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Ireland To Pass Bill Boycotting Israeli Goods

July 12, 2018 Staff, Maannews.com , , ,
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Irish parliament is expected to pass a landmark bill prohibiting the importation and sale of goods and services originating in illegal Israeli settlements on Wednesday. This bill could potentially set a new precedent within the European Union. The Control of Economic Activities (occupied territories) Bill 2018 seeks to prohibit the import and sale of goods, services and natural resources originating in illegal settlements in occupied Palestine. The proposed bill was slammed as being “immoral” by the Embassy of Israel in Dublin. The Embassy of Israel posted on their Facebook page, entitled as "Israel in Ireland", saying that a bill that promotes any type of boycott should be rejected since it "rather empowers the Hamas 'terrorists' as well as those Palestinians who refuse to come to the negotiating table."

Socialist International Of 140 Global Political Parties Adopts BDS, Calls For Military Embargo On Israel

July 9, 2018 Staff, Imemc.org , , , ,
The Council of the Socialist International (SI) has called for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) for Palestinian rights at their meeting in the United Nations in Geneva on June 26-27. SI also called for a “total embargo on all forms of military trade and cooperation with Israel.” Socialist International brings together 140 global political parties, including 35 parties in government in South Africa, Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Tanzania, Luxemburg, Romania, Iraq and elsewhere. The SI has reaffirmed the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and called on governments and civil organizations to “activate Boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli occupation.” It called for the “total embargo on all forms of military trade and cooperation with Israel as long as it continues its policies of occupation and Apartheid against the people of Palestine.”

BDS Versus Settler-Colonialism

July 9, 2018 Alan Wald, Solidarity-us.org , ,
REPORTS OF THE death of internationalist idealism among millennials have been greatly exaggerated. These two recent books, the feisty anthology Against Apartheid, from a leading radical publishing house, and the concise primer Boycott!, from a major university press, are rollouts for the ascending embargo of academic and cultural collaboration with the Israeli state. They suggest that the pro-Palestinian political activism of today known as BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) could well be en route to becoming the emblematic global solidarity campaign of the early 21st century. Notwithstanding diversity among the mostly young BDS supporters in class, gender, ethnicity and nationality, they exhibit the generosity and imagination to see other oppressions, and the will to fight for a better social order for all.

Israeli Firm Under FBI Scrutiny In Trump Probe Allegedly Targeted BDS Activists

June 10, 2018 By Simona Weinglass, David Horovitz, and Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel ,
Psy-Group, a mysterious Israeli company that is reportedly being investigated by the FBI in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged illegal interference in the 2016 US presidential election, was also involved in covert anti-BDS efforts, according to a lawsuit against the company and multiple sources who spoke to The Times of Israel. BDS is a campaign by some pro-Palestinian activists encouraging people to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel over what they call its ill-treatment of the Palestinians. Psy-Group, which operates in Israel under the name Invop Ltd, is a self-styled leader in “intelligence and influence” which boasts in its marketing material of its covert techniques and capabilities.

Israel Blames BDS Movement, Palestinians For Cancellation Of Argentina ‘Friendly’

June 8, 2018 Staff, Telesurtv.net , ,
Palestinians are praising Argentina's decision to cancel their participation in the friendly match with Israel. Israel has acknowledged the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement's most significant victory in almost a decade after it blamed the Movement and Palestinians for the cancellation of the Israel-Argentina "friendly" football match in occupied Jerusalem. Miri Regev, Israel's Culture and Sports Minister, accused “terror groups" of causing the cancellation, ignoring the widespread condemnation of Israel's violent repression of peaceful protesters over the last few weeks and the words of players, who also supported the move. Human rights activists and Palestinians have praised Argentina, and its Football Association, including star Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain, who personally voiced his support for the move, Wednesday.

Enough Is Enough. The Time Has Come To BDS The US.

May 11, 2018 David Swanson, WorldBeyondWar.org ,
People, organizations, and governments around the world, and people and organizations in the United States, need to stand up at long last and nonviolently resist the lawless behavior of the rogue U.S. government. The recent U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with Iran is not an aberration. It parallels the U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and numerous other disarmament agreements, the U.S. opposition to the International Criminal Court, its record-setting use of the veto in the United Nations Security Council, and its unique status outside the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Paris Climate Agreement (which it withdrew from) and other fundamental treaties. Of the United Nations’ 18 major human rights treaties, the United States is party to 5...

BDS Of Israel Should Build To A Military Embargo

April 23, 2018 Staff, bdsmovement.net , , , ,
We are witnessing Israel’s ongoing massacre against unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza. Through inspiring popular demonstrations, they are protesting Israel’s 12-year siege, and demanding their UN-sanctioned right of return to the homes they were ethnically cleansed from. Palestinian activists in Gaza are asking, “What is the world doing while Israel’s massacre is live streamed?” It’s up to us to make sure they are not facing Israel’s crimes alone. We must channel our rage at Israel’s atrocities into effective actions to hold Israel accountable. Together, we can escalate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns. Our concrete, strategic solidarity will send a strong message of support to Palestinians in Gaza: You are not alone, and we will work to hold Israel accountable for its murder of Palestinian protesters. Strengthening, mainstreaming and popularizing Palestinians’ call for a two-way military embargo on Israel  is the most effective response to Israel’s ongoing massacre.

Boycott, Divest And Sanction Israel

April 10, 2018 By Askiah Adam, Transcend.org , ,
5 Apr 2018 – PALESTINE, that enclave of humanity occupied, brutalised and totally without any form of military defence against any and all aggressors is conveniently perceived as a threat by the Jewish state, Israel, the undeclared, sole nuclear power in West Asia and North Africa (WANA). This latter entity, the occupying power, is a usurper legitimised by imperial Britain and today unconditionally supported and armed by the United States of America (USA). Such is the irony of the geopolitical construct that terrorises Gaza, virtually an open prison, and the West Bank, perpetually. Abandoned by the so-called international community, Palestinians draw inspiration from the defeat of the ‘mighty’ by the ostensibly ‘powerless’ at various points in history. It is that spirit which keeps the flames of resistance burning.

“Israel Has No Legitimacy”: An Interview With Miko Peled

April 3, 2018 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG Radio. , , ,
In Palestine, on Friday, March 30, Land Day, thousands of Palestinians demonstrated. This began six weeks of protests leading up

Anti-BDS Bills Expected To Feature Prominently At AIPAC

March 5, 2018 Dalia Hatuqa, Aljazeera.com , ,
Washington, DC - Israel supporters in the US are gearing up for AIPAC's much-vaunted annual policy conference, with measures to counter the widening campaign to boycott Israel and its West Bank settlements expected to feature prominently in the powerful lobbying group's agenda. This includes legislation that several Republican and Democratic Congress members have sponsored to curb the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to pressure Israel into ending its occupation of Arab and Palestinian land. AIPAC set the stage for its conference, which runs from Sunday through Tuesday and features leaders of both parties, by sending out an "action alert" to rally support for two anti-boycott bills in the House and Senate. "Israel has long been targeted by the pernicious Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

The Authoritarians Who Silence Syria Questions

March 2, 2018 By Jonathan Cook, Off-guardian.org , ,
I am loath to draw more attention to the kind of idiocy that passes for informed comment nowadays from academics and mainstream journalists. Recently I lambasted Prof Richard Carver for his arguments against BDS that should have gained him an F for logic in any high school exam. Now we have to endure Brian Whitaker, the Guardian’s former Middle East editor, using every ploy in the misdirection and circular logic playbook to discredit those who commit thought crimes on Syria, by raising questions both about what is really happening there and about whether we can trust the corporate media consensus banging the regime-change drum. Whitaker’s arguments and assumptions may be preposterous but sadly, like Carver’s, they are to be found everywhere in the mainstream – they have become so commonplace through repetition that they have gained a kind of implicit credibility. So let’s unpack what Whitaker and his ilk are claiming.

Meet The Spies Injecting Israeli Propaganda Into The News

February 25, 2018 Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada. , , ,
When Sima Vaknin-Gil took over as director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs at the start of 2016, a crucial fact went largely unnoticed. For years, she had been a high-ranking officer with an Israeli spy agency. This means that for the last two years a former intelligence officer has been running Israel’s global war against BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Her ministerial boss is Gilad Erdan, a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Former President Of Association Resigns Over BDS

February 18, 2018 Margaret Ferguson, Mondoweiss. , , ,
I write with great regret to tell you that I have decided to resign from the MLA. My decision was long and hard in the making. No other past president has taken such a step, to the best of my knowledge, and I am not at all sure it is a step that will bear fruit. Please let me explain why I am leaving. By passing Resolution 2017-1, which closed the door in a constitutionally unprecedented way on future debate about the Palestinian call for boycott of Israeli academic institutions, the Association has sent a message to the world that it wants protests about the conditions of teaching and learning in Palestinian universities off the table.

On Resistance: BDS And Israel’s Declining Support Among Diaspora Jews

February 14, 2018 Stanley L. Cohen, Counterpunch.org , ,
Like its predecessor movement decades ago in South Africa, assessing the success of BDS against Israel today necessarily rubs up against the tension between Israeli hasbara (propaganda) and its reality as an effective organizing tool against it throughout the world. Though Israel has repeatedly claimed BDS has proven to be a failed venture, it’s a contention very much in desperate search of fact. Indeed, one need only look at the hundreds of millions of dollars that Israel has spent in various anti-BDS efforts to discern that its impact is not just productive, but poses a dynamic threat to the status quo ante of the state. Why else would it continue to invest such large, indeed, increasing amounts of money against a movement that it asserts has had no cognizable impact upon its policies or its future?

BDS Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize By Norwegian Parliamentarian

February 5, 2018 By Bjørnar Moxnes, Bdsmovement.net , ,
January 31, 2018 —Norwegian parliamentarian Bjørnar Moxnes nominated the BDS movement for Palestinian rights for a Nobel Peace Prize. He did so with the support of his party, the progressive Rødt (Red) Party, explaining why BDS "should be supported without reservation by all democratically-minded people and states." Statement by Norwegian Parliamentarian Bjørnar Moxnes on Nominating the BDS Movement for Palestinian Rights for a Nobel Peace Prize: As a member of the Norwegian parliament, I proudly use my authority as an elected official to nominate the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights for the Nobel Peace Prize. Nominating the BDS movement for this recognition is perfectly in line with the principles I and my party hold very dear.
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