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 with the Palestinian people who are resisting the regional superpower. The cynical complicity of successive British governments, both Tory and…
Acting Steering Committee, Palestinian Civil Society Campaign for BDS | | June 5, 2006 CUPE Leads the Way but is Not Alone as Global Civil Society Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is Growing Steadily Letter of support to CUPE by the Acting Steering Committee, Palestinian Civil Society Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions…
by Omar Barghouti, January 26, 2006 www.pacbi.org/articles_by_campaign_members_more.php?id=124_0_6_0_C By now, most Palestinians recognize Israel’s entrenched system of colonialism, racism and denial of basic human rights as a form of apartheid. In fact, Palestinians are far from alone in holding this view of Israel; leading South African intellectuals, politicians and human rights advocates subscribe to the same…
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Dance Review Palestinian Dreaming: Resistance and Joy By GIA KOURLAS Published: December 2, 2005www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/arts/dance/02pale.html El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe may have called its program “Dancing Tragedies and Dreams,” but outside Alice Tully Hall on Wednesday night, the atmosphere was all flashing cameras and unabashed delight. A woman approached a circle of friends to exclaim, “I…
by Gary Rosenblatt Published in Jewish Week, 20 January 2005 The campaign, called Brand Israel, is a strategic marketing effort formed more than a year ago but not made public until now, with seven business and research experts volunteering their expertise on behalf of the foreign ministry. Think of Israel as a product undergoing an…
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 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign joined together with the Muslim Association of Britain (Scotland) to call for a programme of demonstrations…
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