Mel Frykberg [IPS News] 20 May 2010 - Israeli settlers are beginning to feel the bite of an economic boycott campaign launched by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against goods produced in the illegal Israeli settlements dotting the occupied West Bank.

"This is economic terrorism," complained the Yesha Council (YC), an umbrella organisation of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Vikram Dodd, and Rory McCarthy [Guardian] 18 May 2010 - Elvis Costello has cancelled two concerts he was scheduled to play in in protest at its treatment of Palestinians.

Costello, one of the most gifted British songwriters of his generation, was due to play on 30 June and 1 July but says his "conscience" dictated that he pull out of the performances.

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Towards Ending our Ongoing Nakba

Statement by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

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.

From Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=175452

Israel’s EU upgrade to be put off again

Israel’s ties with the European Union remain strong, but are unlikely to be upgraded when the action plan for its bilateral relations expires in June, diplomatic sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

That plan, which exists under the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy that seeks to tie countries to the east and south of the EU into the EU, was put in place in 2005 with a three-year time frame.

But although the EU’s foreign ministers ag

The CFMEU (Construction Forestry, Mining and Electricity Union) national executive have a adopted a position supporting selective BDS. This means the union has become first Union in Australia to adopt a national postion on BDS.

Palestinian Resolution of the CFMEU National Executive Committee – May 12, 2010