Tag: Global Actions
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Press Release: Activists Invade Agrexco Carmel
15 July 2007 This afternoon a group of Palestine solidarity protesters entered the main UK warehouse of Israeli company Carmel Agrexco in Uxbridge, Middlesex. Their action is part of the growing movement to boycott Israeli apartheid, which aims to end Israel’s breach of International law and abuse of human rights in the occupied territories of…
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YNet: UK trade union backs total boycott of Israel
UNISON calls for cultural, economic, academic and sporting boycott of Israel until it ends occupation by Ronen Bodoni The UK’s largest trade union, UNISON, advocated on Wednesday a total boycott of Israel over its continued occupation of Palestinian territories. A statement issued by delegates meeting in Brighton read: “The conference believes that ending the occupation…
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The Free Gaza Movement
from Free Gaza Project Description This movement is an international nonviolent resistance project to challenge Israel’s siege of Gaza. Israel claims that Gaza is no longer occupied, yet Israeli forces control Gaza by land, sea and air. We’ll enter Gaza from international waters at the invitation of Palestinian NGOs but without Israeli authorization, thereby recognizing…
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The World Said No to Israeli Occupation
by Larry Snider, OpEd News The two-day mobilization was covered by Democracy Now! To view video or listen to show click HERE Photo by Diane Greene Lent Sunday began with an early morning drive into Philadelphia to catch the bus from 4722 Baltimore Avenue to DC and take part in a rally and march to…
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CounterPunch: Sailing to Gaza
An Interview with Greta Berlin By SILVIA CATTORI, 7 June 2007 Greta Berlin, 66 years old, is a businesswoman from Los Angeles, CA. She is the mother of two Palestinian-American children and has been to the occupied territories twice in the past four years with the International Solidarity Movement. She is also a member of…