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French activists protest Paris air show 20 June 2009 – A group of French activists from the French BDS campaign held a non- violent protest against Israeli participation in the Paris – Le Bourget Air Show. Le Bourget Air Show is one of the largest weapons and aerospace technology fairs in the world. The protest…

by PACBI, 20 July 2009 Since April 2004, PACBI has called upon intellectuals and academics worldwide to “comprehensively and consistently boycott all Israeli academic and cultural institutions as a contribution to the struggle to end Israel’s occupation, colonization and system of apartheid.” [1] In 2006, a decisive majority of Palestinian cultural workers, including most filmmakers…

By Akiva Eldar, 4 January 2010 Haaretz The day after the murder of the settler Meir Hai about 10 days ago, Major General (res.) Amos Gilad was asked to comment on the claim by settlers that the attack was able to take place because roadblocks had been lifted on West Bank roads. The security-political coordinator…

Israel rejects bill allocating equal land to Jews and Arabs By Jonathan Liss, 3 January 2010 Haaretz The Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday rejected a bill proposed by MK Ahmed Tibi (Ra’am-Ta’al) proposing that the state enforce equal allocation of land to Jews and Arabs. “Yet again, the Israeli government has proven that it…

Like its UK counterpart, the JNF in Israel likes to depict itself as an environmental organization. One of its main contributions has been to conceal the remains of destroyed Arab villages through landscaping projects, such as “British Park” near the Israeli town of Bet Shemesh. This not only helped to prevent the return of Palestinian…