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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre

Full coverage of London Demos - Over 40 videos of the speeches, and over 50 photos from the 31 May and 5 June 2010 London demos.

Never Again For Anyone

Hajo Meyer survived Auschwitz, Haidar Eid is surviving Gaza, both are united for Palestinian Freedom. Full report of speaking tour, including videos and mp3s.

Genocide Memorial Day 2010

Full report including videos on Genocide Memorial Day - commemorating genocides and genocidal acts throughout history.

The Case for Boycott Divestment Sanctions

Veterans of the South African struggle against apartheid put forward the case for sanctions and boycott of Israel.

LATEST NEWS Is being Arab Israel's criteria for rape? An Arab living in Israel has been found guilty of 'deceit rape' and sentenced to 18 months in prison for having consensual sex with an Israeli woman, because she apparently believed he was Jewish. [2010-07-21]
Palestine Solidarity Settlement created in Brighton Supermarket Activists in Brighton set up a 'Palestine Solidarity Settlement' in Waitrose supermarket to protest against the demolition of 23 Palestinian homes in Al Farisiya by the Israeli Army the day before on 19th July. [2010-07-20]	Palestine protesters set to demonstrate at Leeds Johnny Rotten gig Former Sex Pistols frontman, singer John Lydon faces protest from Palestine supporters over planned Tel Aviv gig. Protests planned at all his UK venues in July: Bristol, Oxford, Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow. [2010-07-20]
Israeli female soldier confesses to her involvement in killing Palestinian child An Israeli female soldier admitted in a TV show entitled "soldiers behind the scenes" that she helped once her comrades to kill a Palestinian child in cold blood, but she did not disclose when and where the crime took place. [2010-07-19]	Swansea City Council Ban Future Contracts with Veolia "Veolia, is.. to build a light railway system linking Israel to illegal settl1ements.. in contravention of international law. This Council therefore calls on the Leader & Chief Executive not to sign or allow to be signed any new contracts or renewal of any existing contracts with Veolia" [2010-07-12]
India chapter formed to campaign against Israel The India chapter of the international movement to campaign for academic and cultural boycott of Israel has been formed by a group of intellectuals [2010-07-12]	Hezbollah chief's speeches sway Israeli opinion more than any Arab leader Israeli intelligence says that Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah was the first Arab leader in 30 years who, through his speeches, swayed the Israeli public - throughout the war he systematically undermined Israelis' confidence in their political and military leadership. [2010-07-12]
Israeli academics hit back over bid to pass law that would criminalise them A protest petition has been signed by 500 Israeli academics, including two former education ministers, following a proposed Knesset bill which would outlaw boycotts and penalise their supporters - making them pay damages to the companies affected. [2010-07-11]	BDS campaign wants Israel to abide by international law Prominent Israeli academic explains that the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions strategy arises from realisation that the occupation will not end unless Israelis understand it has a price [2010-07-11]
Jordanian workers urged not to handle Israeli goods The national anti-normalisation committee on Saturday called on labourers across the Kingdom to reject companies that handle Israeli goods: "Workers should stop moving Israeli goods by land, sea and air and refuse to deal with ships that travel to Israel" [2010-07-11]	Activists 'decorate' Israel Ministry of Tourism billboards After the Advertising Standards Authority and Transport for London ignored complaints against the appearance of Israeli tourism adverts on the tube the week after the flotilla massacre, activists were forced to take matters into their own hands.. [2010-07-09]
IDF Military contractor awarded record $800 million deal with BT IDF Military contractor Electronics Corporation of Israel (ECI) Telecom, with its 45 year history with the IDF, has been awarded a $800 million contract by British Telecom, the largest in ECI's history. [2010-07-09]	Belgian Trade union Federation Adopts Boycott The Belgian Trade Union Congress (FGTB) calls for a stop to all arms trade with Israel, a stop to imports of settlement products, and a stop to promoting economic cooperation with Israel. [2010-07-08]
Church of England reviews stake in Israeli rail The Church of England is reviewing its investment in Veolia, a company building Jerusalem's light railway amid concern that the tramline "will help to cement Israel's hold on occupied east Jerusalem". [2010-07-08]	Dustin Hoffman and Meg Ryan boycott Israeli film festival followiing flotilla massacre "Meg Ryan was supposed to come here.. A day after the flotilla incident we got an email saying she was not going to attend. We were very close to reaching agreement with Hoffman, then the flotilla happened and correspondence was ended." [2010-07-07]
Still Boycott Marks and Spencer? Should we still be boycotting M&S now that they have announced that they no longer sell settlement produce? [2010-07-06]	Woodcraft Folk youth movement joins Israel Boycott The Woodcraft Folk movement. with its 500 youth groups in the UK, has voted at its annual gathering for a 'complete boycott' of Israel until the blockade of Gaza is lifted. [2010-07-05]
IKEA furnishing the occupation Home furnishings retail giant IKEA in Israel discriminately ships to Israel's illegal settlements but not Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank. [2010-07-05]	India's Cochin Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships and Cargo Indian trade unions in Cochin Port have united to boycott Israeli ships and cargo arriving at Cochin Port in protest against the siege of Gaza. They held a joint protest rally outside the Israeli shipping line Zim Integrated Shipping Services. [2010-07-04]
Spanish stores boycott Israeli game Spains toy store chain Abacus, with 34 branches, has removed Israels #1 export game Rummikub from its shelves in protest against the flotilla massacre. [2010-07-01]	Kimberly-Clark profiting from the occupation Did you know that Kimberly-Clark has products manufactured in two factories located in Israeli settlements on the West Bank? Did you know that Kimberly-Clark Turkey is wholly owned by an Israeli company? [2010-07-01]
Ahmadinejad orders ban on Israeli goods Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the implementation of a bill demanding major efforts to enforce a total boycott on goods with Israeli origin. [2010-06-30]	Methodist Church to boycott goods from illegal Israeli settlements The Methodist Church has today voted to boycott all products from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, and to encourage Methodists across Britain to do the same. [2010-06-30]
Palestinian boycott of Israeli settlement goods starts to bite Settlement factories sell 30% of their output to the Palestinian market, and the boycott is already having an impact on them. Many have had to reduce production, 17 have been forced to close, whilst others are considering moving back into Israel. [2010-06-29]	Dismantling the Israeli state is key In failing to address the problem of Israel and its hegemonic designs, the two-state solution will never be a path to lasting peace, writes Ghada Karmi [2010-06-24]
Turkish Dock Workers Union Joins Boycott against Israel "Our union Liman-Is (Turkish Dock Workers Union), has decided to boycott the ships from Israel which has become a machine of death and torture.. no member of our union will give service to Israel in any docks that we are organized at." [2010-06-24]	Swedish dockworkers boycott Israeli ships In protest of the flotilla massacre, Swedish Port Workers Union, with its 1,500 members, began a weeklong boycott of Israeli ships and cargo at all Sweden's ports which handle more than 95% of the country's foreign trade. [2010-06-23]
Historic Victory at Oakland Port – Israeli Ship Blocked from Unloading In a historic action over 800 activists blocked the gates of the Oakland docks in the early morning hours, prompting longshore workers to refuse to cross the picketlines where they were scheduled to unload an Israeli ship. [2010-06-21]	Isolate apartheid Israel The problem for Israel and its Western allies is that the siege on Gaza is not achieving its aim — to isolate Hamas and to cause so much suffering that the Gazans turn on their government. Instead, the sheer injustice of the siege is giving rise to anger against Israel. This anger puts pressure on Western governments.. [2010-06-20]
Israeli diplomat's bid to 're-brand' Israel "Brazil's is about fun, Paris is about romance, so Israel is about what? We researched worldwide, and it came up almost universally that Israel's image is identified with conflict. Even people who support Israeli policies are not attracted to what the conflict represents." [2010-06-17]	Elton John aside, Israelis feel growing isolation Elton John's Tel Aviv concert was notable precisely because Israel seems to be losing the battle against the country's isolation worldwide, many in Israel, including in the country's leadership, have concluded that the war over world opinion is lost. [2010-06-17]
Irish Singer Concert In Israel Canceled Legendary songwriter, performer Tommy Sands scheduled performance in Israel has been cancelled because he refused to be censored during his performance. He was asked not perform the anthem of the aid ship MV Rachel Corrie, "Peace on the Shores of Gaza". [2010-06-17]	South African trade unions call for boycott of Israeli apartheid Israel and its apologists bristle when Israel is called an apartheid state. Most loudly shouting, “Israeli apartheid,” however, are those who know the best — the workers of South Africa, who suffered the most under South African apartheid. [2010-06-16]
Volvo equipment: effective tool in the Israeli occupation of Palestine Volvo continues to ignore the use of its equipment in Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes and the construction of the wall, and is providing armoured buses to transport Israeli settlers and soldiers in violation of the Geneva Convention [2010-06-16]	Devendra Banhart cancels Tel Aviv show California-based folk artist Devendra Banhart canceled two shows in Tel Aviv just hours before his scheduled arrival: "we were coming to share a human and not a political message but it seems that we are being used to support views that are not our own" [2010-06-15]
The fight against Israeli apartheid BDS is about building an international movement to isolate Israel economically, culturally and academically. It is about persuading artists, writers, and performers not to work in Israel. It is about identifying Israeli products and pressing importers and outlets not to stock them.. [2010-06-15]	French theatres cancels Israeli film in protest of flotilla raid French cinema chain Utopia, with around 40 cinemas, has cancelled all screening of an Israeli film and replaced it with a film on Rachel Corrie to protest against Israeli attack on aid flotilla. [2010-06-12]
Dylan sheet music site boycotts Israeli web users One of the largest sites dedicated to Bob Dylan songs, dylanchords.com decides to impose a cultural boycott of the state of Israel, over its 'absurd inhumanity' by blocking Israeli users from site. [2010-06-12]	British firm cuts ties with Israeli company British company RedRat joins boycott of Israel due to Israel's Gaza policy, and cuts ties with long-standing Israeli client: "Continuing business as usual is tantamount to support" [2010-06-11]
'Israel Map' Withdrawn from London Tube Floods of complaints have forced the Israeli government to withdraw tourism adverts from London Underground that "wipe Palestine off the map" [2009-05-23]	Advertising Standards Authority rules Israel tourism advert 'misleading' ASA: "The ad implied that the part of East Jerusalem featured in the image was part of the state of Israel, we concluded that the ad was likely to mislead." [2010-04-14]
Time to kick Israel out of European football "It is a question of boycotting racism, not sport, precisely in order to restore to sport all the magnanimity of its first purpose." - Amadou Mahtar-M'Bow, Director -General of UNESCO to the International Conference on Sports Boycott Against South Africa in 1985 [2010-06-04]	UK's largest union calls for Israel boycott Describing Israel as a “rogue state,” a “terror state way beyond apartheid” and a “war state” with “no appetite for peace or coexistence,” Unite, Britain’s biggest trade union, voted last Thursday for a complete boycott of Israeli goods and services at its annual conference in Manchester. [2010-06-08]
The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has become a key battleground in the grassroots struggle over the future of Israel/Palestine. When did the BDS movement begin, why is it growing and what does it want? [2010-06-09]	Sephora taken to court over products from Israeli brand Ahava LVMH-owned Sephora has been taken to court by the Palestinian rights organisation CAPJPO-EuroPalestine over the sale of cosmetics brand Ahava, which is produced in territories in the West Bank illegally occupied by Israel [2010-05-28]
Two Italian grocery chains to boycott Israeli produce Coop Italia and Nordiconad have announced that they will stop selling all Israeli products as they can not differentiate whether they came from West Bank settlements or inside the Green Line. [2010-05-23]	Irish megastore bans Israeli potatoes Lidl, a leading food retailer that operates in Ireland, has stopped selling Israeli potatoes, but denies its boycotting Israel. [2010-06-09]
Small step towards a boycott of Israel Renowned Scottish writer Iain Banks urges boycott of Israel: 'I've told my agent to turn down any further book translation deals with Israeli publishers.. I would urge all writers, artists.. to have nothing more to do with this outlaw state' [2010-06-03]	Sweden, Norway Act Against Israel Norway's military says it has cancelled a special operations seminar because the Defense Ministry objected to the inclusion of an Israeli army officer in the program. [2010-06-05]
On the Cultural Boycott Whist many performers like Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Gorillaz, and Klaxons have out of conscience heeded the Palestinian call for cultural boycott of Israel, writers like Margaret Atwood and Amitav Ghosh are deaf to it.. [2010-06-01]	University and College Union passes BDS resolutions The University and College Union, representing approximately 120,000 teaching and related staff in colleges and universities in the UK, has passed new policies supporting boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. [2010-05-31]

40% of Norwegians - Ban Israeli products	The Swedish dockers’ union decides on a blockade against Israeli ships and goods
After flotilla raid, Sweden wants out of soccer match with Israel	Nicaragua suspends diplomatic ties with Israel
Palestinian Trade Union Movement Calls on International Dockworkers Unions to Block Loading/Offloading Israeli Ships	Israel plans to send bill to Palestinians over boycotts
Recalling the anti-apartheid spirit	Lebanese call for Placebo gig boycott over Israel
Pixies, Klaxons, Gorillaz Join Growing Boycott of Israel	Madrid bans Israelis from gay pride march over Gaza flotilla raid
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre London Demos - Photo report	Iran calls for ban on Israeli products
Ride for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel	US journalist fired over Israel remarks
Gaza Flotilla: National Demo Sat 5 June	Eyewitness to Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre
Israeli commandos attack Gaza aid flotilla killing at least 19 - Emergency demo called	Boycott Blues
Banned by Israel, Chomsky gives W.Bank lecture by video
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