Category: In the Media
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Israel on trial
George Bisharat | The New York Times 3 April 2009 Chilling testimony by Israeli soldiers substantiates charges that Israel’s Gaza Strip assault entailed grave violations of international law. The emergence of a predominantly right-wing, nationalist government in Israel suggests that there may be more violations to come. Hamas’s indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israeli civilians also…
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Congresswoman Lee makes statement regarding Tristan Anderson
Barbara Lee Congresswoman Barbara Lee makes a statement regarding the American citizen, Tristan Anderson, who was shot in the head with a tear-gas projectile on 13 March 2009 by Israeli forces. Anderson, currently in critical condition at Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv, was shot during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’lin.
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Israeli exporters lose business as BDS campaigns strengthen
Sharon Wrobel | Jerusalem Post 30 March 2009 Local exporters are losing foreign markets and customers because of the global economic crisis and a growing anti-Israel boycott of locally made products following Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Manufacturers Association said Sunday. “In addition to the problems and difficulties arising from the global economic crisis, 21…
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Free Gaza Movement: Hope Fleet to Gaza
Free Gaza Movement 30 March 2009 The Free Gaza Movement will again challenge Israel’s illegal closure of the Gaza Strip and collective punishment of its civilian population by sailing the HOPE FLEET, a flotilla of passenger and cargo ships, to Gaza at the end of May 2009 – to be followed by freedom riders this…
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NYCBI launches Motorola boycott
New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel 30 March 2009 Why Boycott? In the wake of Israel’s recent assault on the people of Gaza and the US government’s complicity in the attacks, we as people of conscience in the US must challenge Israeli policies. Israel systematically violates Palestinian human rights through unrelenting checkpoints, surveillance,…