Latin America roundup: BDS campaigns target complicity with Israeli apartheid

In November, numerous BDS initiatives were launched as solidarity activism built up towards the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people (November 29).     Brazil The Coordination of Social Movements together with the Network for the Integration of the People (REBRIP) and the Front in Defense of the Palestinian people, which represent some […]

CGT- INRA Trade Union of France Expresses Solidarity with Palestine during WAAW

  CGT- INRA Trade Union (Confédération Générale du Travail- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) of France expresses his solidarity with the Palestinian Workers and Farmers, in general and especially during the 9th International Week (November 9-16, 2011) Against Israeli Apartheid Wall.   The Apartheid Wall has been deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice.   The Apartheid Wall […]

Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, Celebrates BDS victory

For Immediate Release – September 12, 2011 Supporters of Palestinian rights claim victory as target Agrexco ordered into liquidation Court papers warn that company is Israeli symbol whose downfall will have "wider implications" Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on the movement internationally to celebrate this victory and to intensify BDS campaigns Campaigners […]

Seizing on Agrexco’s financial woes, campaigners vow to eject Israeli exporter from Europe

For Original Press-release, Click Here. Facing a bankruptcy hearing in a Tel Aviv court Tuesday, Israeli export company Agrexco has been beset by bad headlines in recent months. Now its problems look set to worsen, after Palestinian solidarity groups from across Europe joined forces to escalate a boycott campaign. A new coalition on Thursday promised […]

The Domino Effect: World Council of Churches joins growing movement for divestment against Israel

This week the World Council of Churches (WCC) joined an ever expanding movement across the Christian World and condemned the “illegal” Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza while highlighting plans to apply “economic pressure” on Israel. Reminiscent of the Anti-Apartheid boycotts which rocked the racist regime of South Africa during the 1980s, the […]

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