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Has Britain really become ‘much like Israel’? When did this happen?  Is Britain now the most militarised society on Earth? Are Christians and non-Christians no longer allowed to marry in the UK? A defender of Israel waxes indignant in Saturday’s Independent. Ken Loach had supported the Palestinian appeal to boycott the Israeli State whose soldiers…

PACBI Ramallah, Occupied Palestine 25 February 2009 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) applauds CUPE-Ontario‘s University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) for its principled support for the cause of justice in Palestine by adopting, at its annual conference on 22 February 2009, significant steps in the direction of applying effective…

BRICUP – British Committee for Universities of Palestine PRESS RELEASE 27th May 2009 for immediate release UCU Congress endorses boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel despite legal warning Boycott campaign “now reaching critical mass” say activists. The University and College Union, representing approximately 120,000 teaching and related staff in colleges and universities in the UK,…

by Adri Nieuwhof and Omar Barghouti The Electronic Intifada, 5 May 2009 The Derail Veolia and Alstom Campaign, operating in full coordination with the leadership of the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), is in full swing. After Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Israel in Geneva, the BNC called on Iran to cut…

The following response by Ken Loach to Israeli director Tali Shalom Ezer (see her open letter to Ken Loach below) was sent to The Times on Saturday 23 May 2009.  It was not published – instead this article was printed: Loach reignites Israeli film funding row   Dear Tali Shalom Ezer From the beginning, Israel…