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 tainted image is hurting Ahava, not because of it.

This one goes down as another success for BDS, and a first BDS for success for CodePink’s boycott Israel campaign.

Norway Divests!

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 [...]

Hatred Tastes Like Teargas

A 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 Dust.

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 at your local Trader Joe’s, or organize action your self.

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 Brazilians have made it clear that they are not interested in playing in Israel – only in the Palestinian Authority.

Motorola Drops Israeli Wireless Division MIRS

Activist pressure encouraged Motorola to distance itself from Israel | read full post now.

Sketching Israeli Apartheid

A 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

Ever wonder how Apartheid sounds through a synthesizer? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1jjLRXmIck]

John Dugard: Apartheid and Occupation under International Law

Today, John Dugard, Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, spoke at the Palestine Center in Washington, DC. He delivered the Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture. It was titled, “Apartheid and Occupation under International Law.” Watch the video. Professor John Dugard made a strong case for applying the international convention [...]

From J Street to One State: Time for an Israel-Palestine Integrationism Movement

There is an interesting post up on Mondoweiss about the struggle in the Jewish community over Israel’s soul. Weiss reports about a panel, “Why We Need a Liberal Israel Lobby,” (see video) that took place at the 92d Street Y in NYC. His post hones in on three points: One, Ben-Ami’s (of J Street) sense [...]