Tag: BDS

  • THE SIEGE HAS BEEN BROKEN: MEPs IN GAZA STRIP IN SOLIDARITY WITH CIVIL POPULATION

    For Immediate Release Jerusalem, 7th February 2008 A delegation composed of 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different political groups (see the list of participants below) and led by Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, broke the Israeli siege and travelled to the Gaza Strip on 5th February 2008. During a press…

  • AIC: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank

    Written by Ilan Pappé Wednesday, 30 January 2008 “There is no other way of stopping Israel than that of boycott, divestments and sanctions. The only soft point of this killing machine is its oxygen lines to ‘western’ civilization and public opinion.” Original article can be read here: http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/genocide-in-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-in-the-west-bank-20080130.html Not long ago, I claimed that Israel…

  • Israel’s “Relief”:

    Fuel Cuts of Up to 81% New Electricity Cuts Beginning February 7 Monday, January 28, 2008: After more than a week of near-total ban on fuel supplies, Israel said yesterday that it would resume permitting Gaza residents to purchase fuel – but would limit the amount they could buy by as much as 81% and…

  • A written letter

    Letter From Anna Baltzer (young Jewish American woman and author of book “Witness in Palestine”): (excerpts from a sermon delivered in Minneapolis last Sunday, combined with some recent events) This week, our country celebrated Martin Luther King Day and the official end to segregation and racial discrimination in this country. As we celebrate certain historic…

  • The Arab American News: New York activists take on Israeli settlement builder

    New York activists take on Israeli settlement builder By Will Youmans The Arab American News Saturday, 01.19.2008, 02:49am http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=USA&article=538 A network of pro-Palestinian organizations in New York is working hard to expose Israeli businessman Lev Leviev’s sponsorship of Israeli settlement construction. The groups have engaged in creative protests and organized boycotts and pressured those linked…