Activism News
The Activism News section of EI reports on Palestinian and Palestine-related activism around the world, including the work of the International Solidarity Movement and other groups. Quality submissions are welcomed.
"Bureaucratic weapons worse than bombs"
Bridget Chappell, The Electronic Intifada, 1 September 2010
Firas al-Maraghi from the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem has been on hunger strike outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin since 26 July. Al-Maraghi is striking in protest of the Israeli Ministry of Interior's refusal to include his German-born daughter and wife on his Jerusalem residency permit. Bridget Chappell interviews al-Maraghi for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Church boycott calls ring louder
Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada, 25 August 2010
The world's churches have long been one of the battlegrounds of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. With the strengthening of the BDS movement, a number of churches across the globe have seen the boycott of Israeli and Israeli settlement goods hotting up, and recent weeks have witnessed some notable victories. [MORE]
Global boycott movement claims victories, arrests
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 24 August 2010
Palestinians and solidarity activists claimed a major victory as the Norwegian government divested from two Israeli companies involved in settlement construction. Meanwhile, a Chicago activist was arrested days after charges were dropped against UK activists arrested during a boycott action. [MORE]
Norwegian gov't pension fund excludes more Israeli companies
Press release, Palestinian BDS National Committee, 24 August 2010
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has divested from two Israeli companies, Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus, over their involvement in construction of illegal settlements in the West Bank. [MORE]
Canadian Boat to Gaza to break siege, overcome "aid traps"
Steven Zhou, The Electronic Intifada, 23 August 2010
Canadian activists looking to assist in the breaking of the siege of Gaza will launch a Canadian Boat to Gaza this fall. However, this Canadian version of the Freedom Flotilla that seeks to break the siege has a twist. [MORE]
West Bank boycott campaign impacting settlement economy
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 19 August 2010
Grassroots Palestinian boycott campaigns across the occupied West Bank to take Israeli settlement products off the shelves of local stores have made an impact on the Israeli settlement economy, to the unease of the Israeli government, noted the Israeli daily Haaretz this week. [MORE]
Turkey must oppose Uribe appointment to flotilla probe
Open letter, various undersigned, 18 August 2010
Mr. Prime Minister, it is an insult to the memory of those killed in the Israeli massacre against peace activists aboard the Mavi Marmara to have their blood "redeemed" by a man who has a record of violations against human rights and international law. [MORE]
Chick Corea: don't turn your back on Gaza!
Open letter, Palestinian Students' Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, 18 August 2010
We are a group of students from Gaza, and our only fault is being Palestinians. For that, Mr. Corea, we are imprisoned with our families and loved ones in what major human rights organizations call the largest open air prison in modern history. The state you are planning to entertain committed a process of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous people in 1948. [MORE]
UK, Irish artists saluted for principled boycott stance
Statement, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, 18 August 2010
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the British dance group Faithless for declining to play in Israel this summer. The cancellation of the group's Israeli gig is the latest in a string of cancellations of performances in Israel by artists and musicians of conscience. [MORE]
Students, boycott Israel's propagandist youth festival!
Statement, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, 18 August 2010
Once again, the Brand-Israel machine is in high gear, this time organizing a million-dollar international youth extravaganza in Eilat in September 2010 called "Funjoya." This unabashed propaganda exercise is sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Tourism and the Israeli Student Union, among other official and semi-official bodies. [MORE]
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