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Over 150 Former Intl. Anti-Apartheid activists write to S.Africa's ANC

At the opening plenary of the African National Congress' (ANC) 3rd International Solidarity Conference, former Dutch anti-apartheid activist, Adri Nieuwhof, presented a statement on behalf of over 150 former internationalanti-apartheid activists (from more than 19 countries and belonging to over 35 organizations) to the ANC, South Africa's ruling party. The statement calls on the ANC to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign.

October 29, 2012
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BDS South Africa
Analysis

New Al Haq report says governments within their rights to sanction Israel over settlement enterprise

New Al Haq report says governments within their rights to sanction Israel over settlement enterprise

Well-respected Palestinian rights organization Al Haq has published a report about the responsibility of states in relation to Israel’s http://electronicintifada.net/tags/israeli-settlements" target="_

Stop G4S
September 28, 2012
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Adri Nieuwhof on
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Palestinian youth shut down EU office in Ramallah

Occupied Ramallah, September 21 2012—On Friday, the youth group Palestinians for Dignity organized a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the European Union Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS) on Tokyo Street, Ramallah in protest of a series of decisions undertaken by the EU to develop trade and diplomatic relations with the occupying state of Israel.

The most notable decision came after the International Trade Commission in the European Parliam

September 21, 2012
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Palestinians for Dignity
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No more tax deductables for funding settlements in occupied territory

Following advocacy-work and pressure from Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (NUMGE), the Norwegian Ministry of Finance today announced their decision to exclude the Norwegian organisation “Karmel-instituttet” from the list of organisations that the Norwegian public may get tax deductions for providing funds to.

September 21, 2012
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Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (NUMGE)
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Call on the European Parliament to reject new trade deal with Israel

 

On September 18 the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament is set to vote on a new trade agreement with Israel.

September 11, 2012
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ECCP
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EU considering ban on settlement trade, Israeli media reports

In the latest sign that some European governments are starting to realize that they must do more that merely condemn Israel’s colonization of Palestinian land, comments by a Greek diplomat and the Norwegian foreign minister suggest

Farming Injustice
September 10, 2012
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Michael Deas
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The Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel - Open Letter to Members of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade

Dear Committee Members,

We at the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel call upon you to vote against signing the ACAA Protocol (Protocol on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products) attached to the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

September 10, 2012
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Coalition of Women for Peace
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New report exposes South Korea's complicity with Israeli apartheid

Palestine Peace & Solidarity in South Korea (PPS), a Seoul-based group part of the global Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, launched a report denouncing South Korea's complicity with Israel's regime of occupation, colonization and apartheid against the Palestinian people. The report details Korea's ties with Israel at the military, economic, academic and cultural levels.

September 7, 2012
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Palestine Peace & Solidarity in South Korea (PPS)
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InCACBI Statement on the India-Israel Free Trade Agreement

We, a group of academics, activists and artists in India, came together in 2010 to campaign against yet another apartheid regime by extending support to the international campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. (Visit our website www.incacbi.in for more information.)

In yet another instance of India turning a blind eye to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, India is currently negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Israel.

August 24, 2012
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InCABI
BNC Statement

Palestinian civil society welcomes South African government advice against travel to Israel

Occupied Palestine, August 16 - The Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions National Committee (BNC), the broadest coalition of Palestinian trade unions, NGOs and mass organisations, salutes and warmly congratulates the South African government for adopting a principled policy to dissuade South African citizens and especially official organisations from travelling to Israel due to its “continued occupation of Palestinian land”.[1]

This welcome show of support for Palestinian rights and for a just peace based on international law is precisely the kind of concrete action that the overwhel

August 16, 2012
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Palestinian BDS National Committee