University of Manchester Students in Occupation Over 150 University of Manchester students have occupied the main university administration building in a demand for a stronger and more proactive position from the university on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The ...
Read More »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. ...
Read More »South African dock workers union decides not to offload Israeli ship
Congress of South African Trade Unions In a historic development for South Africa, South African dock workers have announced their determination not to offload a ship from Israel that is scheduled to dock in Durban on Sunday, 8 February 2009. ...
Read More »Open letter to Haruki Murakami: don’t legitimize apartheid
The following letter was issued by the Palestine Forum Japan on 29 January 2009: Dear Mr. Haruki Murakami: We ask you to withdraw from the Jerusalem Book Fair and receipt of the “Jerusalem Prize.” We have heard the news that ...
Read More »SAPA: Workers to boycott Israeli ship
Durban dock workers are expected to refuse to off-load an Israeli ship as part of a week of action against “apartheid” Israel, Cosatu and the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) said on Tuesday. Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven and PSC spokesperson Salim ...
Read More »ISM London issues declaration supporting student occupations
ISM London 22 January 2009 ISM London offers support and solidarity to the numerous student occupations and sit-ins around the UK in recent weeks. This response to the most recent Israeli onslaught on Gaza has been one of the most ...
Read More »French company loses €3.5 billion contract over involvement with Jerusalem light railway
Joakim Wohlfeil | Diakonia Stockholm, 20 January 2009 Today the Stockholm community council in Sweden announced that the French company Veolia who has been the current operator at the Subway’s in Stockholm County for 10 years lost the contract to ...
Read More »‘Israeli produce boycotted’
Yair Hason | Ynet Farmers claim UK, Jordan boycotting Israeli fruit: Fruit growers disappointed by canceled orders from abroad, leaving produce to rot in warehouses Fruit growers in Israel have reported delays and reductions in orders from abroad since the ...
Read More »Jewish Women occupy Israeli Consulate in Toronto
Eight Jewish Canadian and Israeli women occupied the Israeli Consulate in Toronto on January 7, 2009 to protest Israel’s attack on Gaza.
Read More »Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: A Call from Gaza
Global calls for BDS of Israel grow With the death toll in Gaza growing hourly, silence is complicity. It is imperative for concerned citizens to demand that their governments take immediate action in order to stop Israeli genocide in Gaza. ...
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