Tag: BDS
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Gulf News: Embassy in Tel Aviv sparks protest
To view original article, published by Gulf News on the 19th September, click here Tel Aviv: The chosen location for the new UK embassy in Tel Aviv has proven controversial, with human rights activists arguing that it contravenes the country’s policy towards Jewish colonies on Palestinian land. Palestinian rights activists in the UK, Israel and…
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Maan: PACBI – Paul McCartney “condones or ignores apartheid” with Israel concert
To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 16th September, click here Bethlehem – Ma’an – Former Beatle Paul McCartney’s insistence on going ahead with a planned concert in Israel was denounced on Tuesday by Palestinian activists who say the gig will whitewash Israel’s human rights record. The Palestinian Campaign for the…
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Globes: The Guardian – “Leviev donates to settlements- Britain must not reward him by renting the location for the new embassy from him”
Globes: Israel’s Business News | Sept. 9, 2008 Note: Translated from the Hebrew-only edition. Original Hebrew below. In an Op Ed by a reporter for the British paper he explains how the decision will send a message from Britian that is opposite the government’s position. “Rewarding Leviev with our contract shows that Her Majesty’s Government…
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Action Alert: Tell the UK government not to rent Tel Aviv Embassy from settlement-builder Leviev
From: Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine, the village of Bil’in, the village of Jayyous, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Boycott National Committee,[1]Adalah-NY, and Jews Against the Occupation September 10, 2008 – The UK Guardian’s Comment Is Free posted an article on September 9, The wrong message to Israel, by Abe Hayeem, a founding member…
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The Guardian: The wrong message to Israel
Britain seems reluctant to take a firm stand against the illegal colonisation activities by Jewish settlers By Abe Hayeem To view original article, published by the Guardian on the 9th September, click here When Britain’s prime minister, Gordon Brown, visited Ramallah in mid-July, he told the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas: “We want to see a…