Ahmed Khalidi Guardian Dec 13, 2007 “Today, the Palestinian state is largely a punitive construct devised by the Palestinians’ worst historical enemies: Israel and its implacable ally, the US. The intention behind the state today is to constrain Palestinian aspirations territorially, to force them to give up on their moral rights, renege on their history…
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John Pilger, Z Net, December 16, 2007 When Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke recently about his government’s devotion to the United States, “founded on the values we share”, he was echoing his Foreign Office minister Kim Howells, who was preparing to welcome the Saudi dictator to Britain with effusions of “shared values”. The meaning was…
1. Read the motion and sign the petition. Get friends, family, contacts to do the same. 2. Go here, type in your postcode, and click on your address to find out your electoral Ward and the contact details of the four (4) Glasgow City Councillors who claim to represent you. 3. a. Compose your own…
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Published: 21 December 2007Jerusalem PostThe Edinburgh City Council has rejected a recent call to boycott the Israeli bottled water company Mei Eden, the Stop the Boycott advocacy group announced Friday. The call to boycott Mei Eden came last month from the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which alleged that the water company was “pillaging” natural resources…
Thatcher’s law designed to protect South African apartheid used to protect apartheid Israel from boycott Israeli company denies it is Israeli Royal Bank of Scotland finances Eden Springs’ Israeli parent company On Thursday next (20 December), Edinburgh City Council will hear the report they commissioned to look into the feasibility of cancelling their contract with…
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Dear Sir/Madam We are writing to you to ask you to refuse Eden Springs a contract to supply bottled water coolers to 41 of Scotland’s Higher and Further Education institutions, including our own, on the grounds of this company’s involvement in violations of international law. Eden Springs is part of an Israeli company which flagrantly violates…
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