Adalah-NY 19 December 2009 For immediate release: New York, NY, December 19, 2009 – On a snowy Saturday afternoon, forty-five human rights carolers serenaded Madison Avenue shoppers with familiar holiday tunes outside the storefront of Israeli diamond and settlement mogul ...
Read More »Gaza Freedom March: Palestinian Non-violence and International Solidarity
Max Ajl | MR Zine 16 December 2009 I’m going to discuss the utility of non-violent resistance as it applies to resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict and, specifically, the occupation and blockade of the Gaza strip. Even more specifically, I’m going ...
Read More »UK issues new guidance on labelling of food from illegal West Bank settlements
Ian Black and Rory McCarthy | guardian.co.uk 10 December 2009 Britain has acted to increase pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements by advising UK supermarkets on how to distinguish between foods from the settlements and Palestinian-manufactured goods. The ...
Read More »All I want for Christmas is an end to apartheid – Top ten brands to boycott
Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid While there are many Israeli and multinational companies that benefit from apartheid, we put together this list to highlight ten specific companies to target. Many of these produce goods in such a way ...
Read More »Adalah-NY: At Leviev Store, Protesters Tell Business Leaders “No Business as Usual with Apartheid Israel”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.adalahny.org Media Contact: info@adalahny.org New York, NY, December 4, 2009 – 25 New York City human rights advocates caught the Israel Business Leaders Delegation to the United States by surprise this morning with a noisy protest outside ...
Read More »Boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products makes an impact
Adri Nieuwhof | The Electronic Intifada 2 December 2009 The international campaign to boycott Ahava beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an Israeli peace group. During the past few months, activists in Canada, the ...
Read More »Let’s Talk About Resistance
Natalie abu Shakra 27 November 2009 The choice of civil resistance in challenging the Israeli occupation is considered by some as a form of “surrender.” In an interview [in Arabic] on Al Aqsa, Palestinian activists Mazen Qumsiyeh and comrade Haidar ...
Read More »Israel’s occupation, linked by rail
Seth Freedman | The Guardian 26 November 2009 The architects of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank are highly skilled at the art of needlework, deftly stitching up land inside Israel proper and disputed territory over the Green Line as ...
Read More »Palestinians to Arab states: You can stop Jerusalem light rail
Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 17 November 2009 The chairman of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office, Dr. Rafiq Husseini, on Monday urges all Arab countries to cancel their business ties with two French companies – Veolia and Alstom – involved in ...
Read More »Plea to boycott firms with Israel link
Abbas Al Lawati | Gulf News 17 November 2009 Group urges GCC states to shun Alstom and Veolia involved in Occupied Jerusalem projects Dubai: A pressure campaign targeted at Gulf states was launched in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday by a ...
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