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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

BDS in the media

Learn, boycott, divest, sanction; You too can help fight Israeli apartheid 

By Jon Booth

Published: Oct 21 

With the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority close to failure because Israel has refused to stop expanding its colonization of the West Bank, those of us committed to the human rights of the Palestinian people must look toward the future. I am a member of Tadamon!, a Montreal-based Middle East solidarity collective. Tadamon! aims to take the most effective action possible to support Palestine in its struggle for freedom and self-determination. That is why we are active participants in the movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid and are helping to organize a conference to support and expand the BDS movement this weekend, October 22 to 24 in Montreal.  
http://mcgilldaily.com/articles/35871

‘Kairos Palestine’ document published in Italian



 
Anti-Israel church book is presented at a Vatican synod accuses Israel of apartheid and calls for systematic boycott.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=192507 

  

Pete Seeger: Unless we communicate, mankind will disappear

American folk singer who mentored Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, set to participate in virtual rally for Negev's Arava Institute, but is supportive of commercial ban on Israel. 'The entire world should show Israel it should work non-violently,' he says
Ayelet Yagil
Published: 10.23.10, 23:47 / Israel Culture
  
Seeger also wrote the song "Turn!Turn!Turn" by words taken from the book of Ecclesiastes, later to become a hit with The Byrds. Seeger believes royalties from songs he helped make popular should return to their place of origin, which is why he donates a share of "Turn! Turn! Turn" to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3973192,00.html 

 



Churches standing up to "pro-Israel" politicians, by Antony Loewenstein (EurekaStreet.com.au, 9/3/10; author tries to make case for boycott of settlements only, instead of entire Israel)
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=23074


TUC (Trade Union Congress) likely to push for full Israel boycott, by Marcus Dysch (The Jewish Chronicle, 9/2/10)
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/37520/tuc-likely-push-full-israel-boycott




Israel academics boycott West Bank settlements (BBC, 8/31/10)
"More than 150 Israeli academics say they will no longer lecture or work in Jewish settlements in the West Bank."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11141774


The power and weakness of boycott, by Mitchell Plitnick (Palestine Note, 8/31/10; the author attempts to silence voices within BDS movement calling for for one-state solution and Palestinian right)
http://palestinenote.com/cs/blogs/blogs/archive/2010/08/31/the-power-and-weakness-of-boycott.aspx


Israeli institutions facing new boycotts - by Israelis, by Marcy Oster (JTA.org, 8/30/10)
"In two separate incidents over the past few weeks, Israelis issued a call for boycott or announced a boycott of an Israeli institution for political reasons. One protest came from the right, directed at an Israeli university with allegedly “anti-Zionist” professors on staff; one came from the left, directed at an Israeli theater in the West Bank."
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/08/30/2740713/israeli-institutions-facing-new-boycotts-by-israelis



UK unions single out Israel boycott (Press TV, 8/29/10)
"The TUC conference, which kicks off on September 13, traditionally opens a new political year in Britain and is followed by a season of annual party conferences." 



Should people boycott Israel? Omar Barghouti (Interviewed by TheRealNews.com, 8/29/10)
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=5547&updaterx=2010-08-30+06%3A14%3A26


Boycotts and Legitimacy (Jerusalem Post, 8/29/10; pro-Israeli article critical of BDS)
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=186378


'Actors' boycott on settlement cultural center will tear Israel apart' (Haaretz, 8/28/10)
http://www.haaretz.com/culture/actors-boycott-on-settlement-cultural-center-will-tear-israel-apart-1.310682


An artist's pledge to boycott (Electronic Intifada, 8/27/10)
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11491.shtml


Artists refuse to perform in Ariel culture hall (Ynetnews, 8/27/10)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3944791,00.html


Europe's economic boycott of Israel expanding (Ynetnews, 8/27/10)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3943666,00.html


Israeli universities accused of anti-zionism (Financial Times, 8/26/10)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de5b3f7a-b11f-11df-bce8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss


Meg Ryan's misguided Israel boycott (The Week, 8/26/10, attack against Meg Ryan for boycotting Israeli film festival)
http://theweek.com/article/index/205394/meg-ryans-misguided-israel-boycott


Israeli actors boycott theater in settlement (NYT, 8/26/10)
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/israeli-actors-boycott-theater-in-settlement/


Peace with a paycheck (YNetNews; 8/25/10; Israeli media attempt to divert attention from BDS)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3943748,00.html







Church boycott call ring louder (Electronic Intifada, 8/25/10)

Isolate the Israelis (Gulf Daily News, 8/25/10)
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=285486

On Local Boycott and Deception by Khalil Nakhleh (The Palestine Chronicle, 8/24/10; A Palestinian critique of Palestinian Authority's "boycott settlement goods" campaign)

Global boycott movement claims victories, arrests (Electronic Intifada, 8/24/10)

Norweian gov't pension fund excludes more Israeli companies (Electronic Intifada, 8/24/10)

Don't boycott Israel (Newsweek, 8/24/10; Newsweek's shameless rant against BDS)

Support builds for boycotts against Israel, activista say (Boston Globe, 8/22/10)

150 Irish artists announce Israel cultural boycott (Haaretz, 8/14/10)

Dempsey calls for Israel boycott (UKPA, 8/12/10)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ivGU9kmsUh0Qp-ib0_ZiH1h1l6Zw







Palestinians "adamant about continuing boycott on settlement goods" (Haaretz, 08/12/10)





British Muslims urged to boycott Israeli dates during Ramadan by Haroon Siddique (The Guardian, 8/4/10)


Kochi port union to boycott Israeli cargo, ships (The Hindu, 6/22/10; more global response against Israeli occupation and apartheid policies) 

French protest of Israeli raid reaches wide audience by Steven Erlanger (The New York Times, 6/12/10)

India chapter to campaign against Israel (The Hindu, 6/12/10; Indian intellectuals and peace activists call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel)

Artists boycott strikes a dissonant note inside Israel by Isabel Kershner (The New York Times, 6/9/10)



Boycott gives Israel a taste of its own medicine (The Guardian, 5/26/10)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/26/palestinian-boycott-jewish-settlement-goods





Israelis are beginning to see the power of BDS (The Alternative Information Center, 3/01/09)





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