Analysis and Features
Besieging Israel's siege
In just a few years the Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has become truly global writes Omar Barghouti for The Guardian 12 August 2010.
To end the occupation, cripple Israeli banks
Terry Crawford-Browne [Electronic Intifada] 30 June 2010 - The international banking sanctions campaign in New York against apartheid South Africa during the 1980s is regarded as the most effective strategy in bringing about a nonviolent end to the country's apartheid system.
Co-Author of Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Flotillaa Assault and BDS
Stéphane Hessel [Huffington Post] 15 June 2010 - Israel's illegal and immoral attack on the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid convoy, which left at least nine dead and dozens injured, has rightfully stunned the world.
Israel’s accession to the OECD: another failure of human rights in the international community
By Seyfeddin Kara [Middle East Monitor] 15 June 2010 - The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one of the most prestigious economic clubs in the world, was founded in 1961.
The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement
Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss [The Nation] 9 June 2010
Flotilla Fallout: Are Teams Right to Refuse to Play Israel?
Dave Zirin examines the case for a sports boycott of Israel for The Nation
Boycotting the boycotters
Gideon Levy [Haaretz] 16 May 2010 - Most people here are appalled at the notion that anybody beyond Israel's borders would think to boycott their country, products or universities. Boycotts, after all, are viewed in Israel as illegitimate.
US military aid to Israel violates domestic, international law
Should the EU subsidise Israeli security?
Transnational Institute March 2010 - The inclusion of Israel in the European Security Research Programme undermines the EU's commitment to even-handedness in the Middle East.
Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill
Naomi Klein [Common Dreams] 31 March 2010 - On March 18, continuing a long tradition of pioneering human rights campaigns, the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC) passed "A Bill In Support of UC DIVESTMENT FROM WAR CRIMES."
Israel's blood diamonds
Seán Clinton [Electronic Intifada] 29 March 2010 - Every year, consumers the world over unwittingly spend billions of dollars on diamonds crafted in Israel, thereby helping to fund one of the world's most protracted and contentious conflicts.
Israelis Must Join Non-violent Palestinian Struggle
Udi Aloni [Haaretz] 21 March 2010 - The terrifying specter of non-violent resistance to the occupation and the apartheid regime is hovering over the State of Israel, and all the state's dignitaries have been recruited to battle it.
Boycott or censorship?
Sami Hermez
Electronic Intifada
15 March 2010
