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Update: Zionists fail to silence Palestine campaigners
The motion: Should Leeds University Union adopt the EUMC definition of anti-semitism? falls by 599 votes.More Details: www.luuonline.com/referendum/index.php
Month: December 2008
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Hebron Settlers Take Their Fight Into Israel
December 07, 2008 By Jonathan CookJonathan Cook’s ZSpace Nazareth — Extremist settler groups currently involved in violent confrontations with Palestinians in the centre of Hebron have chosen their next battleground, this time outside […]
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Israel’s “Auschwitz Borders” Revisited
“The Holocaust lesson that I learned at school is that we are obliged not to wait until things are as bad as Auschwitz before we speak out and act.” December 09, 2008 By Ali Abunimah […]
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Friends of Palestine Society call for campus wide boycott of unethical water company
By Lisa Stallard Published: 7 December 2008 ScanOnline Lancaster University’s Friends of Palestine Society has proposed a campus-wide boycott of Eden Springs mineral water over the company’s trading activities in the Golan Heights, an Israeli-owned […]
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Lloyds TSB faces threats of direct action for threatening charity
Informational material posted on front of Lloyds TSB St Vincent Street Branch, Glasgow by supporter December 2008 Lloyds TSB faces threats of direct action The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is set to protest outside […]
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SPSC closes Israel’s Eden Springs depot as part of boycott campaign
By Mick Napier 25 Nov 2008 Israeli water cooler company Eden Springs has closed its East of Scotland depot after losing ‘hundreds of contracts across Scotland’. Among the major losses in recent months are contracts with […]
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Israeli Pirates kidnap British citizen at gun point
18th November 2008 Israeli Pirates kidnap British citizen at gun point Gaza City, 10 a.m.18th November 2008 – Andrew Muncie, 34, from Spean Bridge in the Highlands of Scotland has been arrested while accompanying Palestinian […]
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Has any company / organisation remained true to their ethical brand / policy by cutting all ties with Eden Springs?
Yes. Ben & Jerry’s (ice cream) has a reputation as an ethical brand. In June 1998 however the company concluded an agreement with Eden Springs Ltd (Mayanot Eden/Mei Eden) to use only Eden Springs water […]
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What about Eden Springs? Are Israelis supporting a boycott of Eden Springs?
Yes. Gush Shalom, the Israeli peace activist group, campaigns for the economic boycott of all settlement products. They have been campaigning for a boycott of Eden Springs for 10 years. Read Gush Shalom’s letter of […]
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Is there support in Israel for the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel?
Yes. A number of Jewish citizens of Israel have joined with Palestinian citizens of Israel to support the call for boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) “actions against institutions, companies and individuals sustaining the Israeli occupation […]