Tag: Global Actions
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Caterpillar Annual Shareholders Meeting Picketed and Disrupted by Palestine Solidarity Activists
In Chicago on June 11th, more than 50 Palestinian solidarity activists from numerous organizations gathered to oppose Caterpillar Corporations annual shareholders meeting. Caterpillar, an American company, is responsible for building and outfitting militarized bulldozers to sell to the Israeli army. These bulldozers have been used to destroy an estimated 18,000 Palestinian homes, uproot hundreds of…
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Open letter: The separation barrier in Bil’in
Update and call for help In a high-profile ruling of 4th September 2007, the Israeli Supreme Court concluded that the already built Separation Barrier in the West Bank village of Bil’in is illegal. The Court noted that the existing route was designed to accommodate plans for the future expansion of the settlement of Modi’in Illit…
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Jayyous students to Dubai: boycott settlement-builder Leviev
On May 27, 2008, representatives from Adalah-NY and Jews Against the Occupation (JATO) met with representatives from the United Arab Emirates UN Mission in Manhattan. They presented the UAE representatives with a letter from students from the West Bank village of Jayyous calling on the people of Dubai to boycott Israeli billionaire and settlement-builder Lev…
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60 years of apartheid-60 years to long!: 20 Jewish activists arrested, disrupting Jewish Community & Relations Council’s (JCRC) 60th anniversary of Israel celebration
Jewish Activists Draw Attention to 60 years of Palestinian Forced Exile and Dispossession By M. Published in Indybay 08-05-2008. To view original article click here San Francisco—In response to Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations, 20 Jewish activists were arrested, demonstrating Jewish opposition to Israel’s 60-year-old policy of dispossession, and highlighting the often-silenced struggle of Palestinian refugees.…
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NY Jewish Week: Protesting Leviev, From Here To Dubai
by Walter Ruby – Special to The Jewish Week. To view original article, click here N.Y.-based Arab-Jewish group claims credit for UAE snub of diamond merchant; Leviev spokesman says stores will open under his name. Leviev already operates two jewelry stores in Dubai under the name “Levant” through a Moroccan-Palestinian agent Arif Bin Khadra. Israeli…