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Nobel Peace Laureate calls for boycott of Israel

Support Palestinians call for BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign until Palestinian Human Rights are recognized by Israel.

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Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, called on the International community to be brave and support B.D.S.

March 6, 2014
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PeacePeople
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French Euromed Network adopts BDS

Within the framework of a field visit carried out by the French Euromed Network (REF) from 13 to 19 February 2014 in Palestine, the members of the REF delegation noticed what follows :

  • The current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has worsened due to the fragmentation of territories as a result of the occupation by the State of Israel.
March 6, 2014
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Réseau Euromed France
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International Week Against Mekorot

Mekorot Israel National Water Co intern text

Mekorot is Israel’s state-owned water company responsible for implementing 'water apartheid' on Palestinians, including the international crime of pillage of natural resources in occupied territory, discrimination against the Palestinian people as an ethnic group and vital support for the illegal settlement enterprise.

March 5, 2014
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PENGON/Friends of the Earth Palestine, the Palestinian BDS National Committee and the Land Defence Coalition
Analysis

The NY Times’ unbalanced coverage of the BDS movement

Yesterday Phil commented on a New York Times debate between two Zionist Jews on BDS. Here is a related letter from Patrick Connors to the Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan on the anti-boycott views in the paper’s coverage of the BDS movement:

Dear Ms.

March 4, 2014
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Advocating for Palestinian Rights in conformity with International Law: Guidelines

Advocating for Palestinian Rights in conformity with International Law: Guidelines
An outcome document of the conference “Law and Politics: Options and Strategies in International Law for the Palestinian People”, Birzeit University Institute of Law, 8 -9 May 2013: http://lawcenter.birzeit.edu/userfiles/Public_Report_BZU_Conference_FINAL.pdf 

Published by the Civic Coali

February 20, 2014
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Birzeit University Institute of Law
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BDS worldwide spread creates Israeli government panic

The following excerpts are from a press conference held on the morning of February 17 at Al Bireh Municipality Hall that was organised by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC).

Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the BDS movement and a representative of the Palestinian Campaign for Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel the BDS National Committee (BNC), stated:

“In the last year or so, the global BDS movement, led by the BNC, reached a tipping point in its struggle for comprehen

February 17, 2014
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Palestinian BDS National Committee
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2014

Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international series of events that seeks to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.

UK and US: February 24-March 2
Europe: March 1-8
Palestine: March 8 – 15
South Africa: March 10-16
Brazil: March 24-28
Arab world and Asia

February 14, 2014
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Israeli Apartheid Week
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Israeli settlements also face pressure from within

PSAGOT, West Bank (AP) — These days, when Yaakov Berg tries to sell his award-winning line of Psagot boutique wines, he encounters obstacles from every direction. As a Jewish vintner in a West Bank settlement, his product is increasingly considered off-limits.

"Not just overseas, also in Tel Aviv," says Berg, 37. "So we have big problems.

February 13, 2014
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Yahoo News
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Israeli ministers discuss using lawyers and Mossad to fight BDS

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu convened senior ministers Sunday to discuss ways of fighting boycott and divestment initiatives proliferating in Europe and worldwide.

February 13, 2014
By: 
Middle East Monitor
Analysis

BDS: a battle Israel cannot win

The pro-Israel camp - and some supporters of the Palestinian cause - are viewing the Scarlett Johansson / SodaStream saga as a defeat for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. I fundamentally disagree.

Yes, the actress refused to bow to pressure to stop being the poster girl for the Israeli company, which has a factory on occupied Palestinian territory.

February 10, 2014
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Al Arabiya News