Rihanna and Other Artists Who Play Israel Feel the Pressure

Twitter-based BDS Movement urges entertainers and others to stage anti-apartheid-like boycott by: Debra Kamin | reposted from Variety Pop star Rihanna has confirmed an Oct. 22 concert in Tel Aviv, a decision that has delighted her legions of Israeli fans but angered proponents of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a global campaign calling for the use of political…

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BDS victory: Veolia sells off settlement bus lines

A Palestine Solidarity Campaign Update Veolia have finally sold off their remaining bus lines that run through Israel’s illegal settlements on Palestinian land. Congratulations to all the BDS campaigners who have campaigned for divestment from Veolia – they are responding to your pressure. As Who Profits reminds us ‘It is important to note that Veolia…

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Know Your Rights resource for Palestinian and solidarity activists

Legal Support (PSLS) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) , for student and other Palestinian and solidarity activists who may confront repression or legal attempts to intimidate or silence activism. PSLS and CCR released a new Know Your Rights booklet specially developed and tailored for Palestinian rights activists – Legal and Tactical Guide: Palestinian Human Rights…

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Pro-Palestinian students suffer from harassment, police intimidation and death threats on US campus

Dr Sarah Marusek | reposted from the Middle East Monitor Friday, 16 August 2013 Last April, the Zionist Organization of America and the student group Owls for Israel invited Israeli Colonel Bentzi Gruber to speak at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Gruber was traveling across the US for a series of talks on “Ethics in the…

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The price of supporting Palestine on US campuses

by: Dr. Sarah Marusek Thursday, 11 July 2013 12:25 Eight years ago this week, a coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations issued the global call for a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel in response to the international community’s continued failure to hold Israel accountable for denying Palestinians “their fundamental rights of freedom,…

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What will Obama do?

by Alison Weir, reposted from Veterans News Now Alison Weir is the President of the Council for the National Interest (CNI) and Executive Director of If Americans Knew. The term “Israel lobby” fails to do justice to the extraordinary scope and composition of this special interest group. Below is a small sampling of the American…

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