Results for: Boycott

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Turkish Group Calls for Citizens to Boycott Israeli Products

Consumers Association of Turkey calls on Turkish citizens to boycott Israeli, US and British products by saying "We will not provide ammunition for siyonist Israel`s attacks".

January 12, 2009
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300 Canadian academics send letter to Harper, Call for Sanctions

Dear Prime Minister Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister Cannon: We the undersigned academics and educators express our condemnation of Israel's attack on Gaza.

January 12, 2009
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Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Protests Gaza Attack, Renews Call for BDS

JANUARY 7TH, 2009, Re: Middle East Crisis - On behalf of the 56,000 members of the canadian union of postal workers, I am writing to demand that the Canadian government condemn the military assault on the people of Gaza that the state of Israel commenced on december 26th, 2008.

Canada must also call for a cessation of the ongoing Israeli siege of Gaza, which has resulted in the collective punishment of the entire Gaza population.

Canada must also address the root cause of the violence: Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

January 12, 2009
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Palestinian Unions Call for Boycott

The Palestinian Union of Workers’ Unions has called for a comprehensive boycott of Israeli products effective immediately.

Any product with a non-Israeli alternative should be substituted as an act of defiance and protest against the Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip, said a statement from the union.

It also called on the Palestinian government to encourage local production for any products without a viable alternative.

It called on those who import Israeli products to stop purchasing as soon as possible and seek for local alternatives.

January 12, 2009
BNC Statement

"Stop the Massacre in Gaza – Boycott Israel Now!"

(Links to Arabic, Spanish,  French and Portuguese version below) Occupied Ramallah, Palestine - 27 December 2008:  Today, the Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre in Gaza, causing the death and injury of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including a yet unknown number of school children who were headed home from school when the first Israeli military strikes started. This latest bloodbath, although far more ruthless than all its predecessors, is not Israel 's first.

January 10, 2009
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Jordan Recalls Ambassador to Israel

Jordan has recalled its ambassador to Israel in an apparent act of protest against the IDF's offensive in Gaza.

January 10, 2009
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Norway Mobilizes for BDS

Norway has been the site of a flurry of Palestine solidarity activism and BDS initiatives over the past week, as tens of thousand of people have called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Oslo, and major trade unions are mobilizing in support of a comprehensive boycott and divestment campaign.

January 10, 2009
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CUPE Ontario Proposes Academic Boycott

CUPE Ontario's university workers committee will bring a resolution to its annual conference supporting a ban on Israeli academics doing speaking, teaching or research work at Ontario universities as a protest against the December 29 bombing of the Islamic University in Gaza.

January 10, 2009
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Israeli Ambassador to Caracas Expelled

Venezuela has ordered the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Caracas in protest at Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

January 7, 2009
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Czech Foreign Minister has "Grave Doubts" about Upgrading EU-Israel Agreement

In the middle of the Israeli assault on Gaza the Czech Republic took over the EU presidency on the first of January. Czech foreign minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, gave European citizens, protesting against the Israeli violence in Gaza, hope on Tuesday 30 December.

January 6, 2009