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Great Conspiracies of the BDS Movement

ShareThe IAW debate on Al-Jazeera pointed to accusation of an anti-Semitic plot as a conspiracy theory hurled at the ethnically, religiously, and generationally diverse group of broke solidarity activists who came together to organize the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel) movement with the goal of achieving equal rights for the Palestinians people.
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BDS: Spain Boycotts Israeli Settlement University

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The “University Center of Ariel in Samaria” (AUCS) has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain. With this move, Spain joins the growing number of European governments taking effective, even though preliminary, steps to uphold international law by boycotting or divesting from institutions and corporations involved in or… »

Charlotte Gets Dumped Again, Again

It’s not enough that Sex and the City airhead, Kristine Davis, stuck it out with Ahava, chosing sides with the apartheidsepresentative over her work with human rights groups such Oxfam.

Now it appears that Charlotte, and her tainted image, are not good enough for the cosmetics maker. Ahava just dumped Davis, as if her … »

Norway Divests!

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From Reuters
OSLO, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Norway’s $400 billion-plus wealth fund has excluded Israeli company Elbit Systems (ESLT.TA) for supplying surveillance equipment for the separation barrier in the West Bank, the government said on Thursday.
“We do not wish to fund companies that so directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law,” Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen… »

Hatred Tastes Like Teargas

ShareA video filmed by Carnegie Mellon student and Pittsburgh activist Alborz Ghandehari in Bil’in recently. As he put it, “Hatred tastes like teargas.” Check out his blog Olives and… »

Israeli Products Deshelved At Trader Joe’s

A campaign to de-shelve Israeli products at Trader Joe’s that kicked off in Pittsburgh last month has gone national and is beginning to ruffle feathers.

Activists have designated June 20th, World Refugee Day, as national day to deshelve Israeli products. This Saturday’s actions will focus on Trader Joe’s stores around the country. Look for boycott action… »

Brazilian Football In Palestine, But No Love For Israel

Brazilian Footballers from Sao Paulo’s Corinthians and Rio de Janeiro’s Flamingo want to hold a match in Ramallah, but they want nothing to do with Israel.

With famed player Ronaldo as the Corinthians’ striker and Falmingo being one of the world’s top soccer teams, many Israelis would undoubtedly love to attend the game, but the… »

Motorola Drops Israeli Wireless Division MIRS

Activist pressure encouraged Motorola to distance itself from Israel | read full post… »

Sketching Israeli Apartheid

ShareA new four page comic shows the basic commonalities between South African and Israeli apartheid systems — the discriminatory control, collective punishment and denial of rights that privileges one group of people over another.
As reported by The Arabist, Ethan Heitner, a comic artist, drew inspiration from Desmond Tutu and Ian Urbina’s classic 2002 article… »

Stephen Hawking on Palestine

ShareEver wonder how Apartheid sounds through a… »