Results for: Boycott

Analysis

UNESCO should join cultural boycott

Rahela Mizrahi, [Electronic Intifada] , 1 April 2009 - When schools under the United Nations flag are targeted, when children are targeted, when a whole population is systematically deprived of food and water, sanitation and electricity, the various UN agencies affected should not be content with protest alone -- they should live up to their responsibility by taking action.

Cultural Boycott
April 2, 2009
In the News

Lebanese academic boycott of israel launched

by Rania Masri and Marcy Newman [DissidentVoice] March 30th, 2009 - In remembering and commemorating Land Day, March 30, 1976, when six Palestinians were killed and almost 100 wounded by Israeli forces in Sakhnin during unarmed protests against the confiscation of Palestinian lands in Galilee;

Cultural Boycott
April 1, 2009
In the News

Belgian campaign targets bank financing Israeli settlements

Adri Nieuwhof [The Electronic Intifada] 1 April 2009 - In a remarkably short period of time, activists in Belgium have built a strong basis for the campaign "Israel colonizes -- Dexia funds," asking the bank to divest from its subsidiary Dexia Israel

April 1, 2009
BNC Statement

Stop Rio de Janeiro from promoting Israel's war industry

BNC - This year the Latin America Aero & Defense trade show will be held in Rio de Janeiro from April 14 - 17. The show will host and promote the world's most renowned merchants and producers of war, repression, torture and mass murder. Israeli war criminals feature prominently among them. Nearly every major state and private Israeli military firm will be represented, in addition to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Military Embargo
March 31, 2009
Analysis

DEBATE: To Boycott Israel…or Not?

Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East.
By Joel Bleifuss - In These Times


At the height of the war in Gaza, author Naomi Klein endorsed the
campaign known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). A coalition
of Palestinian groups founded the BDS movement on July 9, 2005, as a
way for the international community to put pressure on Israel to reach
a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians.

March 31, 2009
Analysis

Boycott Apartheid Israel

By Natalie Abou Shakra - Gaza [Palestine Chronicle] 24 March 2009 - The concept of civil resistance is not new at all.

 

March 31, 2009
Analysis

Not an Analogy: Israel and the Crime of Apartheid

Hazem Jamjoum [Common Dreams] 31 March 2009 - In recent years, increasing numbers of people around the world have begun adopting and developing an analysis of Israel as an apartheid regime. 1

 

March 31, 2009
In the News

New York Protest Kicks Off Boycott Campaign Against Motorola over Support for Israeli Apartheid

March 31, 2009
In the News

Stop Rio de Janeiro from promoting Israel's war industry

BNC - This year the Latin America Aero & Defense trade show will be held in Rio de Janeiro from April 14 - 17. The show will host and promote the world's most renowned merchants and producers of war, repression, torture and mass murder. Israeli war criminals feature prominently among them. Nearly every major state and private Israeli military firm will be represented, in addition to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Military Embargo
March 31, 2009
In the News

Israel Exporters suffer anti-Israel boycotts

Sharon Wrobel [Jerusalem Post] 30 March 2009 - Local exporters are losing foreign markets and customers because of the global economic crisis and a growing anti-Israel boycott...

 

of locally made products following Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Manufacturers Association said Sunday.

March 31, 2009