After the people had concluded their Friday prayer in the fields near the village, more than 100 farmers, youth, international and Israeli peace activists marched towards the Apartheid Wall and their confiscated lands. Participants brought car tires and a big home made ladder to climb the high wall. ***image2***Right at the beginning of the protest, […]
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Britain’s unions commit to a mass boycott movement of Israeli goods
In a landmark decision, Britainâs 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. The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today (17 September), by unions representing 6.5 million workers across the […]
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Irish boycott Dead Sea products
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 (June 12). Activists from the IPSC wearing âBoycott Israelâ t-shirts surrounded the Dead Sea Products stall on the top floor […]
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TIAA divestment from Africa-Israel
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 Levievâs Africa-Israel due to the companyâs involvement in settlement construction. Following its publication, TIAA announced that it had already divested from Africa-Israel. The letter to TIAA-CREF was signed by historian Howard […]
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Ni’lin protestors destroy sensors, cut through fence
The struggle of the village of Niâlin is still continuing, despite the hot weather, the month of the fasting and new concrete wall. The march began this week after the people finished praying under the olives trees, with about 100 of farmers, youth, and internationals joining in. The demo divided into two parts, one headed […]
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Two injured in Bi’lin weekly protest
The weekly demonstration went as normal this week in Bilâin, with Occupation forces firing on unarmed demonstrators as they approached their isolated lands. Two were injured and dozens more affected by tear gas during the action. Following Friday prayers, protestors marched through the streets, shouting slogans condemning the night raids and arrests, calling for the […]
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Brazilian Parliament calls for the freeze of the Israel-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement
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 […]
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Norwegian Pension Fund divests from Elbit Systems!
The Norwegian Pension Fund has announced its decision to divest $6 million from the Israeli firm Elbit Systems. This is an important victory for the BDS movement, and Elbit has been the target of a long campaign. Elbit Systems is one of the largest Israeli security and defense firms, specializing in military electronics, surveillance systems, […]
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BNC logo-design competition (September 8 deadline)
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 design a BDS logo for the campaign!! This is an open call […]