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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'SAIA to Carleton: Divest from the occupation!';

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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'January 30th, 2010';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'This week, Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) Carleton launched a divestment campaign targeting firms supporting the Israeli military and settlement operations. The Carleton University Pension Fund is invested in five companies that are complicit in human rights violations and crimes under international law in the West Bank and Gaza - Motorola, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, L-3 Communications, and Tesco supermarkets.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Danish bank excludes Wall building companies';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2166.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'January 27th, 2010';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Danish Bank (Danske Bank), the biggest financial group in Denmark, has excluded Elbit Systems, Magal and Africa Israel from its investment portfolio because of their involvement in providing equipment for the Wall and in settlement construction. The Danish Bank is normally not quick to divest, and its list of excluded companies has now risen to only 24 companies around the globe.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Campaign launched against Portuguese water deal with Mekorot ';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2134.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'December 14th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mekorot, the Israeli national water carrier, signed a "co-operative" venture with EPAL, the Portuguese water company. The deal with Portugal serves as a launch pad for the company to sell its services to the rest of Europe, pumping millions of dollars back to the Occupation military apparatus. Mekorot, like many Israeli enterprises, is key in supporting and the apartheid policies, depriving Palestinians of water in favor of Israelis.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'People across the globe organize against the Apartheid Wall';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2130.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'December  7th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'On November 9, 1989, the wall was brought down in Berlin. Today, in Palestine and across the world people are fighting to tear down another wall – much longer, much higher and not built along borders but along the lines of apartheid and ethnic cleansing. The 7th Week Against the Apartheid Wall, under the banner of “Unite Against Apartheid”, saw organizers conducting demonstrations, holding vigils, distributing information, screening films, and calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'An open call for volunteer researchers and writers!';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2122.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'December  3rd, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations united behind a call to the world to impose Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) on Israel until it complies with international law. Now, the Palestinian BDS Campaign National Committee (BNC) is calling on YOU to write for the BDS campaign!';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Students meet in Hampshire to build BDS movement';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2138.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'December  1st, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'From November 20th to the 22nd, hundreds of students from across the United States and Canada converged at Hampshire College for the 2009 Campus Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Conference, their presence sending a clear message about the surging strength of the BDS movement on campuses throughout the two countries. ';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Letter of solidarity from South Africa';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2121.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'November 20th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'South Africa has been at the forefront of the BDS movement. Trade unions, student groups and other organizations within civil society have been extremely supportive; the refusal of COSATU to offload an Israeli ship in response to the Gaza massacre being one of the more well-known examples. On the occasion of the Week Against the Aparthied Wall, South African students sent the following letter in support of the BDS movement.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'New Yorkers protest against the Hebron Fund';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2120.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'November 20th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'On November 18th, some fifty New Yorkers gathered outside of Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig’s Office, protesting Major League Baseball\'s connection with the Hebron Fund. That event followed a letter-writing campaign that generated over 2600 letters to the New York Mets, asking them to cancel the dinner with the settler organization.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Challenging Israeli war criminals';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2110.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'November 16th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Since Occupation forces launched the devastating invasion of Gaza in December in 2008, the world stage has seen a wave of increased demand for justice. In a number of European countries, legal experts and activists have worked to hold Israeli officials accountable for war crimes. While an official has yet to be arrested, other activists have made it clear that Israel spokespersons and politicians defending war crimes are not welcome. <br />\n';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sussex students vote to boycott Israeli goods';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2102.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'November  1st, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Students at Sussex University have voted to boycott Israeli goods, in a referendum that mandates the Students’ Union to remove all Israeli produce from its stores and review its sources for food outlets. This makes Sussex Students’ Union the first in the UK to implement a full boycott of Israeli goods.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = '48 hrs of protest against Israeli violations of human rights across the globe';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2098.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'October 22nd, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'On 16 and 17 October 2009, a 48 hour BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) marathon was held in cities across the globe. The marathon was organized to draw attention and international solidarity to the case of Mohammad Othman and oppose the Israeli crack down on human rights defenders and activists.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'UK picket at Israeli embassy demanding Mohammed’s release';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2086.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'October 11th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'On Thursday 8 October, War on Want and students from Goldsmiths College organised a demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in London demanding that Muhammad Othman be freed immediately. Much of Mohammad\'s time in detention has been spent in solitary confinement, and on the day of the protest the period of his detention was extended again.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Supporting Palestine in Nesodden';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2087.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'October 10th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Outside a shopping centre in the community of Nesodden, a countryside peninsula near Oslo, a local group of activists gathered to gather funds for the Palestinian cause and to raise awareness about the Wall and prisoners. The group drew the attention of passers-by with boards with prints of the anti-apartheid Wall brochures, news articles, as well as some self-made materials. ';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Spain excludes settlement university from academic competition ';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2074.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'September 22nd, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The "University Center of Ariel in Samaria" (AUCS) has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Britain’s unions commit to a mass boycott movement of Israeli goods';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2072.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'September 19th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = ' In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Irish boycott Dead Sea products';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2071.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'September 15th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'As part of the international BDS campaign, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin, on Saturday. <br />\nActivists from the IPSC wearing ‘Boycott Israel’ t-shirts surrounded the Dead Sea Products stall on the top floor in Jervis Street shopping centre, handing out leaflets and asking people not to buy Israeli products.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'TIAA divestment from Africa-Israel';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2069.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'September 14th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'An open letter was published by 59 clients of TIAA-CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, College Retirement Equities Fund) calling for divestment from Lev Leviev’s Africa-Israel due to the company’s involvement in settlement construction. Following its publication, TIAA announced that it had already divested from Africa-Israel.';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Brazilian Parliament calls for the freeze of the Israel-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2067.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'September 12th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Brazilian Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations and National Defense has recommended that the parliament should not ratify the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and the State of Israel until "Israel accepts the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders". This decision is an explicit act of pressure on Israel to comply with international law, and a rejection of years of incessant Israeli lobbying, pressuring for a vote to ratify the agreement. ';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Irish activists pressure firm to divest from Wall construction';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2051.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'August 25th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Activists in Ireland held a demonstration in front of CRH, formerly known as Cement Roadstone Holdings, protesting the firm’s involvement in the construction of the Apartheid Wall, checkpoints and settlements. ';

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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Kicking apartheid out of football in Portugal';

  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/2050.shtml';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'August 20th, 2009';

  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Activists in Portugal staged a protest in front of the stadium where Paços Ferreira played Tel Aviv football club Bnei Yehuda at the beginning of August. Gathering in front of the stadium, activists carried banners condemning Israeli apartheid and calling for a sports boycott of Israel.';

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