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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
“Boycott businesses that profit from Israeli settlements” – UN Special Rapporteur
NEW YORK (25 October 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard...
Oxfam Italy cuts ties with Paola Maugeri over involvement with Sodastream
The campaign targeting Sodastream marketing initiatives continues to achieve results. Sodastream, a private Israeli company producing home...
Sheffield Students' Union votes to support boycott of Israel
Sheffield University Palestine society is delighted to announce that the Students' Union has passed a motion to join the global Boycott, Divestment...
Declaration from the First Spanish State Conference on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the state of Israel
"Yesterday South Africa, today Palestine" The Conference, held in Barcelona between the 19th-21st October 2012, takes on the call from Palestinian...
BDS roundup: Alice Walker, Roger Waters call on Carnegie Hall to cancel Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performance
In this BDS roundup, artists call on Carnegie Hall to cancel the upcoming performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Indian and Israeli BDS...
The risky business of profiting from occupation
Stock market analysis website Seeking Alpha published an article last week blaming the recent decline in the stock price of SodaStream (SODA) on the...
Four of five speakers pull out of UNESCO conference honoring Israel’s Peres at University of Connecticut
A “human rights” conference at the University of Connecticut was in disarray after almost all the speakers pulled out. The Hartford Courant reports...
JNF’s loss of half UK charity revenue good news for Palestinians
A little over one week ago, the Jewish Chronicle led with a huge story about the UK branch of the Jewish National Fund: “JNF loses half its revenue...
EU support for Israeli crimes makes it unworthy of Nobel Peace Prize
The European Union is not “merely hypocritical” in its relationship with Israel, it is “complicit in crimes against the Palestinian people.” This is...
VIDEO: Palestinian activists protest at Rami Levi settlement’s supermarket
This morning, more than 100 Palestinians, joined by number of international activists staged an action protest at the entrance of Rami Levi’s...