Edinburgh - EIFF
Letter from Arab Film Makers
We, the undersigned Arab cineastes, would like to thank you for exercising pressure on the Edinburgh Film Festival to cancel an official Israeli Embassy sponsorship of the festival’s programme.
Boycott
International
1991 Documentary on JNF’s Illegal “Canada Park”
Canada Park was built to cover up the scene of a great crime; the cold and calculated ethnic cleansing of the 10,000 residents of the Palestinian villages of Imwas, Beit Nuba and Yalo in 1968 by […]
UK
12 Oct 07: SPSC Challenges Gordon Brown’s Support for JNF & Israeli Apartheid
In his speech to the Labour Party conference the Prime Minster said “We all remember the biblical saying ‘suffer little children to come unto me’. No Bible I have read says ‘bring just some of […]
Is it effective?
Boycott – non-violent, possible, effective…already
Ronnie Kasrils, Jewish fighter in the liberation struggle in South Africa, addressed the Israelis after a visit to Palestine: “At a certain point in time you think that the oppression is working, and that […]
Complicit companies
Israeli property company buys Marriott hotels from Royal Bank of Scotland
International Herald Tribune January 1, 2007 JERUSALEM — Delek Real Estate, an Israeli property company, and its partners have agreed to buy 47 British hotels operated by Marriott International from Royal Bank of Scotland […]
UK
JNF bullies demand apology, damages – then back down
Story, in summary: 1. Scottish PSC accuses JNF of funding ethnic cleansing of Palestinians (on the occasion of a JNF fundraiser in Glasgow attended by Ruby Wax). 2. Solicitors for JNF threaten Scottish PSC with […]
Edinburgh - EIFF
Edinburgh International Film Festival Returns Israeli Money in response to Boycott Plans
August 2006 The organisers of the Edinburgh International Film Festival have cancelled an official Israeli Embassy sponsorship of their programme and returned the Israeli cheque following a huge public outcry over Israeli Embassy involvement. Shane Danielsen, […]
Cricket
Protests cause Israel cricket match in Glasgow to be cancelled
2 August 2006Press Release from Muslim Association of Britain Antiwar campaigners have been informed by police that tomorrow’s scheduled cricket match involving Israel in Glasgow has been cancelled. The organisers were unable to find a […]
Boycott
Our Priority is Boycott
The Zionist plan for the Palestinian people envisages either their expulsion or their subjugation. We are for any solution to the crisis based on universal human rights. The immediate need, however, is for effective solidarity […]
Is it effective?
Victory! Royal Bank of Scotland retreats in face of determined opposition
Faced with determined opposition, the Royal Bank of Scotland has retreated from its attempt to damage a group campaigning for Palestinian human rights, Friends of Al Aqsa, by withdrawing banking facilities at short notice. The […]