Tag: BDS
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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 UK, Ireland, Israel, the United States and the Netherlands have campaigned against the sale of…
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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 Eid answer these questions. Eid was asked about the meaning of civil resistance of which…
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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 though it was the most natural thing in the world. According to their logic, it…
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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 the construction of a Jerusalem-based light railway which passes through the West Bank. Husseini spoke…
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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 coalition of 170 Palestinian organisations urging Arab states to boycott companies complicit in Israel’s expansion…