Demonstrate for Palestine at the Hapoel Tel Aviv game on Dec 2 Download Leaflet Israel attacks Palestinian sports facilities, bombed Gaza stadium Israel usually prevents the Palestinian team from competing: Before the last World Cup, Israel forced Gaza players to wait weeks at the Israeli-controlled Rafah border to join their West Bank team-mates for training…
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The Israeli Brand by Craig Smith in Adbusters13 October 2009 In March 2009 New York-based GfK Custom Research and British “place branding” consultant Simon Anholt released the global Nation Brands Index (NBI). It rates countries based on international perception of various categories, including tourism, investment, and immigration and governance. Germany ranked 1st overall, the UK…
All the potential witnesses agreed to provide testimony in support of the successful defence case, with the single exception of the Rt Hon Peter Hain, ex-campaigner against South African apartheid and later a New Labour Minister and supporter of Israeli apartheid: Leila Khaled, Palestinian refugee and resistance fighter, Member of Palestinian National CouncilOmar Barghouti PACBI (Palestinian…
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Letter published in Tikkun Magazine July 1, 2009 Protesting Israeli policies, The Yes Men have withdrawn their highly acclaimed new film from the Jerusalem Film Festival where it was scheduled to be shown. “For Once, the Yes Men Say No” Dear Friends at the Jerusalem Film Festival, We regret to say that we have taken…
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US professors: Support for Israel eroded Jerusalem Post, 29th June 2009 Unwavering support for Israeli policy has eroded dramatically both on American college campuses and within the United States as a whole, according to a group of American university professors who on Sunday concluded an academic exchange program here, sponsored by the Yitzhak Rabin Center……
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Putting out a contract on art by Yitzhak Laor …Below is the text of the contract that authors and artists sign with the Foreign Ministry in exchange for funding for the most important component in their international career: their trips to cultural and literary events, including film, theater, and dance festivals. … “Contract Between the…