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Jul 24, 2012
#BDS: The latest reason to boycott the Red Sea Jazz Festival
"The Red Sea Jazz Festival, held twice a year in “Israel’s Riviera” of Eilat, is once again upon us. The festival, to be held from July 30th to August 2nd, has become known for attracting an eclectic array of artists from across the jazz spectrum. Naturally, it’s become a worthy target for the growing campaign for cultural boycott of Israel.
Last year New Orleans street jazz group Tuba Skinny publicly canceled their appearance at the jazz fest after being approached by members of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement and discussing it among themselves. What appeared to seal the deal for them was the fresh spate of bombings Israel launched against Gaza; launched, specifically, right outside of Eilat."
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Farah
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2:58 PM
#BDS: #Jordan and the effort to support BDS in the Arab world
"During the last week in June, Cirque du Soleil’s signature show Saltimbanco played at the Prince Hamzeh Arena in Amman, Jordan. Approximately 18,000 persons attended the show over the course of four days.
The event itself received polarized reviews. Some said it was tiring to watch, bland and overrated. Others thought the show exceeded expectations, that the performance was mesmerizing and dream-like."
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Farah
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2:54 PM
#BDS: An Anti-Israeli Flag in an American Neighborhood
" A neighborhood in Ann Arbor has worked together on an initiative to take down an anti-Israeli flag being demonstrated in front of another neighbor's house. But the petition that has so far been signed by 11 households is not discouraging the man responsible for the display, as he has responded with a five page letter defending his freedom of speech rights, asking his neighbors to re-consider their request.
Henry Herskovitz has lived on the block of Mark Hannah Place for over 29 years and has never really had problems with his neighbors, that is until now. The Jewish activist, who has been a prominent member of Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends (JWPF) since its creation over eight years ago, decided to put up a flag hanging from a tree in front of his house that depicts the Israeli flag with a red "no" symbol slashed across it. Since the flag was put up in late May, he was surprised to receive a petition from his neighbors asking him to take it down."
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Farah
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2:53 PM
#BDS: مشروع حوار إسرائيلي أردني فلسطيني لدولة قادمة
أعلن في إسرائيل مؤخرا عن إطلاق برنامج حوار أكاديمي يشترك فيه باحثون من الأردن وإسرائيل والسلطة الفلسطينية يهدف الى إخراج دراسة شاملة حول الانعكاسات المترتبة على إقامة ما سمي بـ " دولة فلسطين الكبرى " ، من خلال مشروع سياسي مدعوم من الاتحاد الأوروبي الذي يمول المشروع بنصف مليون دولار .
البرنامج " السيوأكاديمي " يشرف عليه في إسرائيل مركز الحوار الاستراتيجي التابع لـجامعة "نتانيا " ولم يكشف بشكل رسمي عن أسماء المشاركين في هذا البرنامج الذي يعقد في عمان وتل أبيب بالتناوب ، ولا عن الغاية الأخيرة التي يسعى لها المشاركون .
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Farah
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2:45 PM
#BDS: "حركة النهضة" التونسية تجرم التطبيع مع إسرائيل #تونس
المختصر/ أقرَّ المؤتمر العام التاسع لحركة النهضة الإسلامية التونسية التي تقود الائتلاف الحاكم في البلاد، مبدأ تجريم التطبيع مع إسرائيل.
وشدَّد البيان الختامي للمؤتمر الذي صدر في ساعة متأخرة من ليل الثلاثاء، على ضرورة "تحريم التطبيع مع الكيان الصهيوني".
واعتبر البيان الذي تلاه رئيس المؤتمر عبد اللطيف مكي الذي يتولّى حقيبة الصحة في الحكومة التونسية، أنَّ القضية الفلسطينية "تبقى قضية مركزية للأمة".
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Farah
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2:38 PM
#BDS: «ديزني» أعلنت سحب أسهمها من شركة «أهافا» للتجميل
أثار قرار أبيغايل ديزني، حفيدة وولت ديزني، مؤسس «ديزني لاند» وصانع الأفلام الأميركي الشهير الانضمام إلى حملة المقاطعة التجارية والاقتصادية لإسرائيل انتباه الأوساط السياسية والتجارية على حدٍ سواء في الغرب، نظرا لما لهذه المؤسسة من ثقل اقتصادي وثقافي في العالم أجمع، فيما أعطت الخطوة دفعا قويا لحملة المقاطعة لإسرائيل التي يخوضها الشعب الفلسطيني وأصدقاؤه في جميع أنحاء العالم والتي حققت في الآونة الأخيرة نجاحا منقطع النظير، ما يضع حكومات الدول الغربية في موقع حرج ويكشف عورة الاكتفاء بالمعارضة اللفظية للسياسة الإسرائيلية، من دون اتخاذ أي خطوة فعلية تضايق إسرائيل، مثلما فعلت «ديزني».
وقالت وريثة ديزني في بيان، أمس، انها «قررت سحب أسهم العائلة من شركة أهافا الإسرائيلية لمواد التجميل لأن الشركة تستغل مصادر طبيعية محتلة بالقوة»، في إشارة إلى أن «أهافا» تعتمد في تصنيع منتجاتها على مياه البحر الميت الغنية بالمعادن. وأضاف البيان أن «عائلة ديزني قررت التبرع بأرباحها من هذه الشركة، إلى حين يتم سحب الأسهم منها نهائيا، لصالح حملة المقاطعة التي تعمل على إنهاء هذا الاستغلال غير القانوني» للمصادر الطبيعية المحتلة».
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Farah
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2:36 PM
#BDS: #UCLA professor wins fight over academic freedom
"This spring, a UCLA professor was criticized by a faculty leader for linking an online syllabus for a World Arts and Cultures course to a website that called for a boycott of Israel. At the time, professor David Delgado Shorter reportedly was told that the link for his winter term class on Tribal Worldviews seemed to advance a political agenda that was inappropriate in the classroom.
Shorter, however, said his academic freedom was being violated and he questioned whether Andrew Leuchter, the chairman of UCLA’s faculty Senate, should have responded to a complaint about the link from a group that seeks to fight anti-Semitism at UC.
Shorter said that the link to the Israel boycott was just one of a number of suggested links for the class to explore the rights of various groups around the world and that he also discussed in class the point of view of people who are against the boycott.
Now, Shorter has won vindication."
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Farah
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2:31 PM
#BDS: Melbourne court clears 11 pro-Palestinians in boycott #Israel protest #Ausralia
"Eleven pro-Palestinian protesters had charges against them dismissed in a Melbourne court Monday while five others must wait to find out whether they will be penalized for their part in a violent scuffle with police last year."
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Farah
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2:26 PM
#BDS AT 7 YEARS AND THE CHANGING DISCOURSE ON #PALESTINE: READING ROUND-UP
"July 17 was a multi-city day of action for the national We Divest campaign demanding pension-giant TIAA-CREF divest from all companies profiting from Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Activists–including members of OWS Global Justice–were out on the streets in front of TIAA-CREF headquarters in NYC for the annual shareholders meeting. They were also inside the meeting, where CEO Richard Ferguson acknowledged that the We Divest campaign influenced TIAA-CREF’s decision to drop Caterpillar from its Social Choice fund, and that they will be monitoring developments in the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, initiated by Palestinian civil society in 2005."
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Farah
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2:23 PM
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