Activism
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Title | | Description | Date |
29 European Parliament members call on Ashton to discourage European businesses from trading with settlements | | ECCP - AIC - “In their letter to Ashton 29 Members of European Parliament stated that: ‘There are several examples of the many ways in which European businesses contribute to the existence and expansion of the settlements. Through their activities, they make direct and on-going contributions to Israeli violations of international law and to human rights abuses associated with the settlements’” [ry] | 31/3/2014 |
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Planting `Sumoud` on Land Day in Al-Khader | | Memo - "Since the establishment of the Efrat settlement in 1979 and later Newe Daniel in 1983, both as part of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc which stretches from Hebron to Bethlehem, land confiscation under various guises has continued to usurp Palestinian land from several villages in the area. Allatef`s land has been declared a `military zone` by the occupation authorities and is surrounded by various settlement extensions including military bases, settler houses and settler caravans" [ry] | 31/3/2014 |
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Urgent Action: Please oppose the creation of a new settlement in Hebron. | | Christian Peacemaker Teams - Settlers have won a victory in their ongoing attempt to grab land for a new settlement in Hebron. On March 11 the Israeli Supreme Court agreed to hand over the Al-Rajabi building in the Old City of Hebron to settlers, despite the devastating humanitarian impacts of the decision on Palestinians living in the neighborhood. The Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) has appealed to the international community to speak out against the creation of a new settlement in the Old City of Hebron, and to appeal to the Defense minister to prevent settlers from moving into the building.-rh | 27/3/2014 |
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Will boycott `work?` | | Dahlia Scheindlin -
+972 -
"...it’s worth remembering that eight short years ago, there was no BDS at all." - id
| 26/3/2014 |
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Activists shut Beit El checkpoint in protest against Jenin killings | | Ma`an - 180 protesters from the popular resistance movement carried Palestinian flags and pictures of the three men killed in Jenin refugee camp, chanting slogans demanding an end to the Israeli occupation and to its crimes against the Palestinian people.
bz | 24/3/2014 |
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Women behind the lens: Palestinians filming the occupation | | Manal Ja’bri - +972 - For the past several years, Palestinian women from all walks of life have been taking part in a video project to document human rights violations under occupation. In honor of International Women’s Day, one of them tells her story.-rh | 19/3/2014 |
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Israeli activists erect a huge exhibit overlooking Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway and embark on Peace Walk | | | 19/3/2014 |
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Mavi Marmara case goes to the International Criminal Court | | Greta Berlin - Free Gaza Movement - The Mavi Marmara, attacked by
Israeli commandos in 2010 en route to Gaza, was flagged and registered
in Comoros, an archipelago off the African coast. The Comoros filed a
case in the International Criminal Court (ICC), and in addition
individual victim applications requesting participation in the
proceedings were sent to the ICC from passengers on the flotilla, as
well as an organizational application from the Free Gaza movement, and
the Turkish NGO Humanitarian Aid Foundation (IHH). ak
| 19/3/2014 |
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Beduin protest over house demolitions outside Prime Minister’s Residence | | Ariel Ben Solomon - Jerusalem Post - Almost every week we are destroying illegal structures, but they are building faster than we destroy, said the head of the `coordination directorate of land law enforcement in the Negev.`
bz | 18/3/2014 |
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Calling upon Netanyahu and Abbas to come to an agreement based on the 1967 borders | | Achinoam Nini, Avraham Burg, Amos Oz and Yael Dayan are among the long list of Israeli public figures - academics, writers, artists, former senior military officers, business CEO`s, Laureates of the Israel Prize and others. | 18/3/2014 |
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Israel`s War on American Universities | | Chris Hedges - Open News.com - The banning of Students for Justice in
Palestine (SJP) at Northeastern University in Boston replicates
sanctions being imposed against numerous student Palestinian rights
groups across the country. The disturbingly similar forms of punishment,
appear to be part of a coordinated effort by the Israeli government and
the Israel lobby to blacklist all student groups that challenge the
official Israeli narrative. Northeastern banned the SJP chapter after it
posted on campus replicas of eviction notices that are routinely put up
on Palestinian homes set for Israeli demolition. ak | 18/3/2014 |
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Stand at PM`s Residence to protest Bedouin house demolitions | | | 17/3/2014 |
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$170m Loss for Israeli Water Firm as BDS Spreads Southward | | Chris Carlson - IMEMC News - "In the latest success for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, authorities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have suspended a proposed $170m water treatment plant deal with Israeli state water firm, Mekorot" [ry] | 17/3/2014 |
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HP: Complicit in Jerusalem’s Ethnic Cleansing | | ECCP - AIC - "The Coalition to Boycott HP is in its final stages of preparing for the HP annual shareholder’s meeting, to take place on March 19th. There, members will present a petition letter calling on the company to end its ties to Israel. The Coalition needs all the signatures it can get from solidarity groups around the world, so please sign on before March 17th and tell HP to stop funding Israel’s apartheid" [ry] | 17/3/2014 |
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Boycotting Israeli products? There`s an app for that | | Ynet - The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is determined to make it easier to boycott Israeli products. To that end, it is about to launch a smartphone app that will allow users to search for a company`s links to Israel, the International Business Times reported on Thursday.
The app, still in its beta stage, will include a large database of product information that is researched by voluntary staff, as well as a barcode scanner. bz | 15/3/2014 |
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International Women`s Day : 22 Palestinian women held in Israeli jails | | UFree - Palestinian female political and detainees suffer harsh detention conditions due to the Israeli prison administration`s deliberate medical negligence, ill-treatment, humiliating strip search, and ban on family visits in a clear violation of basic human rights and international law.-rh | 13/3/2014 |
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“When we see that our efforts are making a difference, it is easier to continue” | | Charlie Andreasson -
ISM -
"Their work for the Palestinian people has resulted in an impressive network of contacts with influential people at multiple levels within the community, necessary contacts for the plans they are making for the future." - id | 12/3/2014 |
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ACT! Conscientious objector Omar Saad imprisoned for the fifth time | | | 11/3/2014 |
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In Cairo - Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Women of Gaza | | Ann Wright - CounterPunch - "Our message on International Women’s Day to the women of Gaza is: We, the International Women’s Delegation to Gaza, greet you on International Women’s Day. Although we can never know your suffering as you feel it, we hold you in our hearts, and pledge to you our continuing, ever-deepening solidarity. We will tell your story to all who will listen" [ry] | 11/3/2014 |
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Gaza man uses remains of Israeli shells to produce works of art | | Ma`an - Muhammad al-Zumar, a young Gazan, is regularly searching the
ruins of buildings destroyed during Israeli military offensives,
collecting the remains of missiles and other spent ammunition to use as
raw material for handicrafts which he has assembled into an exhibition
in his home. He started the project in the aftermath of the Israeli
military assault on Gaza in 2008-9. Al-Zumar, like many Gazans, is
unemployed, but this artistic project project is not very exapnsive.
"The metal fragments I get free, I only need to find money for the
paint" ak | 10/3/2014 |
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Ottawa students want Sabra Hummus banned: `Company supports Human Rights violations` | | Nadia Drissi El-Bouzaidi - Fulcrum (student paper) - Students at the
University of Ottawa launched a campaign to have Sabra hummus banned
from campus. Sabra is partly owned by the Strauss Group that, according
to the New York Times, financially supports the Golani Brigade of the
IDF, a brigade that has been accused of Human Rights violations. Groups
involved include Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), the
Palestinian Student Association (PSA), and Young Jews for Social Justice
(YJSJ). ak | 10/3/2014 |
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50 Young Israelis Send a Letter to Netanyahu: “We Refuse to Serve in the Occupation Army” | | Dafna Rothstein Landman - Press release - Mandy Cartner, a 16
years old signatory from Tel Aviv said: "The actions of the army
distance us from finding a solution and from creating peace, justice
and security. My refusal is a way of expressing my opposition to the
wrongs done daily in our name and through us."
Shaked Harari, a 17 years old signatory from Bat Yam, said:
"The army serves the people in power and not the civilians, who are
only a tool. My friends and I refuse to be cannon fodder."
Roni Lax, a 20 year old signatory from Bnei Brak: “We stand
in solidarity with the ultra-orthodox youth and the Arab youth –
Christian and Druze, some of whom are currently in an army prison.”
bz | 10/3/2014 |
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California court upholds conviction of ten protesters who heckled Israeli envoy | | A California state appeals court has upheld the conviction of ten
students at the University of California, Irvine, who disrupted a 2010
speech by then-Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren. The protesters
interrupted Oren repeatedly, calling him a "mass murderer" and a "war
criminal." The heckling caused him to pause his speech and he curtailed
his hourlong speech to twelve minutes. In 2011, the students were
charged and subsequently convicted of violating a state law prohibiting
the disruption or breaking up of a lawful assembly. The appeals court
upheld the conviction. The defendants face up to a year in prison. ak | 10/3/2014 |
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PHOTOS: Women leading the struggles in Israel/Palestine | | Activestills - +972 Magazine - In honor of International Women’s Day,
Activestills brings you the best photos of the activist women who push
for justice and a better life for all those between the Jordan River and
the Mediterranean Sea. ak | 10/3/2014 |
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Palestinians in Israel reject "colonial, sectarian" law | | Patrick Strickland - Electronic Intifada - A group of 18 Palestinian NGOs in present-day Israel subsequently released a joint statement that denounced the law as “sectarian” and “similar to the approaches adopted by the apartheid regime in South Africa, and by the French in its colonial rule in Algeria, among others. It is a policy that seeks to fragment the original people of the land into small groups with narrowed identities to replace their national identity.”-rh
| 5/3/2014 |
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Anti-War Protest Held outside AIPAC Meeting in Washington | | Tasnin News -
"“We are here today outside of the AIPAC policy conference in Washington DC. There are several hundred people protesting the AIPAC policy conference. We are calling for peace with Iran and also justice to Palestinians.”" - id | 5/3/2014 |
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Barghouthi Welcomes YMCA, YWCA – Norway Decision To Boycott Israel | | Saed Bannoura -
IMEMC -
"“The decision is a victory to the Palestinian nonviolent resistance, a victory to BDS movement”, Dr. Barghouthi added. “International groups, institutions, and individuals must take similar actions, and boycott Israel”." - id
| 5/3/2014 |
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Palestine activists, labor and environment groups in US unite against Veolia | | Charlotte Silver -
EI -
"While the company sold its operations of the Modiin bus line in July 2013, it continues to maintain Israel’s Tovlan landfill in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank." - id
| 5/3/2014 |
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Rolling Stones: Please cancel your show and boycott apartheid Israel | | | 4/3/2014 |
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As Israel boycott picks up steam, students at UC Davis start an course on BDS | | Israel Hayom - At the University of California, Davis, the
"Students for Justice in Palestine" started an academic course on the
boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The Jewish Agency
representative at UC Davis, Hadas Buskila, was highly alarmed by the
success of this initiative, which attracted about 170 students and even
two lecturers - though the course does not count toward college credit.
ak | 4/3/2014 |
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Boycott campaigns extend to Arab countries | | AIC - "In Jordan a new campaign was launched to boycott Israeli products in Jordan`s grocery stores, the Jordanian daily newspaper Al-Ghad reported on Friday. The campaign started on Facebook and aims specifically to boycott Israeli agricultural products. The activists also printed stickers with the slogan `Don`t pay for the bullet that kills our people,` and distributed them to grocery stores across Amman and other Jordanian cities. The activists would also like to convince wholesalers to stop importing Israeli products" [ry] | 3/3/2014 |
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