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250 European academics call for exclusion of Ahava and Israeli arms companies from EU research projects

Submitted by Michael Deas on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 18:21
Signatories to the open letter to the European Commission include Gérard Toulouse, a member of the French Academy of Science, Malcolm Levitt, a member of the UK Royal Society, and renowned philosopher Slavjoj Zizek

Whitewashing apartheid, European football federation claims Israel tournament "will bring people together"

Submitted by Michael Deas on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 16:50
The father of Palestinian national footballer Mahmoud Sarsak, who is set to be released by Israel on 10 July following a three month hunger strike, has said that it is “unbearable” that Israel will host the tournament “while it routinely arrests, tortures, imprisons and kills Palestinians, including football players, without consequence”

Norway's pension fund divests from Israel's largest real estate firm

Submitted by Michael Deas on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 09:46
A major victory for the campaign to boycott Israel has been achieved in Norway.

Palestinian labor expresses solidarity with European trade unions resisting austerity, supporting BDS measures

Submitted by Michael Deas on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 15:33
The Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions has issued a statement of solidarity with European trade unions resisting public spending cuts and job losses and restated its support for proactive BDS campaigns and a boycott of the Histadrut.

Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S over role in Israeli jails

Submitted by Michael Deas on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 19:20
The call for action came as it emerged that the European Parliament has decided not to renew a contract with the Danish-British corporation following pressure from campaigners for Palestinian rights

UK student movement takes huge step forward during Israeli Apartheid Week

Submitted by Michael Deas on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 00:11
Student solidarity groups from more than twenty UK universities held Israeli Apartheid Week events last week, raising awareness of the apartheid analysis and building boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on campus

BDS Global Day of Action to mark Land Day on March 30

Submitted by Michael Deas on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 11:30
The BDS National Committee (BNC), the Palestinian civil society coalition that leads the BDS movement, has called on activists to use the BDS Global Day of Action to take action to highlight the success of the movement and mobilise for the World Social Forum Free Palestine due to take place in Port Alegre, Brazil, in November 2012

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