BDS

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On flotillas and the law: civil society versus Israel lobbies in US and Europe

by Lawrence Davidson July 10, 2011

Lawrence Davidson argues that the deadly influence of Israeli special interests groups on Western governments, especially that of the USA, means that advocates of justice for the Palestinians have only one recourse: civil society actions such as the Gaza humanitarian flotillas.

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Europe Activists campaign against Israeli Agrexco

by SR Editor June 15, 2011

EU activists from 9 countries gathered against Agrexco (Israel’s largest fresh produce exporter). European markets account for the vast majority of their sales under the brand Carmel. Vegetables grown in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

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Israel adopts laws targeting Arab citizens and criminalizing boycott of Jewish settlements

by Uri Avnery March 28, 2011

Uri Avnery views three laws recently adopted by the Israeli parliament: “two obnoxious racist laws… clearly directed against Israel’s Arab citizens”, and a third law that will punish “any person or association publicly calling for a boycott of Israel” or the illegal Jewish settlements.

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Warning: Boycott Israel success brings ‘Boycott Arab goods’ smear

by Stuart Littlewood March 5, 2011

Stuart Littlewood reports on a cheap disinformation ploy employed lately by Israeli “cyber warriors” unhinged by the success of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the Jewish apartheid state.

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Jeffrey Goldberg’s Anti-Boycott Bluster & Blunder

by Nima Shirazi December 25, 2010

Clearly, Zionist opposition to morally-justifiable boycott – in service of its ethnocentric ideology – is nothing new. But as history has shown, boycotts can succeed despite libelous opposition and propaganda – it just takes time.

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What if Peace Talks “Succeed?”

by Nadia Hijab September 25, 2010

How can Palestinians ensure their rights are protected and fulfilled if an agreement is reached? By Nadia Hijab* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Overview Many commentators expect the direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians to fail. But there is a much worse scenario: What if they “succeed?” The United States appears determined to push for [...]

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The Thin Green Line: It’s Not Just the Settlements (or the Occupation), Stupid!

by Nima Shirazi September 14, 2010

By Nima Shirazi* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “Before their eyes we turn into our homestead the land and villages in which they and their forefathers have lived…We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.” – [...]

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The boycott of Israel is “gaining speed”

by Lawrence Davidson September 9, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On 5 September 2010 the Israel newspaper Ha’aretz published an article the headline of which read ‘Anti-Israel economic boycotts are gaining speed’. The subtitle went on to state that “the sums involved are not large, but their international significance is huge”. Actually, what seems to have triggered [...]

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Global BDS Against Israel Is Working

by Stephen Lendman September 9, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In July 2005, a coalition of 171 Palestinian Civil Society organizations created the Global BDS movement for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights” for Occupied Palestinians, Israeli Arabs, and Palestinian diaspora refugees. The Tel Aviv-based [...]

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Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli goods from shelves; first US store to institute boycott

by Haitham Sabbah July 20, 2010

K6S2MA9DFMEQ Olympia, WA– The Olympia Food Co-op Board of Directors has decided to boycott Israeli goods at their two locations in Olympia, Washington. At a July 15th meeting packed with Co-op members, the Board reached this consensus. The Co-op becomes the first US grocery store to publicly join the international grassroots movement for boycott, divestment, [...]

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UC Berkeley Vote: A travesty of the “Democratic” process

by Debbie Menon May 2, 2010

By Debbie Menon* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Disappointing, but this shows the immense power that “the Organization” has to overturn popular demand against amazing majority numbers in the face of all reason and “democratic” principle. And, it also illustrates the cupidity, weakness, and failures of moral principles of elected representatives worldwide to stand up [...]

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UC Berkeley Speaks Out Against Divestment Bill Veto [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah April 17, 2010

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFv7h_gfAfU April 16, 2010 – Almost one month after the UC Berkeley Student Senate voted 16-4 to divest from General Electric and United technologies because of their complicity in Israeli war crimes the Student Senate meets again to attempt to override a veto by President Will Smelko. The Meeting ended with the senate [...]

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ACTION ALERT: Write against issuing Canada-Israel stamp

by Haitham Sabbah April 15, 2010

On April 14th, Canada will be issuing a “Canada-Israel Diplomatic Relations” commemorative stamp to celebrate 60 years of relations. In light of on-going occupation, policies of racial segregation and war-crimes against the Palestinian people, we ask what is there to celebrate? Please take a minute to send the following message to John Baird (baird.j@parl.gc.ca), the [...]

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu to UC Berkeley: Divesting is the Right Thing To Do

by Haitham Sabbah April 11, 2010

Sent from Emily Schaeffer, human right lawyer in Israel/Palestine, who asked Archbishop Tutu to write the letter. Dear Student Leaders at the University of California – Berkeley It was with great joy that I learned of your recent 16-4 vote in support of divesting your university’s money from companies that enable and profit from the [...]

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The Palestinians are Winning the Legitimacy War: Will it Matter?

by Richard Falk April 4, 2010

By Richard Falk* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Ever since the Balfour Declaration in 1917 gave the formal approval of the British government to the establishment of ‘a Jewish homeland’ profound issues of legitimacy were present in the conflict recently known as the Israel/Palestine Conflict. This original colonialist endorsement of the Zionist project has produced [...]

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