Aug 27, 2011

#BDS: مسيرة في جنين تدعو إلى مقاطعة المنتجات الإسرائيلية

جنين - "الأيـام": شارك عشرات المتطوعين في الحملة الشعبية لمقاطعة المنتجات  الإسرائيلية، أمس، في مسيرة جابت 
شوارع مدينة جنين، تطالب بمقاطعة تلك المنتجات، وذلك تحت شعار "الإفطار الحلال مش من صنع الاحتلال".

وانطلق المتطوعون من أمام مكتبة البلدية العامة في البلدة القديمة من جنين، وهم يحملون لافتات كتبت عليها شعارات
 تدعو لمقاطعة المنتجات الإسرائيلية، وتشجيع المنتجات الوطنية.

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#BDS: سيناتور أميركي يخرق تقاليد للكونغرس- اقتراح وقف المعونة لوحدات «الكوماندو» الإسرائيلية

في سابقة تعكس التغييرات التي تجري داخل الولايات المتحدة بسبب الأزمة الاقتصادية والغطرسة الإسرائيلية، وللمرة الأولى في تاريخ مجلس الشيوخ الأميركي، تقدّم سيناتور من الحزب الديموقراطي باقتراح قطع المعونات العسكرية عن وحدات النخبة في الجيش الإسرائيلي لأسباب تتعلّق بممارساتها ضد الفلسطينيين.

وقد بادر السيناتور البارز في الحزب الديموقراطي، باتريك ليهي إلى بلورة اقتراح لوقف المساعدات الأميركية عن كل من وحدة الكوماندوس
 البحري المعروفة بـ«شييطت 13» والتي كانت أبرز جرائمها الأخيرة مجزرة سفينة مرمرة التركية، ووحدة المستعربين المعروفة باسم «دفدفان» ووحدة الكوماندو الجوي المعروفة باسم «شلداغ». وأشار السيناتور في مبادرته إلى أن موقفه هذا نابع من حقيقة أن هذه الوحدات تشارك في انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان الفلسطيني في الضفة والقطاع. وأشارت صحيفة «هآرتس» التي نشرت النبأ إلى أن وزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي إيهود باراك    والذي يرتبط بعلاقات صداقة حميمة مع السيناتور ليهي التقى به في
زيارته الأخيرة لواشنطن قبل أسبوعين، محاولاً إقناعه بالتراجع عن مبادرته

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#BDS: Why boycott #Israel?


"Author and history professor Mark LeVine speaks with sociologist Lisa Taraki, a co-founder of the Palestinian campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

Mark LeVine: What is the "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" movement and how is it related to the academic and cultural boycott movement? How have both evolved in the past few years in terms of their goals and methods?

Lisa Taraki: The BDS movement can be summed up as the struggle against Israeli colonisation, occupation and apartheid. BDS is a rights-based strategy to be pursued until Israel meets its obligation to recognise the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and complies with the requirements of international law.

Within this framework, the academic and cultural boycott of Israel has gained considerable ground in the seven years since the launching of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) in 2004. The goals of the academic and cultural boycott call, as the aims of the Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions issued in 2005, have remained consistent: to end the colonisation of Palestinian lands occupied in 1967; to ensure full equality of Palestinian citizens of Israel and end the system of racial discrimination; and to realise the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN Resolution 194."



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#BDS: Boycott #Israel campaign targets London's Hatton Gardens


Boycott Israel campaign targets London's Hatton Gardens

"London's Hatton Gardens is being targeted this weekend to highlight the deceptions of the Kimberley Process, which tracks the trading of rough diamonds for illicit purposes but excludes Israeli Blood Diamonds.


The international Boycott, disinvestments and Sanctions (BDS) campaign is being joined by Palestinian groups to raise awareness about Israel's huge diamond industry funding for its illegal occupation and human rights abuse.

Sean Clinton, who has been leading the Boycott Israeli Diamonds campaign in Ireland, said that both jewellers and the public at large were being targeted at Hatton Gardens on Saturday because it was “one of the major hubs of the global diamond industry.” 

#BDS: Anti-Israeli campaigners protest in Sydney #Australia

"A protest took place for activists arrested for their involvement in boycott Israel activities. A number of groups have been formed in Australia dedicated the call for boycott, divestment and sanctions, or BDS, from a broad cross-section of Palestinian organisations in 2005.

On July 1st the Victorian police launched what protesters described as an unprovoked attack on a peaceful demonstration outside the Max Brenner cafe in Melbourne. 19 people were arrested in what protesters believe is an attempt to intimidate the BDS, which has been growing in Australia. Two Sydney activists were arrested on July 9 at a similar protest. The activists face up to $32,000 in fines. On Tuesday 9th August, 4 of the arrested activists in Melbourne were re-arrested in dawn raids for allegedly breaching their bail conditions by attending another BDS protest. $18,000 in surety had to be paid before the police would release them. "

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#BDS: Why We Should Boycott #SodaStream



"SodaStream, a home seltzer machine made in the West Bank settlement of Mishor Edomim. Situated atop land confiscated from Palestinians, Mishor Edomim is an industrial park where manufacturers receive tax breaks and other incentives from the Israeli government. Like most settlement goods, SodaStream is mislabeled as a product of “Israel,” although Mishor Edomim is beyond Israel’s internationally recognized boundaries. Generally speaking, in addition to violating international law, settlements splice up the West Bank with a system of settler-only roads that cage Palestinians into ever-shrinking areas; create a two-tiered legal system of military rule for the occupied and civilian rule for the occupiers; and appropriate scarce Palestinian water resources."

#BDS: #Australia Unionist's BDS support puts Labor on the spot

"A PROMINENT unionist has been revealed as a key supporter of the pro-Palestinian campaign attacking firms with links to Israel, exposing Victorian Labor's leadership to further embarrassment.


Former Victorian Trades Hall Council president Kevin Bracken yesterday strongly supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.
Mr Bracken said the Maritime Union of Australia Victorian branch backed the boycott and confirmed that he was a keynote speaker supporting the campaign last year. The MUA, of which he is Victorian secretary, also had allowed its rooms to be used for the campaign."

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#BDS: Tell #Interpol Not to Entertain Israeli Apartheid!

American post-punk band Interpol plans to perform in Israel later this month. Join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) -- a US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation member group -- in calling on Interpol to not entertain Israeli Apartheid!

Here is a sample email appeal, followed by sample tweets.


#BDS: For World Peace, #Israel Must Be Destroyed


#BDS: Did you know there is a law against 'Israeli' flag racism? I did not.

"A student at St Andrews University has been found guilty of a racist breach of the peace after he insulted the flag of Israel.


Paul Donnachie, 19, put his hands down his trousers then rubbed them on a flag belonging to Jewish student Chanan Reitblat.
Donnachie also accused Mr Reitblat of being a terrorist during the incident at the halls of residence in March."
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#BDS: تظاهرة في تونس ضد إسرائيل #Tunisia

تونس (ا ف ب) - تظاهر عشرات التونسيين مساء أمس الأول في تونس العاصمة، دعما لقطاع غزة ورفضاً للتطبيع مع إسرائيل.
وفي تصريح لوكالة “فرانس برس”، قال الكاتب العام لمنظمة “حرية وإنصاف” التونسية حاتم الفقيه وهو أحد منظمي التظاهرة “نحن هنا تضامناً
 مع أهلنا في غزة ولتأكيد موقفنا الرافض للتطبيع مع إسرائيل والمطالبة بتجريمه”.

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#BDS: Boycott Israel protest in Brisbane Tomorrow at Max Brenner Store

"A protest in support of Palestinian rights will be held in Brisbane on Saturday August 27 as part of the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel.


The protest will gather in South Brisbane with a march to the Israeli owned Max Brenner chocolate store. The global chain of stores is owned by Israel’s second largest food company, the Strauss Group, which boasts of its support for the Israeli military occupation forces.


According to Justice for Palestine activist, Kathy Newnam, “The protest will seek to highlight the reality of life in Palestine under military occupation. It will combat the lies and misinformation and the continual mantra by politicians and the corporate media about the supposed need for “balance”.


“Just look at what is happening in Gaza right now. Israel has launched a bombing campaign that has killed at least 20 people in the past week. Israel claims that this brutality is a response to an attack on a bus which killed eight Israelis. The corporate media repeats this claim uncritically under the guise of “balance” despite the fact that Israel is carrying out a brutal form of collective punishment that is completely illegal under international law."


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