Israeli Knesset passes record number of racist laws

[ 24/07/2011 – 02:29 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The preliminary reading passage of a bill placing West Bank museums under Israel law would not be the last racist law passed by the Knesset. The draft, which was passed with a 51-9 vote in the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday, was designed ”as a step toward annexing” […]

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#BDS- & the Anti-Boycott Law ~ by Yasir M. Tineh

Yasir M. Tineh | July 17, 2011 #BDS- Boycott Divest & Sanction, an acronym bearing three words heavy with the wisdom of resistance, three words that embody a struggle fought on various fronts & a new position of power in the deeply intertwined conflict. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands occupied in […]

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Israel is unable to cope with non-violent Palestinian activism

  Abir Kopty | July 14, 2011 | Mondoweiss This week, Israeli Knesset passed the anti-boycott bill, which outlaws the non-violent action of economic, academic and cultural boycott. Last week, it attacked another non-violent action, the fly-in campaign, and week before that, it was the flotilla. Every Friday, it oppresses non-violent demonstration in Bil’in, Nabi […]

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Israeli Law Professors Protest Anti-Boycott Law

PNN – Palestine News Network – 14.07.11 – 10:46 PNN – Tel Aviv – Thirty-two Israeli academics have signed a petition against the newly-passed anti-boycott law. The law was passed on Monday and allows anyone who feels threatened by a call to boycott to bring a civil lawsuit against the person or organization who called for […]

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Gush Shalom Rails Against Boycott Law

PNN – Palestine News Network -14.07.11 – 11:42 Tel Aviv – PNN – As the Israeli parliament proceeds to pass the controversial ‘Boycott Law,’ Israeli peace bloc Gush Shalom has issued an appeal to the Supreme Court against the bill. In a press statement issued this week, Gush Shalom declares that the new law violates […]

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US Zionist Groups Voice Opposition To Israeli Anti Boycott Law – International Middle East Media Center

Wednesday July 13, 2011 12:43 by Kevin Murphy – IMEMC and Agencies Both soft and hard line US Israeli supporters have come out against the new Israeli Boycott Law that came into effect on Monday when it gained a majority vote in the Knesset. Groups have described the bill, which makes illegal the boycotting of […]

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We Will Not be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law

Wednesday, 13 July 2011 07:45 | AIC |  Multiple Signatories “We’re going to arrest you, but it’s difficult with you because all you do is talk.” – Israeli soldier to Palestinian organizer Mohammad Othman, 2009 [1] We, Israeli citizens, members of Boycott![2], hereby reiterate our support and promotion of the Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment […]

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US groups condemn anti-boycott law and reiterate support for BDS

12 July 2011 | US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel |   International Solidarity Movement – Read the Palestinian Boycott National Committees statement on anti-boycott bill – Read the Boycott From Within statement on the anti-boycott bill On Monday, 11 July 2011, the Israeli Knesset passed new legislation outlawing the Boycott, Divestment […]

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What is the anti-boycott law? Who does it affect?

Monday, July 11 2011| Roi Maor | +972 Magazine Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, is set to pass (after some convoluted last minute wrangling) today one of the most anti-democratic measures in the country’s history, the so-called “Anti-Boycott Law.” A link to the full text’s translation can be found here. Simply put, the law seeks to […]

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