Tag: BDS
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An open letter from Palestinian students to their peers in Europe
21 October 2011 | Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, Gaza We Palestinian students of the Gaza Strip wish to send a message to all European student groups in solidarity with the Palestinians to do all they can to increase Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel this academic year. We also reiterate…
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Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!
13 October 2011 | Palestinian BDS National Committee Occupy Wall Street not Palestine! We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights! If a people one day wills to live fate must answer its call And the night must fade …
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National Building Museum cancels Caterpillar Inc. award ceremony!
7 September 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice ACT NOW: Stop Rewarding Complicity in Human Rights Abuses Altogether! Due to help and pressure from individuals and social justice groups across the country, the National Building Museum has informed us that it has canceled the public award ceremony to present Caterpillar Inc. with…
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Why boycott Israel?
13 August 2011 | Al Jazeera English, Lisa Taraki and Mark LeVine A founding member of the campaign for the academic and cultural boycott outlines the motivation behind the movement. Author and history professor Mark LeVine speaks with sociologist Lisa Taraki, a co-founder of the Palestinian campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Mark…
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Palestinians prepare for massive uprising
29 July 2011 | Inter Press Service, Mel Frykberg BEIT UMMAR, Occupied West Bank – Leading members of the Palestinian Popular Committees in the West Bank plan massive civil unrest and disobedience against the Israeli occupation authorities come September when the Palestinians take their case for statehood to the UN. “We plan to take to the streets…