Israel extends detention of Palestinian for Facebook posts

Ma’an News Agency | Aug 30, 2014 | 14:03 HEBRON (Ma’an) — An Israeli court on Friday extended the detention of a Palestinian activist who was detained for political activities on Facebook for a week, a Ma’an reporter said on Saturday. An Israeli court in Petah Tikva extended the detention of Suhaib Zahida, 31, until […]

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Analysts say boycott could have major effect on Israeli economy

Ma’an News Agency | Aug 28, 2014 |  21:40 (MaanImages/file) NABLUS (Ma’an) — In the last two months, Palestinians across the West Bank have begun heeding calls to boycott Israeli goods in increasing numbers as popular campaigns have taken to the street to promote the campaign. Economic analysts say the campaign could potentially have a […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas hails EU ban on Israeli settlement products

[ PIC 18/08/2014 – 02:36 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas Movement’s spokesman Fawzi Barhoum hailed on Monday the European Union’s decision to boycott Israeli settlement products. Barhoum called for more tough restrictions and punitive measures against Israel for committing war crimes in Gaza. The EU decided on Sunday to boycott Israeli poultry and dairy products […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel fears expansion of planned EU boycott

MEMO | Monday, 18 August 2014 13:37 The report cites Israeli Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir [Pictured above] telling Maariv newspaper that: ‘Israel is exerting much effort with the EU to undermine new regulations taking place.’ Israeli sources are worried about the possibility of the EU extending the boycott of Israeli poultry products, slated to start […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | UK protesters urge @Tesco to stop selling Israeli goods

PressTV | Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:19PM GMT   Anti-Israeli protesters have staged a demonstration in the British city of Birmingham, calling on Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, to stop selling Israeli goods. On Saturday, pro-Palestinian demonstrators entered the Hodge Hill Tesco branch and threw piles of Israeli products on the floor. According to West […]

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Labor activists in US, Canada blockade Israeli ship – Video | #BlockTheBoat “Zim”

Published on Aug 17, 2014 Labor activists in the United States and Canada are blocking an Israeli ship from docking in US harbors. The Israeli boat has officially delayed its scheduled arrival in Oakland, California. For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of Palestine, recommended read: The History of Resistance – […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel halts meat exports to Europe over boycott

MEMO | Sunday, 17 August 2014 13:08 The EU’s decision came after the High Commission found out that the Israeli meat factory, Auf Tof, gets poultry from suppliers in the Jordan Valley settlements. The Israeli ministry of agriculture has decided to halt its meat exports to Europe and sell them instead in local markets and […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | “Boycott from Within”: Citizens of Israel Charge Israel with Genocide, Letter to @UN

By Global Research News |Global Research, July 31, 2014 Boycott from Within has sent the following letter to the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. We encourage others to do the same at http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/contactform.asp?address=1. You may use this letter. Dear Madame/Sir, We are citizens of Israel who oppose our government’s […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | New campaign to boycott Israeli products in West Bank | #BDS

[ PIC 31/07/2014 – 05:15 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Dozens of young activists launched on Wednesday a campaign to boycott Israeli products under the slogan “Do not support Gaza aggressions.” The campaign’s organizers urged the Palestinian people to boycott the Israeli products in protest at Israel’s Judaization and confiscation policies and its crimes and […]

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Milwaukee Palestine solidarity activists confront marketers of illegal settlement product SodaStream

By staff | November 5, 2013 | FightBackNews (Photo:Milwaukee protest against SodaStream (Fight Back!News/Staff) Milwaukee protest against SodaStream) Milwaukee, WI – On Nov. 5, the self-proclaimed “fastest growing motivational movement,” #besomebody, met the world’s fastest growing boycott movement on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Over 20 activists handed out informational fliers exposing the […]

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Boycott-Israel-goods demo held in Paris France

PressTV | Oct 20, 2013   French activists have held a demonstration in the capital Paris, calling on shoppers to boycott Israeli goods. The protest was organized by the campaign group Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), and was held at a large supermarket in the French capital. The BDS seeks to increase pressure on the […]

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PFLP (@PFLP_ps): Boycott occupation elections in Jerusalem

Statement by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | October 13, 2013 | Fight Back News Fight back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 12 statement from the Popular Font for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine called for a boycott of the occupation municipal elections […]

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@Veolia transportation firm divests from Israeli settlement bus lines

 Monday September 30, 2013 00:13 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After a campaign beginning more than six years ago, activists with the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement have declared a major victory this week, when the French transportation company Veolia Transdev (partially owned by environmental services company Veolia Inc.) sold off its bus […]

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Got to love the Irish! Roger Waters launches education resource on Palestine in #Dublin

Maan News Agency | Sept 22, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Iconic British musician Roger Waters launched an education resource on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Dublin this week, an Irish solidarity group said. Mr Waters told a packed audience in Dublin that he “wholeheartedly endorsed” a teaching pack entitled ‘Palestine & Israel – How will there […]

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500 European Academics urge EU to maintain stance on Israeli settlements

 Sunday September 15, 2013 21:55 by bdsmovement.net | IMEMC News Over 500 academics, including researchers from 13 European Union member states, have today written to the EU’s head of Foreign Policy, urging the EU not to water down its new guidelines preventing EU funding from being awarded to Israeli projects and entities in the Occupied […]

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