: Attack on Danish Activist / Suppression of Bike Tour Religious cover to attack peace activists: Rabbis: Officer reacted to highly unusual circumstances Prominent rabbis rally to aid of officer who assaulted foreign activist; slam military’s … Continue reading
Israel imprisons youth for refusing army service
Noam Gur (left, above) has been sentenced to ten days in an Israeli jail for being a refusenik, a conscientious objector to military service in the Israeli military.
Major Bay Area arts org worked closely with Israeli consul general to counter protests
According to leaked emails, the executive director of the Frameline film festival worked behind the scenes with the Israeli consulate and the Jewish Federation to counter protests of Israeli programming over the last two years.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, US Politics
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11-year-old child beaten in pro-prisoner march
And other news from Today in Palestine: Israeli occupation forces severely beat an 11-year-old child while participating in a peaceful march in Ma’sara village, south of Bethlehem, on Friday in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. link to www.palestine-info.co.uk Land Theft & … Continue reading
The occupation reaches Europe: airlines cancel ‘flytilla’ passenger tickets
Three European airlines have sent notices to flytilla passengers informing them that their airline tickets were canceled, based on “Israel’s orders.”
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Israel mobilizes special forces to deport ‘flytilla’ activists
This Sunday, the Airflotilla2, or “flytilla,” organizers expect around 1,500 international activists to fly into Ben-Gurion airport in order to draw attention to Israeli control over the occupied territories.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Flotilla, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Power outages lead to the death of three children in Gaza
A family in the central Gaza Strip has suffered an unimaginable tragedy because of a candle lit during one of Gaza’s frequent power outages.
The children of Kufr Qadum: “You arrested our fathers, so we lead the demonstration today”
After Israeli army nightly incursion into Kufr Qadum accompanied by massive arrest of villagers , the children of the village have come out in protest with a message to the occupying army and the world: “You Arrested Our Fathers, So We Lead the Demonstration Today”. The weekly demonstration has again been brutally suppressed by the army, who blacked all entrances to the village, took hold of a home, made use of the “Skunk”, and fired the usual dose of teargas and shock rounds.
Video: Arizona State’s SJP debka flashmob
On April 3, 2012, Arizona State University’s (ASU) Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) staged a debka flashmob on their campus.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Reports/Video, US Politics
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Hasbara in 1988: ‘despite difficulties, South Africa is a vital, progressive state with much to admire ‘
First of an ongoing series by Phan Nguyen on the use of the apartheid analogy. Defenders of South African apartheid said blacks were doing better there than in other African countries and South Africa was an asset to the west. Sound familiar?
The untold suffering of Palestinian children (190 in detention now)
‘The Suffering of the Palestinian Child Under Israeli Occupation’ — important document published today
Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers…
I’ve been a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan since I was 14 years old. The prospect of a live show in Israel has always been slim-to-non. I saved up some serious cash for their last slated show, way back … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics
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Israeli forces attempt to arrest 2-1/2-year-old Palestinian
Israelis crack down on Kufr Qaddoum, part of Jerusalem municipality on eastern side of separation wall
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, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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