January | 2007

Time to get serious about Israel

News and Opinion | John Hilary | The Guardian Posted on January 31, 2007

Things are indeed bad, says the committee's new report. As a result of Israeli occupation and the accompanying restrictions on movement, the Palestinian economy is in freefall. Fully 70% of Palestinians are now living in poverty, according to UN calculations, [...]

Israel Boycott and Its Discontents

News and Opinion | Educators for Peace and Justice | ZNet Posted on January 30, 2007

Many of these newcomers to council had been prompted to come by a series of B'nai Brith e-mail "action alerts" that had been sent out around the country and reported in the national media before the final drafts of the [...]

A doctor’s call

News and Opinion | Victoria Brittain | The Guardian Posted on January 30, 2007

The campaign, simply called "Enough", is backed by various aid organisations, trade unions, faith and other campaign groups. Dr Farra was invited before Christmas, and planned to leave Gaza around January 15 to allow plenty of time to get through [...]

Don’t take right to education for granted

News and Opinion | Sobhi Samour | The Electronic Intifada Posted on January 30, 2007

Building on the successful European experience of encouraging research collaboration and financially supporting those who want to study or research abroad, you are inviting Israeli researchers to apply for and participate in the new Seventh Framework Programme that will be [...]

SOUTH AFRICA: Avocados, Diamonds at Core of Anti-Israel Trade Campaign

News and Opinion | Moyiga Nduru | Inter Press Service News Agency Posted on January 27, 2007

Katishi Masemola, secretary general of the Food and Allied Workers‘ Union (FAWU), told South Africa‘s supermarket chains earlier this week that Israel produces avocado under "slave-type conditions". He says the International Labour Organisation (ILO) forbids the use of child labour [...]

Political Statement and Call to Action on Palestine–Statement of Palestinian Delegation to the World Social Forum

Palestinian Boycott Initiatives | Palestinian Delegation to the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya | Posted on January 19, 2007

To date, official diplomacy has failed in enforcing scores of UN resolutions and relevant principles of international law aimed at ending Israel's occupation, colonization, displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people. US-led Middle East diplomacy, favoring military intervention and unilateralism [...]