Norway discusses divestment from Israel Electric Company
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
April 30th, 2008 -- Norwegian Peoples’ Aid and the Norwegian Minister of Finance, Kristin Halvorsen, have called on the Council of Ethics in the Government Pension Fund to reopen the divestment case against the Israel Electric Company (IEC). [MORE]
Over 300 US based organizations call for an end to military aid to Apartheid Israel
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
April 29th, 2008 -- The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation delivered a letter signed by more than 300 US based organizations calling on the House Appropriations Subcommittee to cut off military aid to Israel on account of its repeated violations of the both the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act. [MORE]
Global Solidarity commemorates Palestinian Land Day
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
April 5th, 2008 -- Land Day was commemorated both across historic Palestine and internationally on the 30th of March. Protests in support of Palestinians where held in the Canary Islands, Brazil and New York, to single out a few locations. [MORE]
BDS newsletter #1
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
April 1st, 2008 -- The StoptheWall BDS newsletter is released monthly to give you updates on calls from Palestine, the global BDS movement and important boycott targets. The first edition features the Palestinian call to boycott "Israel at 60" celebrations, more information on Carmel/Agrexco, the ongoing campaign in India to stop military relations with the apartheid state and Brazil's efforts to stop the ratification of the Mercosur's Free Trade Agreement with Israel. [MORE]
Symposium at Hawaii University links the people's struggles against colonialism
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 15th, 2008 -- The University of Hawaii held a symposium entitled “Understanding the Nakba” that lasted from February 26th until March 14th. A number of lectures and films, along with open discussions, dealt with the history of Palestine, the present structure of apartheid in the country, and the links between Hawaii and Palestine. [MORE]
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