ACTION & ACTIVISM
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Dubai begins to comply with calls to boycott settlement financier
Press release
1 May 2008
In a sudden reversal, just 16 days after Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev publicly announced plans to open two new jewelry stores in Dubai this year, a high-level Dubai government official said that Leviev had no trade license to open a store in the Emirate. The report in the 30 April edition of Dubai's Gulf News followed a flurry of media coverage of the 18 April call by Palestinians and New York activists for Dubai to boycott Leviev's businesses over his companies' settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. [MORE]
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Support the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' campaign against Israeli apartheid
Appeal
29 April 2008
We the undersigned organizations congratulate the Canadian Union of Postal workers (CUPW) for joining the international boycott of Israeli apartheid. We call on workers and labor unions worldwide to join CUPW in creating a strong and effective labor movement in solidarity with struggles against Israeli apartheid and violence.
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Don't take right to education for granted
Sobhi Samour
29 January 2007
In your article "A model for EU-Israel integration" published in the English online version of Haaretz (17 January 2007), you argue that a closer relationship between the EU and Israel in the field of scientific and academic exchange would be of mutual interest for EU and Israeli citizens, as well as for its research communities and consumers. 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 funded with 55 billion Euros. [MORE]
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From EI's BY TOPIC directory
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Activism - News by theme.
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Activist & Solidarity Directory - Country-by-country guide to organisations active on Palestine.
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Aid, Boycotts, & Divestment - Information about campaigns relating to military and economic aid to Israel.
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Maps - Illuminating aspects of the conflict.
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Rachel Corrie - Peace activist from Olympia, Washington, killed by an Israeli bulldozer driver in Rafah, Gaza on 16 March 2003 while trying to protect Palestinian homes from being demolished.
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