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Stanley Jordan’s withdrawal, and the worldliness of jazz
Jazz guitarist and pianist Stanley Jordan has cancelled an appearance at an Israel festival, in recognition that the festival supports and masks apartheid
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.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine
Tagged BDS, divestment, Methodists, United Methodists
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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.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine
Tagged BDS, Caterpillar, church, divestment, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, United Methodists
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Open letter to the German left on BDS, from Palestinian and Israeli Activists
A little over a month ago, the Die Linke – the Left – delegates in the German Bundestag adopted a resolution stating that they would not take part in any Middle East peace initiatives calling for a “one-state solution” nor … Continue reading
Activists from across Europe gather to build the campaign against Agrexco
This past weekend in the Montpellier, France, over 100 activists from 9 countries gathered for the first ever European Forum Against Agrexco. Delegates from Italy, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Palestine joined the French organizers for two full … Continue reading
Mr. Spock says ‘beam up the two state solution,’ but ignore the asymmetry
Leonard Nimoy’s on record with Americans for Peace Now in support of the two-state solution. His strangely passionate-for-a-Vulcan argument contains an enormous fallacy: You might recall the episode in the original Star Trek series called, “Let That Be Your Last … Continue reading
Pizzarotti should follow in Deutsche Bahn’s footsteps
Italian construction firm Pizzarotti is stupefied, bewildered, stunned. In an article on today’s Corriere della Sera, Italy’s top newspaper, covering Deutsche Bahn’s withdrawal from the Israeli project for a high-speed train line that cuts through the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Michele … Continue reading
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine
Tagged a1 train, BDS, deutsche bahn, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pizzarotti, veolia
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Another liberal Zionist endorses BDS– well, S anyway
Bernie Avishai is an influential Israeli-American columnist, embraced by liberal Zionists, a speaker at J Street’s conference. He goes to Sheikh Jarrah demonstrations. Here he approvingly cites Howard Sachar’s recipe (at Foreign Policy) for a US-imposed solution in Israel/Palestine, to … Continue reading
Message to Vieux Farka Touré: Colonialism is colonialism, whether it happens in West Africa or Palestine
I was greatly disappointed to learn that Vieux Farka Touré performed last week at the Tel Aviv Opera House on November 26, 2010. The son of the late, world-renowned Malian guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, Vieux Farka Touré has … Continue reading
One American’s awakening
Editor’s note: A vital function of this site is to inform Americans about fellow citizens who are discovering the issue and struggling to engage on it. Louise Ross of Washington, D.C., has visited Israel and Palestine twice. She is a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged awakening, BDS, epiphany, Episcopal church, Israel Lobby, Nasser Tent of Nations, occupation, Palestine, Religion
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Israeli protesters to the Cape Town Opera House: ‘We believe that today Tel Aviv is a kind of ‘Sun City”
Two weeks ago we posted a video of Israeli protesters outside a Cape Town Opera House performance of Porgy and Bess in Tel Aviv. They were performing songs based on the show that highlighted Israel’s apartheid policies in an attempt … Continue reading
Brooklyn-Jenin: The boycott Is legitimate for promoting peace
Oh, Weakness On the way from Brooklyn to Jenin I stopped for a bit of a rest in Tel Aviv and saw that the community of creative artists was still in an uproar around the Ariel Culture Hall issue. I … Continue reading
Arava Institute claims to promote peace, but remains silent on justice
The Arava Institute’s online event “With Earth and Each Other,” held Sunday, November 14, exemplified why the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions is vital. The event was billed as a celebration of Palestinians, Israelis and Jordanians working together for the environment. But … Continue reading
Do liberal zionists think that international law should be ignored because Israel will never adhere to it?
Much discussion has already taken place here on Mondoweiss regarding the recent panel discussion entitled “Jewish Perspectives on the Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions Movement” which was held at the Church of Gethsemane in Park Slope, Brooklyn a couple weeks ago. I attended the event and think some … Continue reading
Ging should have sidestepped the BDS question
On Sunday November 14th, John Ging, Director of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) programs in the Gaza Strip, spoke at Columbia University. This speech was one in a recent series of campus speeches by Mr. Ging that was … Continue reading
Put it down and walk away?! (an exchange over BDS, and Israel, between 2 Jewish lawyers)
Two weeks back we reported on a debate on Jewish Perspectives on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions at a Brooklyn church (videos here). Adam Horowitz moderated, and Kathleen Peratis, a lawyer and member of the J Street board, argued against boycott. … Continue reading
DePaul University suspends sales of Sabra hummus; other campuses to follow?
Sami Kishawi reports on his blog Sixteen Minutes to Palestine: Today marks another win for the global boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement against corporations that profit from severe human rights violations. Chicago’s very own DePaul University just announced that their … Continue reading
Sabra hummus owner drops support for IDF from its English-language website
The Strauss Group, the Israeli company that co-owns the popular Sabra Hummus brand, has removed all references to its support of the Israeli military from the English-language portion its website. This comes a month after activists in Philadelphia descended on … Continue reading
Supporting the Other Israel Film Festival is not ‘good news’
A post by Philip Weiss yesterday spoke of the Other Israel Film Festival (OIFF) in good light. It is important that we also hear the other side of this story and recognize the politics behind the event. Recently, the director of … Continue reading
Brooklyn church crowd goes with the idealists on BDS
I went to the ‘Jewish Perspectives on the Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions movement’ event in Park Slope last night. It was at the Church of Gethsemane, an appealingly humble Presbyterian Church on 8th avenue. The lady who’d arranged the event said they’d asked … Continue reading
Canadian lawmakers resurrect McCarthy in hearings that say criticism of Israel is anti-Semitism
Canada is the latest front in the battle between critics of Israel and those who would smear them as anti-Semites. The video below is from Independent Jewish Voices. An article by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours follows. The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition for Combating … Continue reading
Jewish Federations acknowledge Israel’s ‘paradigm shift,’ then circle the wagons
I like to say the fat is in the fire, and the fat is in the fire. This week the Jewish Federations, the leading civic Jewish organizations in American cities, are holding their General Assembly in New Orleans and the … Continue reading
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine
Tagged BDS, General Assembly, Jewish Federations, Netanyahu, New Orleans
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Is Lev Leviev out of the settlement building business?
Adalah-NY is claiming victory in helping to force Israeli industrialist Lev Leviev out of the settlement construction business. Adalah has been campaigning for years against Leviev, including some very creative protests outside his flagship Manhattan boutique. From an Adalah-NY press … Continue reading
Caterpillar freeze and ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ honor suggest advance of boycott movement
This is important and I’ve been sitting on it, sorry. Four points: –Caterpillar has temporarily stopped delivering bulldozers to Israel. JPost: Caterpillar, the company which supplies the IDF with bulldozers, has announced that it is delaying the supply of D9 … Continue reading
Posted in BDS
Tagged Adam Horowitz, BDS, boycott, Caterpillar, Cindy and Craig Corrie, D9, Gaza, Gil Kulick, Hannah Mermelstein, J Street, Jewish Voice for Peace, JVP, Kathleen Peratis, rachel corrie, rafah, Sydney Levy
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Major New Weblog Features: The Anti Hypocrite Tools
In celebration of the arrival of summer, a new set of Anti Hypocrite Tools. To help you catch bad faith contradictory comments.