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The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement

Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss [The Nation] 9 June 2010

 

In April the student senate at the University of California, Berkeley, twice held all-night sessions to debate a proposal urging the school to divest from two US military companies "materially and militarily profiting" from the occupation of the Palestinian territories.

 

June 9, 2010
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Flotilla Fallout: Are Teams Right to Refuse to Play Israel?

 Dave Zirin examines the case for a sports boycott of Israel for The Nation

 

June 3, 2010
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Boycotting the boycotters

Gideon Levy [Haaretz] 16 May 2010 - Most people here are appalled at the notion that anybody beyond Israel's borders would think to boycott their country, products or universities. Boycotts, after all, are viewed in Israel as illegitimate.

 

May 17, 2010
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US military aid to Israel violates domestic, international law

Nahida H Gordon [The Electronic Intifada] 7 April 2010 - The Middle East Study Committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has published "Breaking Down the Walls", a report to be submitted to the church's 219th General Assembly this July.

 

April 12, 2010
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Singling out Israel is the right thing to do

By Yaman Salahi [Berkeley Daily Planet] 8 April 2010 - Two weeks ago, UC Berkeley's student senate made a historic 16-4 decision to divest from General Electric and United Technologies, two American companies that profit from the Israeli occupation.

 

April 12, 2010
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Video: Creative Movements for Change in Palestine

GritTC - This week was the 34th anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, and also a day for awareness of the growing boycott, divestment, sanctions movement. Land Day commemorates the deaths of six peaceful activists in a demonstration, and today we talk about activism and its ability to make change.

April 2, 2010
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Should the EU subsidise Israeli security?

Transnational Institute March 2010 - The inclusion of Israel in the European Security Research Programme undermines the EU's commitment to even-handedness in the Middle East.

 

April 2, 2010
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Should the EU subsidise Israeli security?

Transnational Institute March 2010 - The inclusion of Israel in the European Security Research Programme undermines the EU's commitment to even-handedness in the Middle East.

 

April 2, 2010
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Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill

Naomi Klein [Common Dreams] 31 March 2010 - On March 18, continuing a long tradition of pioneering human rights campaigns, the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC) passed "A Bill In Support of UC DIVESTMENT FROM WAR CRIMES."

 

April 1, 2010
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Israel's blood diamonds

Seán Clinton [Electronic Intifada] 29 March 2010 - Every year, consumers the world over unwittingly spend billions of dollars on diamonds crafted in Israel, thereby helping to fund one of the world's most protracted and contentious conflicts.

 

March 31, 2010