Australia

Anti-BDS crowd smear Australian boycott professor as "nut job"

Submitted by Ben White on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 11:40
Opponents of BDS are – presumably deliberately – misrepresenting an Australian professor’s support for academic boycott.

Palestinian refugees forced out of Iraq feared lost at sea en route to Australia

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 21:46

Palestinian refugees attempting to reach safety in Australia after being forced out of Iraq and denied asylum in Cyprus are feared lost at sea.

Victory for Australia's boycott campaign as charges of blockading chocolate store dropped

Kim Bullimore
Melbourne
27 July 2012
A judge’s decision to drop the charges against 16 Palestine solidarity activists in Melbourne, Australia has been hailed as a “landmark victory” for freedom of expression.

International Crisis Group: craving approval from a blood-soaked elite

Submitted by david on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 11:04
Financed by oil and mining firms that propped up white minority rule in South Africa, it’s no surprise that the International Crisis Group’s latest article fails to describe Israel as an apartheid state.

Attempts to break Gaza blockade won't stop, vows Freedom Waves activist

Michelle Gyeney
28 November 2011
As the Australian delegate on the Tahrir boat with the recent Freedom Waves initiative, Michael Coleman recently confronted all of the barriers that the government of Israel could muster.

Australian activists put Palestine travel ban on trial

Sarah Irving
Sydney
26 September 2011
How two 69-year-old women challenged Israel’s restrictions on Welcome to Palestine protest.

BDS activists in Israel stand with Australian counterparts facing repression

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 08/13/2011 - 01:02
Boycott from Within, a coalition of citizens of Israel, both Palestinian and Jewish, organizing in support of the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) issued a statement today expressing their solidarity with Australian BDS activists facing severe state repression.

Australia's repression of BDS movement coordinated with Israel

Kim Bullimore
Melbourne
9 August 2011
Nineteen Melbourne activists are facing fines of up to $32,000 for participating in an action in support of the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions.

Tutu boosts Murdoch-battered BDS campaign in Sydney

Sarah Irving
5 July 2011
A letter of support from South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is regarded as a vindication of an Australian city council’s fight — currently unsuccessful — to align its purchasing policies with the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the State of Israel.

Interview: Mazin Qumsiyeh on popular resistance and breaking the spell of fear

David Cronin
16 June 2011
David Cronin interviews Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of the new book Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, on the popular struggle in the occupied West Bank and his experience being arrested and detained by Israeli forces.

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