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Professor Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel in solidarity with Palestinians (Updated)

May 8, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 2 Comments

LIVE BLOG | Continuously updated below the initial article By The Guardian at RawStory| Tuesday, May 7, 2013 21:55 EDT Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Hawking, 71, the […]

American academic group boycotts Israeli universities

April 27, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Students across the West Bank and Gaza Strip launch campaigns to boycott Israel. (File photo) PressTV | Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:57AM GMT US academic group, the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) passes a resolution to boycott Israeli universities for their complicity in violations of international law by the Israeli regime against Palestinians. The […]

UK-based G4S quits operations in occupied West Bank amid protests

April 23, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

A campaign group called ‘Stop G4S’ has pledged to continue their protest against the UK-based security services company over its involvement in apartheid Israel. PRESSTV | April 23, 2013 The pledge came after Britain’s G4S plc unveiled plans to cancel key contracts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories amid protests against its involvement in illegal settlements, […]

Arab countries employ Israeli regime’s secret battalions such as G4S

April 21, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

A British-based anti-Zionism campaign group has slammed Arab countries for employing alien security companies such as G4S, describing them as secret battalions and trained spies of the Zionist regime. PressTV | April 21, 2013 “Employing such companies is not only considered as a way of normalization of ties with the Zionist regime, but it is […]

VIDEO | Australian universities starting to boycott Israel

April 20, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

PressTV | Published on Apr 20, 2013 The boycott, divest and sanction campaign, known as the BDS campaign, is a global civil movement that strongly opposes Israel’s occupation of Palestine. It says it hopes to promote a message of impunity of Israel in its serial breaches of international law and internal humanitarian law. The BDS […]

Roger Waters clarifies his position on the boycott – IN SUPPORT! ~ by @docjazzmusic

April 20, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Musical Intifada | 20 April 2013 | by Dr. Tariq Shadid aka Doc Jazz Here is some really good news to report. Roger Waters has published a response on Facebook, clarifying misunderstandings that had arisen after his Huffington Post interview. Read the open letter here, if you want to have an idea of how the […]

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UC Berkeley student senate votes to divest from companies that profit from Israeli Occupation

April 19, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Thursday April 18, 2013 23:29 by IMEMC News Staff After a ten hour debate that began Wednesday evening and continued through the night, the Student Senate at the University of California – Berkeley voted to divest University funds from three companies that profit from Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Debate […]

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Open Letter to @RogerWaters: Don’t Drop Your Boycott Call ~ by @docjazzmusic

April 18, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Musical Intifada | 18 April 2013 | Dr. Tariq Shadid aka @docjazzmusic Dear Roger, I feel fortunate that I don’t need to explain to you what the devastating effects of Israel’s expansionist policies have been, and continue to be. You are very well informed, and quite aware of the extensive misery that has befallen our […]

An example of the anti-Israeli posters set to appear at metro stations in the US

STOP US AID TO ISRAEL: Anti-Israel ads to appear at US train stations

March 26, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

PressTV | Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:29AM Israel receives more than USD 3 billion from the United States in direct foreign assistance every year. It also gets USD 70 million more in military aid for its missile systems. A Pro-Palestine rights group in the United States has launched an advertising campaign to protest against Washington’s […]

VIDEO | Boycott Apartheid ft M1 (Dead Prez) and Lowkey

February 19, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Published on Feb 18, 2013 This video was made on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, whose sovereignty never ceded. This video was made by the following BDS supporters: Camera: Fabio Cavadini Lighting and Sound: Amanda King Music (oud and daf): Mohamed Youssef Music recordist: Ritchie Belkner Music composer: Osloob of […]

Samsung enters the Apartheidmarket. Sparkling water for $3899 – None for Palestine!

February 15, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Febr 15, 2013 ~ by occpal Featured in Forbes the next article: SodaStream and Samsung Debut A Fridge With Sparkling Water Dispense Yuppies rejoice. Seemingly unfazed by CBS‘s rejection of its Super Bowl ad, which followed closely on the heels of a UK approval body rejecting a similar ad, Sodastream continues on its quest to […]

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They Can’t Hide the Sun: An interview with Omar Barghouti ~ by Peter Rugh at @Mondoweiss

February 9, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Peter Rugh | Mondoweiss | Febr 8, 2013 Controversy continues to swirl around a planned forum scheduled to take place tonight at Brooklyn College to discuss the growing global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The man at the center of the storm is Omar Barghouti. In 2005, together with Palestinian unions and […]

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Announcing 9th annual Israeli Apartheid Week (Feb-March 2013)

January 31, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Posted on: January 30, 2013 | ISM Palestine | Apartheid Week Ninth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week (February – March 2013) We are excited to announce the upcoming 9th annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) starting late February in Europe and moving to various countries through the month of March. Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual […]

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Netanyahu’s Apartheid Government ~ by @StephenLendman

January 30, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

By Stephen Lendman | Jan 30, 2013 | Sabbah Report Israelis repeat the same mistakes and expect change. They’re stuck in the rut they themselves dug. Graphics by Don Nash at Skulzwerks Amos Oz is a noted Israeli academic, author, journalist, and novelist. He’s also a vocal Netanyahu critic. More on his recent comments below. […]

WeFightBack: Activists confront pro-Israel rally at University of New Orleans

January 30, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Jacob Flom | We Fight Back | January 29, 2013 New Orleans, LA – Students and community members confronted a pro-Israel rally titled “Declare Your Freedom” at the University of New Orleans (UNO) on Jan. 28. The event featured right-wing Zionist and notoriously anti-Arab speaker Daniel Pipes. About 30 young people were bused to the […]

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Farming Injustice: End all Trade with Israeli Agricultural Companies

January 9, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

PNN English | Jan 7, 2013 Monday 7th January, Palestinian agricultural organisations and the Palestinian BDS National Committee called in a press release for the launching of worldwide campaigns on 9th February against Israeli agricultural export corporations in light of their deep complicity in Israel’s ongoing violations of international law and Palestinian human rights. […]

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A masked Palestinian youth covers his face during clashes with Israeli security forces in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on 14 February 2012 (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Gharabli)

Note to Artists: Say No to The Israeli Visa ~ by @LinahAlSaafin

January 6, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

By: Linah Alsaafin | Al Akhbar English | Sunday, January 6, 2013 On 7 December 2012, a six-member Jordanian band, Autostrad, played a concert for a mostly Palestinian audience in Nazareth. Autostrad’s Facebook page defines the band as a “Jordanian world latin-reggae-funk-rock band,” with previous gigs in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Ramallah. […]

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A State that Makes you Wonder ~ by Dr. Tariq Shadid (@docjazzmusic)

December 6, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Wednesday, 05 December 2012 15:12 | Dr. Tariq Shadid | Docjazz.com When Stevie Wonder announced his withdrawal from a performance at the FIDF (“Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces”) fundraiser gala, many in the pro-Palestinian movement cheered. I was relieved too. Seeing one of the greatest musical geniuses of our age, whom I could safely […]

Richard Falk urges boycott Veolia in London over illegal settlements

November 22, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

By SR Editor | Nov 22, 2012 | Sabbah Report UN expert calls for Veolia bidding snub A UNITED Nations expert on Palestine has called on the North London Waste Authority to bar a company from bidding for public contracts over its involvement with “illegal” Israeli settlements. Richard Falk, the UN’s special rapporteur on human […]

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UC Irvine student gov't unanimously passes divestment bill challenging Israel's human rights abuses

November 14, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Reblogged from Sixteen Minutes to Palestine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R79Wr27ytME Almost two years after the Irvine 11 unprecedentedly faced criminal charges for verbally disrupting a speech by Israel ambassador Michael Oren, the student government at the University of California, Irvine passed a divestment resolution with a 16-0-0 vote. The resolution, penned and proposed by UC Irvine students, requires […]

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YES!!! Quakers Divest from Veolia and Hewlett Packard! | Another #BDS Success!

September 26, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Wednesday September 26, 2012 02:10 by Anna Baltzer – National Organizer endtheoccupation.org The US Campaign is thrilled to announce that the Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC) has become the first U.S. national fund to divest from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Veolia Environment following concerns expressed by Palestinian rights advocates about the companies’ involvement in the Israeli […]

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Stealing Palestinian Resources ~ by @StephenLendman

September 25, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

by Stephen Lendman | Sabbah Report: http://www.sabbah.biz Sept 25, 2012 Boycott activists protest the sale of Ahava products at a US store. Photo -Steve Rhodes Israelwants it all. For decades, it’s been systematically stealing Palestinian land and resources. Al Haq’s new report provides more evidence. Titled “Pillage of the Dead Sea: Israel’s Unlawful Exploitation of […]