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Report on The Fourth National BDS Conference, 8 June 2013, Bethlehem
With 700 participants, mostly representatives of the national committee member entities, including political parties, trade unions, women’s organizations, professional syndicates, youth and student groups, and other civil society organizations, the conference was hailed by several commentators as a “turning point” for the BDS movement’s local work
South African diplomat rejects JNF honour
The former South African ambassador to Israel says he’ll be returning a certificate informing him that 18 trees had been planted in his honour in an Israeli forest by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs
Major UK union votes against Trade Union Friends of Israel
The decision is binding on the union as an organisation
Electronic Intifada coverage of Fourth National BDS Conference
The Fourth National BDS Conference took place in Bethlehem on Saturday
Palestine solidarity activists take over G4S meeting, catch occupation profiteer by surprise
G4S provides services and equipment to Israeli jails at which Palestinian political prisoners are detained and tortured
Fourth National BDS Conference – Bethlehem University June 8
Aiming to enhance and expand BDS, the conference will feature presentations by leading trade unionists, academics, women and youth activists and writers
United Church of Canada settlement boycott campaign begins
The campaign has been named Unsettling Goods: Choose Peace in Palestine and Israel, which focuses on the illegal Israeli settlements and the obstacles they pose for peace
Charity Commission to investigate whether JNF racial discrimination is lawful
The Stop the JNF Campaign argues that the primary purpose of the JNF has always been to remove Palestinians from their land and replace them with Jewish only settlements
Israel: UN expert warns against Israel’s plans for a six-lane settlement highway in East Jerusalem
“Companies taking part in the construction of the illegal highway in Beit Safafa, under the auspices of the Moriah Jerusalem Development Company and their implementing partner, D.Y. Barazani Ltd., must be held responsible,” the independent expert stressed
Nakba Day protest calls for end to EU funding of Israeli arms companies
Elbit Systems and Israeli Aerospace Industries are among the Israeli recipients of EU funding
