Gary Robbins [College Life] 8 February 2010 - Twelve people were arrested this evening during a raucous lecture at UC Irvine where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren came to talk about U.S.-Israel relations.
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Eyewitnesses told Stop the Wall that yesterday night at 1 am some 10 military jeeps, hummers and an armoured bus belonging to the Israeli military and their intelligence services invaded Ramallah and came to the Stop the Wall offices. They raided the offices and searched them for three hours. They confiscated computer hard disks, laptops, video cameras and paper documentation, CDs, video cassettes.
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights has released new working paper under the title: “Principles and Mechanisms to Hold Business Accountable for Human Rights Abuses: Potential Avenues to Challenge Corporate Involvement in Israel’s Oppression of the Palestinian People.” The paper is authored by U.S. attorney Yasmine Gado.
The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) has condemned an environmental exhibition and lecture series being hosted by the Zionist Federation on Tuesday 9th February, An evening event for the general public, "Israel Blue White and Green", features a special guest appearance from botanist David Bellamy.
The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) has condemned an environmental exhibition and lecture series being hosted by the Zionist Federation on Tuesday 9th February, An evening event for the general public, "Israel Blue White and Green", features a special guest appearance from botanist David Bellamy.
We will be protesting the Israel Ballet‘s performance in Brooklyn
WHEN: February 21st, 2010
WHERE: Brooklyn College‘s Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. For more information:
We will be protesting the Israel Ballet‘s performance in Brooklyn
WHEN: February 21st, 2010
WHERE: Brooklyn College‘s Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. For more information:
Adri Nieuwhof [The Electronic Intifada] 5 February 2010 - French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem.
Anthony York [LA Times] 1 February 2010 - A group calling itself the Israel Divestiture Forum has filed an initiative with the attorney general that would require state pension funds to sever ties with Israeli companies or the Israeli government. The measure was submitted by Sacramento resident Chris Yatooma, who works as the head of fiscal policy for the California Community Colleges chancellor’s office.
Israeli ambassadors identify the promotion of economic relationships at the highest level as a central pillar of their work, which can also assist them in advancing political relations. In a meeting with The Marker, they break their silence about the calls for boycott of goods from Israel, and talk about the struggle against them.
It was a busy Thursday night on the 28th of January in the big supermarket Albert Heijn in Utrecht (Holland). A group of Dutch activists surprised the management with a Freeze Flashmob in the middle of the shop. Well, they were not really surprised that something happened, obviously they had been told that something was about to happen, cause the police was outside the supermarket and the shop attendents were definitely expecting something. But WHAT, they didnt really know.
SAIA - For the past several months, Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Carleton (SAIA), a student group at Carleton University in Ottawa that is committed to supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom, has been conducting research on Carleton’s investments in Israeli apartheid. The Carleton Pension Fund currently lacks any ethical guidelines, with its only mandate being the maximization of profit.