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Why Boycott Israel?

The Palestinian people are experiencing their 42nd year of military occupation. The siege by the Israeli army and the economic blockade have devastated their daily lives so that 'normal' life is impossible.

Israel operates an entrenched system of racial Apartheid against its own non-Jewish inhabitants and has been illegally occupying Palestinian land in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights since 1967. It has sought to further annex these lands and has systematically transferred its own civilian population into these occupied territories in contravention of international law. Israel continues to build the illegal Apartheid wall, annexing vast swathes of Palestinian land in the West Bank and creating Palestinian ghettos, despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice that it is illegal.

180 Palestinian organisations and unions, in response to Israeli onslaught, have called for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Apartheid Israel.

Derail Veolia




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29 07 2010
General / Consumer boycott
South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu issues statement of support for boycott announced by food co-op in Rachel Corrie's hometown of Olympia, Washington.


29 07 2010
General / Consumer boycott

Today, Thursday 29th July 2010, at 1pm, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) delivered a petition to Dunnes Stores signed by 6,000 shoppers across Ireland. The petition demands that Dunnes Stores stop stocking Israeli products, until Israel respects Palestinian rights and international law. Present at the handing-in were Brendan Archbold, the trade union official at the centre of the 1980s Dunnes strike when workers refused to handle South African goods, Freda Hughes IPSC National Chairperson, Aengus O'Snodaigh of Sinn Fein along with supporters of the campaign and members of both the Palestinian and South African communities in Ireland.


28 07 2010
General / Cultural boycott
About ten people from Scottish PSC and Friends of Al Aqsa turned out at the Glasgow O2 ABC yesterday evening (26th) to leaflet the audience arriving for the PIL/John Lydon gig. Despite hostility from a few, most took leaflets and many expressed support, including a BBC Radio Scotland presenter. Spare leaflets were put to good use decorating the tour bus.
12 07 2010
General
from the Jewish Chronicle
12 05 2010
Trade Unions
From Independent Middle-East Media Centre
12 05 2010
General
From Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods
29 04 2010
General / Cultural boycott
see http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116625421691276&v=wall#!/group.php?gid=116625421691276&v=wall
29 04 2010
General / Students
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=280198

University students commit to sweeping boycotts
Published today (updated) 28/04/2010 18:00
Bethlehem - Ma'an - In anticipation of Nakba commemoration day next month, Palestinian student and youth groups across the West Bank and Gaza signed a memorandum enacting a massive boycott of Israeli products and programs.

The document calls for a halt to any activities that could normalize relations between Palestine and Israel.
29 04 2010
General / Cultural boycott
from Jpost
29 04 2010
General / Consumer boycott / Settlement goods
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/2010426173723356743.html


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