"Summer In The Streets" For Palestine Kicks Off With Theater, Song And Dance At Greeley Square
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In Queens, singing protesters urge Motorola boycott due to complicity in Israeli rights abuses
Astoria, NY, July 11 – Twenty New York human rights advocates captivated Astoria, Queens shoppers today with songs and street theater calling for a boycott of communications giant Motorola until it stops selling products that aid Israel’s army and settlement movement.
12 July 2009 - PACBI has been heartened by the untiring efforts of BDS activists in the US and UK in organizing demonstrations and pickets at Leonard Cohen’s performances in advance of his planned concert in Tel Aviv later this summer. The call, “don’t Play Israel!” has been heard loud and clear.
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz - Britain has slapped a partial arms embargo on Israel, refusing to supply replacement parts and other equipment for Sa'ar 4.5 gunships because they participated in Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip earlier this year.
PACBI Press Release Occupied Ramallah, 12 July 2009 PACBI has been heartened by the untiring efforts of BDS activists in the US and UK in organizing demonstrations and pickets at Leonard Cohen’s performances in advance of his planned concert in Tel Aviv later this summer. The call, “don’t Play Israel!” has been heard loud and clear.
Below is a transcript of Naomi Klein's speech at the BNC-organized event in Ramallah on 27 June 2009. The speech was transcribed and edited by Toufic Haddad for The Faster Times
[Globes] - Deliveries of the electro-optical equipment will be made in 2009-10 ITL Optronics Ltd. (TASE: ITL) US subsidiary Fraser Volpe LLC has won a NIS 38 million follow-on order from the US Army for advanced electro-optical equipment. Deliveries will be made in 2009-10. ITL's share rose 14.4% by midday to NIS 6.92, giving a market cap of NIS 86 million. The share has risen 100% since the beginning of the year.
As part of Tel Aviv‘s centenary celebration, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London hosted a Tel Aviv University Special Lecture Series from January to March 2009. Taking place in the midst of Israel‘s war on Gaza -- which had already mobilized SOAS students to organize a number of activities in solidarity with Gaza, including the first student occupation in the UK -- students and a number of lecturers expressed their opposition to the lecture series.
[Globes] - Deliveries will begin in the fourth quarter of 2009 and run through mid-2010. SDS - Star Defense Systems Ltd. (TASE:SDS) has received a NIS 6 million order from the Indian Air Force to supply night vision systems for helicopter pilots. SDS will fulfill the order through a subsidiary. Deliveries will begin in the fourth quarter of 2009 and run through mid-2010. SDS expects follow-on orders in 2010 from the Indian Air Force on the same scale.
Do not be Indifferent to Injustice!Open Letter to Leon Gieco Occupied Ramallah, 9 July 2009
Open letter, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, 7 July 2009 The following open letter was sent to the Melbourne International Film Festival by the The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 5 July 2009: