Tag: BDS

  • PACBI: A million dollar festival will not rescue Israel’s image as an apartheid state

    17 August 2010 | PACBI Occupied Ramallah, 15 August  2010 Once again, the Brand-Israel machine is in high gear, this time organizing a million-dollar international youth extravaganza in Eilat in September 2010 called “Funjoya.”  This unabashed propaganda exercise is sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Tourism and the Israeli Student Union, among other official and…

  • BDS court victory in London: ‘Ahava four’ found not guilty of trespass in Israeli store

    11 August 2010 | ISM London Four campaigners against Israeli apartheid were acquitted yesterday (August 10th) of all charges related to two direct action protests against the Israeli cosmetics retailer Ahava in Covent Garden, London. The campaigners locked themselves onto concrete-filled oil drums inside the shop, closing it down for two days in September and…

  • To Know is Not Enough: How Hampshire became the First to Divest

    Hampshire College is often credited with being the first US college to divest for the occupation, and this video attempts to understand the group and the campaign that made it happen. The video is constructed from interviews with over a dozen student activists from Hampshire College’s Students for Justice in Palestine. “To Know is Not…

  • Desmond Tutu backs U.S food co-op boycott of Israeli products

    30 July 2010 | Ha’aretz South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu issues statement of support for boycott announced by food co-op in Rachel Corrie’s hometown of Olympia, Washington South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday that he supports the Olympia Food Co-op’s boycott of Israeli products. The Olympia Food Co-op, located…

  • Food co-op in Rachel Corrie’s hometown boycotts Israeli goods

    Natasha Mozgovaya | Ha’aretz 20 July 2010 Americans are far more supportive of Israel than Europeans, and most initiatives to boycott Israeli goods or to divest funds from companies working with Israel are unsuccessful in the United States. But such projects have recently become more widespread, especially among students – although most divestment decisions by…