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Call from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE)
End the Carnage in Gaza - Boycott the Israeli Academy Now!
29 December 2008 |
End the Carnage in Gaza - Boycott the Israeli Academy Now!
29 December 2008 |
A Call of the Palestinian Civil Society
"Stop the Massacre in Gaza – Boycott Israel Now!"
27 December 2008 | Today, the Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre in Gaza, causing the death and injury of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including a yet unknown number of school children who were headed home from school when the first Israeli military strikes started. This latest bloodbath, although far more ruthless than all its predecessors, is not Israel’s first. It culminates months of an Israeli siege of Gaza that should be widely condemned and prosecuted as an act of genocide against the 1.5 million Palestinians in the occupied coastal strip.
"Stop the Massacre in Gaza – Boycott Israel Now!"
27 December 2008 | Today, the Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre in Gaza, causing the death and injury of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including a yet unknown number of school children who were headed home from school when the first Israeli military strikes started. This latest bloodbath, although far more ruthless than all its predecessors, is not Israel’s first. It culminates months of an Israeli siege of Gaza that should be widely condemned and prosecuted as an act of genocide against the 1.5 million Palestinians in the occupied coastal strip.Call from the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee
L’Oreal: Makeup for Israeli Apartheid!
23 December 2008 | In this holiday season, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee, BNC (*), calls upon people of conscience all over the world to boycott all the products of the French cosmetics giant, L’Oreal (**), due to its deep and extensive involvement in business relations with Israel, despite the latter’s continued occupation and apartheid policies against the indigenous Palestinian people.
L’Oreal: Makeup for Israeli Apartheid!
23 December 2008 | In this holiday season, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee, BNC (*), calls upon people of conscience all over the world to boycott all the products of the French cosmetics giant, L’Oreal (**), due to its deep and extensive involvement in business relations with Israel, despite the latter’s continued occupation and apartheid policies against the indigenous Palestinian people.A Position Paper of the Palestinian BDS National Committee
Public Launch of the Palestinian Civil Society Strategic Position Paper Towards the UN Durban Review Conference
29 November 2008 | Hundreds of international civil society organizations and networks endorse the Position Paper titled “United Against Apartheid, Colonialism and Occupation: Dignity & Justice for the Palestinian People” on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Public Launch of the Palestinian Civil Society Strategic Position Paper Towards the UN Durban Review Conference
29 November 2008 | Hundreds of international civil society organizations and networks endorse the Position Paper titled “United Against Apartheid, Colonialism and Occupation: Dignity & Justice for the Palestinian People” on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
United Nations
UN General Assembly President calls for sanctions against Israeli apartheid
26 November 2008 | The following speeches were given on November 24 by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Brockmann should be applauded for this speech, as he uses powerful content – including references to apartheid, American-imposed obstacles to peace, Israeli intimidation and last but not least, the BDS movement – that has not been heard yet at this level of UN diplomacy.
UN General Assembly President calls for sanctions against Israeli apartheid
26 November 2008 | The following speeches were given on November 24 by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Brockmann should be applauded for this speech, as he uses powerful content – including references to apartheid, American-imposed obstacles to peace, Israeli intimidation and last but not least, the BDS movement – that has not been heard yet at this level of UN diplomacy.Boycott the Israeli Apartheid State
Protest Lloyds TSB joining the war on the people of Gaza
19 November 2008 | Interpal is a respected UK charity which helps alleviate the agony of Gaza. It has been thoroughly investigated by the Charities Commission (following malicious complaints by US Government) and had been given the all clear!
Protest Lloyds TSB joining the war on the people of Gaza
19 November 2008 | Interpal is a respected UK charity which helps alleviate the agony of Gaza. It has been thoroughly investigated by the Charities Commission (following malicious complaints by US Government) and had been given the all clear!
Boycott the Israeli Apartheid State
Islamic Party calls for Boycott of Lloyds TSB
19 November 2008 | There are enough Muslim account holders, given the financial crisis, to turn Lloyds into the next casualty of the banking sector after their inappropriate attack against the Palestinian charity Interpal.
Islamic Party calls for Boycott of Lloyds TSB
19 November 2008 | There are enough Muslim account holders, given the financial crisis, to turn Lloyds into the next casualty of the banking sector after their inappropriate attack against the Palestinian charity Interpal.
An Article by Omar Barghouti
Boycotting Israeli settlement products: tactic vs. strategy
11 November 2008 | There has been a spate of recent news reports on international companies moving out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) to locations inside the internationally-recognized boundary between Israel and the West Bank. The impression is made that boycotting products originating in Israel’s illegal colonies in the West Bank is on its way to becoming mainstream, handing the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement with a fresh, substantial victory.
While this development should indeed be celebrated by all BDS activists anywhere, caution is called for in distinguishing between advocating such a targeted boycott as a tactic — leading to the ultimate goal of boycotting all Israeli goods and services — and as an end in itself.
Boycotting Israeli settlement products: tactic vs. strategy
11 November 2008 | There has been a spate of recent news reports on international companies moving out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) to locations inside the internationally-recognized boundary between Israel and the West Bank. The impression is made that boycotting products originating in Israel’s illegal colonies in the West Bank is on its way to becoming mainstream, handing the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement with a fresh, substantial victory.
While this development should indeed be celebrated by all BDS activists anywhere, caution is called for in distinguishing between advocating such a targeted boycott as a tactic — leading to the ultimate goal of boycotting all Israeli goods and services — and as an end in itself.Countering the Critics
Omar Barghouti: The Boycott and Palestinian Groups
21 October 2008 | Since the launch of the Palestinian boycott movement a few years ago, we have experienced an awkward phenomenon that demands urgent comment. Several organizations known for years — in some cases, decades — for their tireless Palestine solidarity work stood firmly against the Palestinian civil society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, BDS, issued on July 9, 2005, for various reasons. Some said such tactics were “harmful” to the Palestinian struggle. Others opined that BDS would undermine the so-called Israeli “peace” movement. Others, still, stated that boycotting Israel would invite accusations of anti-Semitism and betrayal of the Holocaust victims, thereby setting back Palestine solidarity work in a substantial way.
Omar Barghouti: The Boycott and Palestinian Groups
21 October 2008 | Since the launch of the Palestinian boycott movement a few years ago, we have experienced an awkward phenomenon that demands urgent comment. Several organizations known for years — in some cases, decades — for their tireless Palestine solidarity work stood firmly against the Palestinian civil society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, BDS, issued on July 9, 2005, for various reasons. Some said such tactics were “harmful” to the Palestinian struggle. Others opined that BDS would undermine the so-called Israeli “peace” movement. Others, still, stated that boycotting Israel would invite accusations of anti-Semitism and betrayal of the Holocaust victims, thereby setting back Palestine solidarity work in a substantial way.Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Paul McCartney Embraces Israeli Apartheid
15 September 2008 | PACBI regrets Paul McCartney’s insistence on going ahead with his planned gig in Israel despite many appeals to him to cancel it (*) due to Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians, particularly its current brutally devastating and illegal siege of 1.5 million in occupied Gaza.
Paul McCartney Embraces Israeli Apartheid
15 September 2008 | PACBI regrets Paul McCartney’s insistence on going ahead with his planned gig in Israel despite many appeals to him to cancel it (*) due to Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians, particularly its current brutally devastating and illegal siege of 1.5 million in occupied Gaza.
A new online resource for the global BDS campaign
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) launches Global BDS Movement Website
9 July 2008 |
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) launches Global BDS Movement Website
9 July 2008 |
High Time for Boycott Disvestment and Sanctions
60 Years of Nakba, 41 Years of Occupation
5 June 2008 | We reproduce here a paper presented by Omar Barghouti at the Bil’in Third International Conference on Grassroots Resistance, on 4 June 2008.
Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian political and cultural analyst and a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).
60 Years of Nakba, 41 Years of Occupation
5 June 2008 | We reproduce here a paper presented by Omar Barghouti at the Bil’in Third International Conference on Grassroots Resistance, on 4 June 2008.
Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian political and cultural analyst and a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).“Le petit soldat” dancing on Palestinian graves ?
An Open letter to Jean-Luc Godard from occupied Palestine
25 May 2008 | We reproduce here an open letter to Jean-Luc Godard by The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
An Open letter to Jean-Luc Godard from occupied Palestine
25 May 2008 | We reproduce here an open letter to Jean-Luc Godard by The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
Open letter to Nadine Gordimer
Fighting apartheid in South Africa, celebrating apartheid in Israel
28 April 2008 | We reproduce here an open letter to Nadine Gordimer (*) written by Omar Barghouti and Haidar Eid, both members of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Fighting apartheid in South Africa, celebrating apartheid in Israel
28 April 2008 | We reproduce here an open letter to Nadine Gordimer (*) written by Omar Barghouti and Haidar Eid, both members of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Palestinian Appeal to International Civil Society
Sixty Years of Dispossession and Ethnic Cleansing - Boycott the "Israel at 60" Celebrations!
30 March 2008 | This text is an “Appeal to International Civil Society” signed by many Palestinian civil society organizations.
Sixty Years of Dispossession and Ethnic Cleansing - Boycott the "Israel at 60" Celebrations!
30 March 2008 | This text is an “Appeal to International Civil Society” signed by many Palestinian civil society organizations.
Cultural boycott of the Apartheid State of Israel
Ilan Pappe refuses to participate in the “Salon du livre” of Paris. And you? What are you going to do?
3 March 2008 |
Ilan Pappe refuses to participate in the “Salon du livre” of Paris. And you? What are you going to do?
3 March 2008 |