Tag: Cast Lead

  • Israeli exporters lose business as BDS campaigns strengthen

    Sharon Wrobel | Jerusalem Post 30 March 2009 Local exporters are losing foreign markets and customers because of the global economic crisis and a growing anti-Israel boycott of locally made products following Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Manufacturers Association said Sunday. “In addition to the problems and difficulties arising from the global economic crisis, 21…

  • The concept of civil resistance

    Natalie Abou Shakra | Moments of Gaza 31 March 2009 How can I affect what is happening and how can the world respond? The concept of civil resistance is not new at all. This non-violent, unarmed, citizen oriented strategy of resistance in modern history played a role in the struggles against colonialism, and neo-colonialism especially…

  • Calls for independent investigation into military’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead

    B’Tselem 30 March 2009 Israeli human rights organizations say, in response to the Israeli Army’s speedy closing of internal investigation files about war crimes in Operation Cast Lead: The speedy closing of the investigation immediately raises suspicions that the very opening of this investigation was merely the army’s attempt to wipe its hands of all…