Tag: BDS
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Can we talk? The Middle East “peace industry”
Faris Giacaman | The Electronic Intifada 20 August 2009 Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various activities that they have participated in that promote “coexistence” and “dialogue” between both sides of the “conflict,” no doubt expecting me to…
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BlackRock divests from the West Bank
Erik Hagen | Norwatch 20 August 2009 The British bank BlackRock has divested from Lev Leviev settlement projects on West Bank. The divestment follows pressure by three Norwegian banks marketing BlackRock funds. BlackRock was second biggest shareholder in the controversial Israeli firm. When the British Embassy in Tel Aviv was looking for new premises and…
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Amnesty International withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel concert fund
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) 18 August 2009 New York, NY, August 18 – Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement in the Leonard Cohen concert in Tel Aviv and will not be party to any fund that benefits from the concert’s proceeds. A…
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Village of Bil’in calls on Amnesty International to withdraw from Leonard Cohen concert
8 August 2009 We, members of the Bil’in popular committee against the wall and settlements, have always appreciated Amnesty International’s role in the defense of human rights around the world and have recognized you as partners in our own struggle to defend our rights. We remember with great pleasure and pride your December, 2006 visit…
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Entertaining apartheid Israel deserves no amnesty!
Open Letter to Amnesty International 30 July, 2009 In May, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) called on singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen to heed the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel and avoid complicity with Israel’s violations of international law by cancelling his planned September concert in Israel,…