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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
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No Room for Genocide Campaign Day of Action - 27th September
UN Tourism observes 27th September as World Tourism Day focusing on the “role of tourism in the international community.”
Boycotting Israel in Kuwait: The Long Way Back
As the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel continues to grow internationally, it is lagging in the Arab World –...
Palestinian civil society applauds UK Co-operative movement decision to end trade with companies involved with Israeli violations of international law
Occupied Palestine, 3 May 2012 – Palestinian agricultural organisations and farmers unions are heartened to learn that the Co-Operative Group...
BDS for Palestinian Rights: “Equality or Nothing!”
The Palestinian right to equality is neither negotiable nor relative; it is the sine qua non of a just peace in Palestine and the region. As Edward...
United Methodists Call for Boycott of “products made by Israeli companies operating in occupied Palestinian territories”
Adopting the “Kairos Palestine” document, Methodists Elevate Palestinian Rights and Israel Divestment to Mainstream Prominence “Every worthwhile...
Veolia Subsidiary Applies for Public Tender in “City of Peace and Justice”
As a Palestinian organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is...
Justice requires action to stop subjugation of Palestinians
A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa...
Apartheid is not Fair Play... Boycott Adidas!
Palestinian civil society welcomes Arab boycott of Adidas and calls for a worldwide boycott due to company’s complicity in Israel’s occupation...
Co-op boycotts exports from Israel's West Bank settlements
The Co-operative Group stresses that its move is not an Israeli boycott and that it will use other suppliers in the country that do not source from...
Should US churches divest from Israel?
As two US churches consider resolutions, we examine the BDS movement and ask if it helps or hinders peace efforts. Two major US churches are...
Caterpillar’s instransigence: Read the new MRTI Report
Editor’s note: Here is a copy of the recently released report by the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI)...