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| January 11, 2013
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Do UK taxpayers know they fund anti-Israel groups?

The UK allocates taxpayer funds to groups which hope to build a Palestinian state not alongside Israel but in place of it, which ignore the campaign of terror against Israeli civilians that demonizes Israel through absurd accusations of “apartheid” & “ethnic cleansing”.

By Alex Ryvchin

 

The British Government is recklessly allocating taxpayer funds to group which hope to build a Palestinian state, not alongside Israel, but in place of it.

When the British taxpayer-funded Hebron Rehabilitation Committee issued a statement in August describing a terror attack by Islamic Jihad as a “heroic operation”, it should have been met with a very swift and severe response from the British Government, and a review of the Foreign Office’s funding practices. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2012
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S. Africa’s ruling party supports boycott campaign against Israel

South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC passes resolutions endorsing Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions campaign to “pressure Israel.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel on Thursday.

South Africans protest Israel - Photo: Reuters

South Africans protest Israel – Photo: Reuters

Adopted a series of resolutions blasting the Jewish state at its 53rd National Conference, the ANC adopted policies urging South Africans to support any Palestinian campaigns that “pressure Israel to end its violations of international law, respect Palestinian human rights and engage in fair negotiations for a just peace.”

Another resolution affirmed that “The ANC is unequivocal in its support for the Palestinian people in their struggle for self-determination, and unapologetic in its view that the Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed in the conflict with Israel.”

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| December 16, 2012
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New Zealand government fund divests from Israeli firms

New Zealand Super Fund excludes 3 Israeli firms on ethical grounds

By NZHerald BusinessDesk

 

The $20 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has excluded three Israeli companies from its portfolio on ethical grounds because of their involvement in illegal settlements and the security wall.

The fund’s investments in the firms were insubstantial. Some $9,744 was held in Africa Israel and its subsidiary Danya Cebus, which had been involved in building Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

 

The ‘wall’, here on the edge of Abu Dis, is ugly and intrusive, but succeeded in halting the dozens of suicide bomber that murdered hundreds & maimed thousands prior to its construction.

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| December 15, 2012
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Students Vote to Endorse BDS at the University of Toronto

The Graduate Student Union at the University of Toronto votes overwhelmingly to accept the BDS campaign against Israel.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

The Graduate Student Union (GSU) at the University of Toronto has decided to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.

Canada

Canada- file photo

A statement by a group calling itself “Students against Israeli Apartheid, University of Toronto” said that the GSU overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution to endorse the global campaign for BDS at their annual general meeting on December 10.

Over 150 graduate students were present at the meeting, of which approximately 97 percent voted in favor of the motion, with only a few students opposed, said the group’s statement. Continue Reading »

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| December 11, 2012
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SodaStream Super Bowl ad has caught the eye of BDS

The new SodaStream publicity blitz has proven BDS as a total flop as they sought to bring their campaigns targeting settlement products to a new, level of visibility.
Hopefully, it only improved sales as BUYcott usually trumps boycott.

By JTA

 

SodaStream’s purchase of a Super Bowl commercial has the BDS movement in the U.S. saying it will step up its campaign against the Israeli firm.

Soda Stream commercial still shot

Soda Stream commercial still shot – Photo: screen shot

SodaStream, the maker of home soda machines, will pay about $3.5 million for a 30-second spot for the game. The company reportedly had net earnings of $27.5 million in 2011, according to The Associated Press. Continue Reading »

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| December 7, 2012
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US groups protest against Israel cultural boycott

Following Stevie Wonder canceling his performance for IDF soldiers, Israeli actress Noa Tishby & 2 U.S. pro-Israel organizations issue online petition calling for an end to cultural ban on the Jewish State.

By Ran Boker

 

Israeli actress and producer Noa Tishby has issued an online petition together with the Act for Israel and Israeli Leadership Council (ILC) organizations, calling for an end to the cultural boycott on Israel.

קוראת להפסקת החרם. נועה תשבי (צילום: באדיבות Israeli Leadership Council )

Noa Tishby at pro-Israel rally – Photo courtesy of Israeli Leadership Council

The petition follows recent incidents which included a call to boycott Israel’s Cameri Theater and the cancelation of Stevie Wonder’s performance at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces annual gala in Los Angeles. Continue Reading »

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| December 6, 2012
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EU has no intention of boycotting settlement products

EU Official says bloc “continues to oppose boycotts, including boycotts of settlement products” besides, there has to be action at the level of the UN Security Council before the EU places boycotts on countries.

Boycotting products from the settlements is not a sanction the EU is considering to demonstrate its displeasure with Israel’s recent decision to construct 3,000 new units in the settlement and push forward planning in E1, the EU’s delegation in Tel Aviv clarified Thursday.

Euro symbol near European flags - Photo: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Euro symbol near European flags – Photo: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

A spokesman at the EU delegation was responding to an article in Ma’ariv that said EU ministers scheduled to meet Monday to discuss Israel’s recently announced settlement plans were considering “accelerating, in a full and effective measure, the implementation of legislation on labeling and boycotting settlement products.”

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| November 28, 2012
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Britain Bans Israel’s SodaStream Ads – Too ‘environmentally correct’?

Britain drops Israel’s SodaStream ads from UK TV, promoting Eco-friendly environment: “It disparages other firms.”

SodaStream retorts, their logic is absurd.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

SodaStream Israel, a favorite target of the BDS Israel boycott movement, must remove a video commercial in Britain because it allegedly disparages other soda manufacturers.

Soft drink bottles fizz out in comercial

Soft drink bottles fizz out in comercial
SodaStream commercial screenshot
(from YouTube clip below)

SodaStream manufactures and distributes machines for home use to make carbonated drinks, eliminating the need to buy environmentally unfriendly plastic bottles.

It also operates a plant in Mishor Adumim, located between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, an area claimed by the Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2012
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A BDS Supporter in the UN with his Boycott recommendation

Op-ed: Richard Falk had 2 options –
1) forced hospitalization or
2) taking job as UN Rights Council rapporteur

By Yoaz Hendel

While the UN shows that it has no problem observing the chaos and carnage in Syria with intellectual curiosity from afar, the activity aimed at condemning Israel has reached new heights.

The UN’s Richard Falk – Photo: AFP

Earlier this week, Richard Falk, the special rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council, released a report in which he calledfor a boycott of private companies that are “engaged in profit-making” in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

In the report, Falk singled out 13 companies, including Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Volvo, Caterpillar and even Veolia, which holds shares in the company that operates the Jerusalem light rail system and provides transportation for the residents of the capital’s eastern sector. Continue Reading »

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| October 21, 2012
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European Parliament to Vote on Israeli Medical Imports

European Parliament is to vote on whether to allow Israeli medical imports, or continue to support the Palestine Solidarity Campaign lobby & to boycott.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Europeans are to vote this week on whether to allow Israeli medical imports, or continue to support the Palestine Solidarity Campaign lobby.

The vote by the European Parliament in Strasbourg is on the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance  (ACAA) of industrial products between Israel and the EU. If approved, Israel will export to Europe thousands of euros’ worth of life-saving medications at a much lower price, due to the ability of generic pharmaceutical firm Teva to produce them. Continue Reading »

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| August 30, 2012
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Shoe Seller Shoos Away BDS Boycotters

After anti-Israel activists target store for selling Israeli shoes, Australian politician says BDS tactics “are not the Australian way”

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Australian anti-Israel activists associated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement launched a new campaign last weekend, targeting businesses they accuse of “selling the products of apartheid Israel.”

Shoes (illustrative)

Shoes (illustrative) – Reuters

Approximately 50 members of the Justice for Palestine group in Brisbane, Australia, staged what they called the first “Brisbane BDS walking tour,” stopping at local stores they accuse of selling Israeli-made products and handing letters to their managers demanding that they stop, The Australian reported. Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2012
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Divestment Fails—At least For Now

Maybe the divestment movement will recede among America’s churches, having failed to achieve a single major sustained success.   But bias against Israel almost certainly will persist in many denominational policy stances.

For much of the last decade, int’l anti-Israel activists have targeted U.S. mainline Protestant denominations with pleas for divesting from firms doing business with Israel. There was reason: Official mainline Protestantism, pro-Israel during Israel’s early decades, became sharply anti-Israel starting in the 1970s. Influenced by liberation theology, liberal church elites understood Palestinians as oppressed Third World victims, and Israel as the Western imperialists, backed by America.

And although losing members since the 1960s, mainline Protestant denominations still have billions of dollars in endowments and pension funds. 

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| June 13, 2012
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Anti-Israel Activists Target Queen’s 60th Anniversary Diamond

BDSers have demanded that Queen Elizabeth decline 60th anniversary diamond because of its affiliation with supporters of Israeli soldiers.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

 

Supporters of the Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel have demanded that Queen Elizabeth decline the 35.60 karat diamond placed in the Tower of London to mark her 60 years on the throne because of its affiliation with the Steinmetz family, staunch supporters of Israeli soldiers.

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth - Reuters

According to the company’s website, Steinmetz supports the Tzabar Unit of the Israel Defense Forces Givati Brigade, a unit designed specifically for Diaspora Jews and children of Israelis who choose to move to Israel and serve in the army. Continue Reading »

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| May 24, 2012
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‘Israel offered $6M to Marmara raid victims’

Turkish lawyer says Jerusalem has offered $6 million settlement to victims of 2010 raid on Gaza-bound Turkish aid flotilla

 

A Turkish lawyer said on Thursday that Israel had offered to pay $6 million to victims of Israel’s storming of a Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla to settle lawsuits against the Israeli military.

Rain on the Marmara (Acrhves) Photo: AP

Rain on the Marmara (Archives) Photo: AP

However, a senior Israeli official who declined to be named said that Israel, having indicated last year that it was prepared to indemnify victims without accepting blame, had not renewed its offer.

Turkey and Israel fell out badly in 2010 when Israeli commandos stormed the Mavi Marmara to enforce a naval blockade of the Palestinian-run Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| May 20, 2012
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Denmark to ban labeling West Bank products as ‘Made in Israel’, report says

Report comes after South Africa says only recognizes State of Israel within borders demarcated by UN in 1948; move is in line with U.K. recommendation from 2009.

 

Denmark is planning to ban labeling products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank as “Made in Israel,” the foreign minister told Danish media on Saturday. The move follows reports of similar plans announced this month by South Africa’s government.

“This is a step that clearly shows consumers that the products are produced under conditions that not only the Danish government, but also European governments, do not approve of,” Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal Søvndal told Politiken newspaper. Continue Reading »

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