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BDS roundup: "Don't put the fruits of apartheid under your Christmas tree!"

Submitted by nora on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 00:08

Holiday shopping-related actions took place around the world as BDS activists encouraged shoppers not to buy Israeli products. And a group in California calls on the state pension fund to investigate its investment ties with Israeli companies and US companies that do business with the Israeli military.

US citizen in Jerusalem arrest video speaks to EI

Maureen Clare Murphy
14 June 2011

Lucas Koerner, the young American Jewish university student shown violently arrested in a Jerusalem Day video, speaks to The Electronic Intifada about his activism and what happened after his arrest.

US activists prepare to break Israel's blockade on Gaza

Alex Kane
10 June 2011

Final preparations are underway for the next big flotilla to Gaza, which is scheduled to occur in late June. The US Boat to Gaza will take part in the largest planned fleet yet, with an estimated 1,000 passengers from an array of countries collaborating to break Israel’s blockade.

Move Over AIPAC challenges business-as-usual in Washington

Linda Khoury
Washington, DC
3 June 2011

Late last month AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, held its 2011 annual policy conference in Washington, DC. Just across the street hundreds of social justice activists from all corners of the United States, in addition to a handful of internationals, met with the formidable goal of building a counter-force to AIPAC.

Protestor who disrupted Netanyahu in Congress attacked, hospitalized, arrested

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 18:42

Rae Abileah a CODEPINK activist who disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in the United States Congress this morning was physically attacked, hospitalized and then arrested from hospital according to reports.

Why Sasha Gelzin disrupted Netanyahu at AIPAC - interview

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 03:03

In an interview with The Electronic Intifada moments ago, Sasha Gelzin, 23, an activist with CODEPINK described what happened when she and four others disrupted the keynote speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington on Monday evening.

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