#BDS: BDS Flash Mob in Grand Central Station

#BDS: الاتحاد العام للكتّاب والأدباء الفلسطينيين يدعو لمقاطعة مهرجان المغار

رام الله-الوسط اليوم: تعقد جمعية نيسان مهرجاناً دولياً للشعر في قرية المغار في الجليل سنوياً كلّ نيسان، ويقوم عليه نعيم عرايدي، يدعى إليه شعراء من دول مثل روسيا وأوكرانيا وتركيا ورومانيا ومصر والأردن .

تموّل هذه المهرجانات من وزارة الخارجية الاحتلالية التي يقف على رأسها أفيغدور ليبرمان الذي يتشدّق دائماً بعنصرية يهودية ضدّ الشعب الفلسطيني، ويكون وراء كلّ القوانين العنصرية التي تتوالى من الكنيست، وكان آخرها قانون سحب الجنسية. ويقام المهرجان في قرية المغار الفلسطينية، في قاعة تملأ بالأعلام الإسرائيلية ويبرز فيها شعار وزارة ليبرمان بجلاء، بينما يغيب علم فلسطين عن سبق إصرار.

إنّ الاتحاد العام للكتّاب والأدباء الفلسطينيين يدين هذا المهرجان ويرفض أية تسويغات تحاول أن تبرر المشاركة فيه، من قبل بعض الكتّاب، لما في هذا المهرجان من خطورة واستهداف واستدخال للهزيمة، ولما فيه من تبرئة للاحتلال ومؤسساته واستطالاته من دم شعبنا .

إنّ الاتحاد العام للكتّاب والأدباء لا يمرّ مرور الكرام على هذا المهرجان داعياً كافة المبدعين والمثقفين والشعراء في فلسطين المحتلة العام 1948 وفلسطين، لمقاطعة هذا المهرجان البائس والمدان، وداعيا الكتّاب والأدباء والشعراء العرب، وشعراء العالم ومبدعيه، لمقاطعة هذا المهرجان الذي يمنح الاحتلال وسياقاته قفّازاً حريرياً لمحو ثقافة شعبنا الفلسطيني وهويته ولغته على أرضه التاريخية .

إن استبعاد العلم الفلسطيني هو استبعاد للذاكرة والوعي وللجذور، لأهلنا الذين ناضلوا ومازالوا للحفاظ على هويتهم وروحهم العربية الأصيلة، على الرغم من غوائل الاحتلال وممارساته بالمحو والتغريب والترغيب والترهيب لتفكيك صمود شعبنا على أرضه في فلسطين المحتلّة العام 1948.

واستبعاد العلم تأكيد على أن المهرجان المذكور يشكّل رافعة سياسية دعائية وبوقاً للاحتلال لتمرير مقولاته،. وكأنّ شعبنا غير قادر على الإبداع والشعر.

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#BDS: Motreal (Quebec) action this Saturday

"PALESTINIAN LAND DAY AND BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION

SATURDAY APRIL 2ND, 12H00
METRO MONT-ROYAL
MONTREAL, QUEBEC

FREEDOM FOR LIBYA, TUNISIA, EGYPT, BAHRAIN, IRAQ, IRAN, YEMEN, OMAN, ALGERIA, SYRIA & OCCUPIED PALESTINE!

BDS Quebec, a coalition of several trade unions, community organizations, and solidarity groups, is calling people in Quebec to commemorate Palestinian land day in joining a global day of action for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in support of the Palestinian peoples right to self-determination, freedom and dignity."

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#BDS: Peres greeted by protesters in London

"During visit to prestigious research institute, president accuses British press of biased reporting, urges them to call on Hamas to cease rocket fire. Outside building, small group of pro-Palestinian activists hold signs calling Peres 'war criminal'

LONDON – President Shimon Peres on Wednesday commenced his visit to London at the prestigious Chatham House research institute.

Prior to Peres' arrival, the Israeli embassy received information on pro-Palestinian organizations planning to protest and interrupt the president's speech."

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#BDS: Launch of new BDSmovement.net website as part of Global BDS Day of Action

"In celebration of the Global BDS Day of Action, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) has launched a new www.BDSmovement.net website.

Designed specifically with the grassroots, bottom-up nature of our rapidly growing movement in mind, the website will showcase user-submitted articles and videos from BDS groups around the globe.

We’re also excited about our new Download section, which has launched with over 100 fantastic resources that can be filtered according to campaign and type. The site is fully integrated with the latest social media tools, and we encourage you to join our Facebookgroup, follow us on Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter.

As with any new web project, the site will continue to expand and grow in the weeks and months ahead. We’d like to develop the new Learn section in the next couple of weeks, before moving on to implement a BDS Timeline feature that will track and archive the developments of our movement."

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#BDS: BDS campaigners force London Ahava shop to move

"The central London flagship store of Ahava, an Israeli cosmetics company whose products come from stolen Palestinian natural resources in the occupied West Bank, and are produced in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, has been forced to move following a sustained campaign from BDS activists.

A spokeswoman for Shaftesbury PLC, which owns the property that the shop is currently located in, told the Jewish Chronicle: “When Ahava’s lease expires in September, we will not offer them a new one.”

Demonstrations have been taking place outside the shop every fortnight since March 13 2010, following a call to action from the Bil’in’s Popular Committee. The first action against Ahava took place in January 2009.

The news first came to light last week during a court case resulting from the fifth successful blockade of the shop in November."

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#BDS: Stop the Wall release new report on Brazil’s military relations with Israel

"On the occasion of the 3rd global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Action Day on March 30 (Palestinian Land Day), we are happy to announce the release of Stop the Wall’s disconcerting and potentially explosive report on growing and strategic military relations between Brazil and Israel. Notwithstanding its recent recognition of the Palestinian State and its long tradition of supporting Palestinian rights and upholding international law, the Brazilian government has signed contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Israel’s arms industry.

The fact that Israel continues its decades-old brutal occupation, illegal siege of Gaza, denial of Palestinian refugee rights, increasingly blatant apartheid policies and laws, and rejection of every serious international attempt to reach a just and comprehensive peace agreement with the Palestinians and Arabs, has not deterred Brazil from becoming one of the top importers around the world of Israeli weapons, many of which are promoted as “field tested.”

In 30 pages, the well researched and thoroughly documented report reveals the details of Brazil’s major programs signed with Israel, totaling close to one billion US dollars. Furthermore, Israel is increasingly buying Brazilian arms industry corporations and forging joint ventures and strategic relationships. The Israeli efforts to establish itself in Brazil and, through this, to penetrate as well markets in other progressive South American countries are supported by political action such as the existence of an office of the Brazilian Armed Forces in Tel Aviv and the recent signature of a security cooperation agreement between Brazil and Israel that allows the latter to carry out deals which are at a high level of security classification.The Israeli military industry is eyeing billions of dollars of contracts in preparation of the 2014 World Cup games and the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. In a newspaper report, six of seven companies vying for contracts have proven links with Israeli war crimes and/or have been involved in suspicions of espionage activities[1]."

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