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Boycotts of Israel throughout the world June 22, 2008 You know the boycott campaign is catching on when an organization rejects Zionist money.... New York, NY, June 19, 2008 – A senior advisor to UNICEF's Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. Leviev had previously provided UNICEF with support by sponsoring fundraising events in France. Leviev's past support for UNICEF is featured in a number of places on his company's website (www.leviev.com).
Defence for Children Internatinal (DCI) welcomes UNICEF's rejection of Leviev support DCI-Palestine played an active role in raising this issue with UNICEF:
we sent a letter of concern to UNICEF New York headquarters in April,
organised meetings with the UNICEF-oPt Country Representative, and met
May 30, 2008 Haaretz - U.K. academic union moves to consider boycott of Israeli academia Tom Hickey, who teaches philosophy at the University of Brighton, says the motion highlighting the "humanitarian catastrophe imposed on Gaza by Israel" is just shy of a full boycott, The Telegraph said. March 5, 2008 “We advocate for European suspension of the trade association agreement with Israel as a non-violent way to promote Palestinian rights and peace,” stated Feiler, “and this is the message we are taking to parliamentarians and politicians. Diplomats talk, but now is the time for action.”
February 16, 2008 London School of Economics students vote to divest from Israel February 3, 2008 Haaretz - U.S. Methodist Church renews drive for divestment from IsraelTensions are re-emerging between Jewish organizations and some mainline Protestant churches in the wake of a renewed drive for churches to divest from companies doing business with Israel. The United Methodist Church opened discussions last Friday on a resolution calling for divestment from Caterpillar, the tractor manufacturer, because the company supplies Israel with bulldozers used in building the separation barrier and in demolishing Palestinian homes. The divestment resolution comes only months after the publication of a church-sponsored report referring to the creation of the State of Israel as the "original sin." June 20, 2007 Press Release from the World Council of Churches Conference in Amman, Jordan Doing justice to the Palestinian people would bring about security for Israel, while delaying the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories feeds extremism and terrorism, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah told participants at a church conference for peace in the Middle East yesterday. UK trade union backs total boycott of Israel The UK's largest trade union, UNISON, advocated on Wednesday a total boycott of Israel over its continued occupation of Palestinian territories. April 21, 2007 In a letter appearing in the Guardian on April 21, 2007, prominent UK physicians have called for a boycott of the IMA and its expulsion from the WMA. The letter follows: ".....Persistent violations of medical ethics have accompanied Israel's occupation. The Israeli Defence Force has systematically flouted the fourth Geneva convention guaranteeing a civilian population unfettered access to medical services and immunity for medical staff. Ambulances are fired on (hundreds of cases) and their personnel killed. Desperately ill people, and newborn babies, die at checkpoints because soldiers bar the way to hospital. The public-health infrastructure, including water and electricity supplies, is wilfully bombed, and the passage of essential medicines like anti-cancer drugs and kidney dialysis fluids blocked. In the West Bank, the apartheid wall has destroyed any coherence in the primary health system. UN rapporteurs have described Gaza as a humanitarian catastrophe, with 25% of children clinically malnourished. April 19, 2007 IHT - British union call for boycott of Israeli goods LONDON: Britain's biggest journalists' union, The National Union of Journalists, has criticized Israel's "military adventures" and voted narrowly in favor of a boycott of Israeli goods. The vote followed calls by some British academics last year to ostracize their Israeli counterparts. ... The boycott call was initially part of a broader condemnation of Israel's so-called "slaughter of civilians" in Gaza and "savage pre-planned attack" last year on Lebanon but was separated for a specific vote. The condemnation of Israeli military action in Gaza and Lebanon was approved by a wider margin. Ha'aretz - Belgian defense min: Israel must pay for cluster bomb cleanup January 1, 2007 MESA - Why The Academic Boycott Is Necessary The fact that Zionist influence spreads far beyond Israel's area of dominion and now influences many of the policy making institutions of western governments, and particularly that of the United States, makes it imperative that Israel's oppressive behavior be singled out as a high priority case from among the many other oppressive regimes. December 17, 2006 Guardian UK - John Berger rallies artists for cultural boycott of Israel The celebrated novelist, critic and artist John Berger today calls on British writers and artists to undertake a "cultural boycott" of Israel. In a letter to the Guardian, co-signed by, among others, the artist Cornelia Parker, the musician Brian Eno, and writers Arundhati Roy and Ahdaf Soueif, Berger calls for support for "our Palestinian and Israeli colleagues".
September 27, 2006 YNet - Hi-tech firm boycotts Israel over 'war crimes' Following the recent war in Lebanon, Ynet has received several complaints from Israeli companies that have encountered refusal of companies from various countries to cooperate with Israelis because of the war. Haaretz - Irish lecturers call on EU to boycott Israeli universities September 19, 2006 Stopthewall.org - British Trade Unions: “Tear down the Apartheid Wall” August 29, 2006 Irish-Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Irish Tramline forced to cancel Israeli deal August 27, 2006 At a press conference held today in South Africa the Palestine Solidarity Committee, COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions representing 1.2 million workers) and the South African Council of Churches called on the South African government to recall the ambassador to Israel and to implement sanctions against Israel. PACBI - We Don't Need no Occupation, We Don't Need no Racist Wall! JVP - Media distortion regarding the Presbyterian G.A. vote on divestment from Israel We here at Jewish Voice for Peace headquarters have been absolutely stunned by the Orwellian headlines and poor reporting about this week's Presbyterian General Assembly vote to use economic pressure to end the occupation. Counterpunch - Understanding the Presbyterian Vote America's largest Presbyterian church voted to continue policies of economic engagement in the Middle East. It affirmed its willingness to use its investment policies to press for peace in Israel-Palestine. The vote came two years after it's overwhelmingly support of a phased, selective divestment from Israel.
PACBI - British Academics Vote for Boycotting Israeli Apartheid
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