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BNC Statement

Beit Surik and Stop the Wall thank Rho city council for condeming Pizzarotti for Complicity with Israeli Apartheid

For background on the issue, this is from a recent Press release from the Italian Coalition Stop That Train:On 30 November, the City Council of Rho, in the province of Milan, approved a resolution expressing “moral and political condemnation of Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. for its participation in the project for the construction of the A1 Jerusalem – Tel Aviv railway”.Pizzarotti is a contractor for the Israeli project for the new A1 high-speed railway that will connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

December 19, 2011
In the News

Statement by Kairos Palestine on “Buy Israel Week”

A Frantic Counter BDS Campaign Under Way in Israel

Statement by Kairos Palestine on

“Buy Israel Week”

December 17, 2011
By: 
Kairos Palestine
In the News

Rho City Council approves resolution condemning Pizzarotti

The City Council of Rho, in the province of Milan, approved a resolution expressing "moral and political condemnation of Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. for its participation in the project for the construction of the A1 Jerusalem - Tel Aviv railway".

Pizzarotti is a contractor for the Israeli project for the new A1 high-speed railway that will connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
November 30, 2011
By: 
Italian Coalition Stop That Train
In the News

UK student body slams university’s Ahava link

A collaboration between King’s College London (KCL) and an Israeli company located in an illegal West Bank settlement has been condemned by the UK’s National Union of Students (NUS), in a significant boost for campaigners.

In a meeting Monday night of the NUS’ National Executive Council (NEC), a motion demanding the “immediate end” of KCL’s research project with Ahava was passed with no votes against.

The NEC motion, noting the “overwhelming” international position on the illegality of Israeli settlements, states that “by collaborating with Ahava, King’s itself has become

November 30, 2011
By: 
Ben White on Electronic Intifada
In the News

UK student body slams university’s Ahava link

A collaboration between King’s College London (KCL) and an Israeli company located in an illegal West Bank settlement has been condemned by the UK’s National Union of Students (NUS), in a significant boost for campaigners.

In a meeting Monday night of the NUS’ National Executive Council (NEC), a motion demanding the “immediate end” of KCL’s research project with Ahava was passed with no votes against.

The NEC motion, noting the “overwhelming” international position on the illegality of Israeli settlements, states that “by collaborating with Ahava, King’s itself has become

November 30, 2011
By: 
Ben White on Electronic Intifada
In the News

Interview: Why is concert promoter suing Lebanon boycott activists?

Grafitti in Beirut in support of boycotting companies profiting from the Israeli occupation.(Katrine Syppli Kohl/Flickr)

Lebanese concert promoter Jihad el-Murr recently filed a lawsuit against four groups over a boycott campaign they organized against the

November 18, 2011
By: 
Maureen Clare Murphy on The Electronic Intifada
In the News

Palestinian Freedom Riders to Board Settler Buses to Jerusalem

Palestinian activists will attempt to peacefully board segregated Israeli public transportation in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem in action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides to the U.S.

November 14, 2011
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Palestinian Freedom Rides
In the News

The Russell Tribunal On Palestine: Summary Of Findings

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) is an international citizen-based Tribunal of conscience created in response to the demands of civil society (NGOs, charities, unions, faith-based organisations) to educate public opinion and put pressure on decision makers.

November 10, 2011
By: 
Al-Haq
In the News

IRISH SHIP TO GAZA CALLS ON THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONCRETE ACTION AGAINST ISRAEL

Press release: Following the events of yesterday, and the continuing refusal of the Israeli government to comply with international law, the Irish Ship to Gaza campaign is now calling on the Irish government to take the following concrete actions against the state of Israel:

(1) Suspend Israel from the Euromed Agreement, which gives Israel special trading status;

(2) End all arms trade with Israel;

(3) Take steps to ensure that no Irish state-funded institution engages in any cultural, academic, or economic cooperation with the state

November 5, 2011
By: 
By Irish Ship to Gaza
Analysis

Erdogan: 'Why no UN sanctions for Israel?'

The Boycott, Divests and Sanctions (BDS) movement is growing relentless. On the boycott front, a Finnish campaign is under way to cancel a new deal to purchase Israeli drones. Like Canada, the US, Turkey and Russia, Finland has been attracted by Israeli know-how in lethal weapons. The Finnish Defence Ministry recently signed an agreement on drone purchases, in defiance of EU regulations.

November 3, 2011
By: 
Eric Walberg on Al-Ahram Weekly