Tag: BDS

  • Israel boycott movement gains momentum

    Mel Frykberg | Inter Press Service 3 March 2009 “Standing United with the People of Gaza” is the theme of this week’s Israel Apartheid Week (IAW), which kicked off in Toronto and another 39 cities across the globe Sunday. A movement to boycott Israeli goods, culture and academic institutions is gaining momentum as Geneva prepares…

  • Occupation 1 – 0 University

    Press release from Cardiff Students Against War — VICTORY!! — Cardiff Students Against War is ENDING OUR OCCUPATION of the Large Shandon lecture theatre, Cardiff University Main Building! We’re about to leave, march around campus to declare our victory, and make our continued presence known to the university community. Banners and megaphones, BOOKS not BOMBS!…

  • An open letter to Sir Roger Moore

    PACBI | Unless we do something about it, we’ll never ever be able to hold our heads up!! An Open Letter to Sir Roger Moore 8 February 2009 The Palestinian arts community has received the news of your plans to make a special guest appearance at the Red Sea International Music Festival in Eilat this…

  • Israeli baskestball team met with protest in Barcelona

    5th February 2009 Barcelona basketball fans receive Maccabi Tel Aviv with dozens of Palestinian flags and a chant of: “Boycott Israel – Viva Palestine!”

  • Urgent call to all social movements

    Open Gaza Borders! We reiterate the need for a call from Palestinian community based organisations and the over 130 grassroots NGOs in the Palestinian NGO Network for an immediate opening of all border crossings currently controlled by Israel and Egypt. Gaza is in the grip of a man-made humanitarian crisis. Thousands of tons of food,…