UN body calls for an end to home demolitions - Israeli forces make use of JCB machines
10 December 2011
UN body CESCR calls on Israel to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes. Israeli occupation forces use machines from British manufacturer JCB.
Activism and BDS Beat
My attempt to arrest Israeli weapons chief
8 December 2011
Belgian police protect Yitzhak Ben-Israel, a military strategist who helped developed some of Israel’s nastiest weapons.
Veolia blows it again by trying to promote "peace" through normalization sports event
5 December 2011
Veolia feigns commitment to peace by supporting the Veolia Desert Challenge sports event. Meanwhile the company continues to be involved in Israeli colonization projects in the occupied West Bank.
Video: Students organize mass walk-out targeting Israel's token Arab spokesperson
4 December 2011
Students at the University of Michigan have done it again — a year after the silent mass walk-out from a propaganda event on campus featuring an Israeli soldier, setting an example followed by students at several other campuses, students organized another mass walk-out from a hasbara lecture by the Israeli government’s token Arab spokesperson, Ishmael Khaldi.
Punks Against Apartheid officially launches website, BDS network
30 November 2011
Punk musicians and activists declare that “racism ain’t punk!” and officially launch their new boycott activism network.
Student tells EI about Sabra hummus boycott victory at her high school
29 November 2011
Today Nadine Darwish, a sophomore at Lincoln-Way High School in the Chicago suburbs, tweeted the news that her school will no longer serve Sabra brand hummus. This afternoon she told me more about what happened, and that others concerned with human rights shouldn’t be intimidated from speaking up.
Video: Chicago activists tell shoppers to boycott Israel on Black Friday
29 November 2011
Last Friday I was part of a group of Palestine solidarity activists who took advantage of the large crowds on the busiest shopping day of the year to educate people about companies profiting from or normalizing Israel’s occupation.
Video: French BDS activists de-shelve huge amounts of Israeli produce at Carrefour
29 November 2011
Activists de-shelved huge amounts of Israeli avocados and oranges during a protest action in Montpellier in the south of France on 26 November.
Bono must ditch Belgian maker of warplane parts for Israel
27 November 2011
The firm that installed screens and lightning on U2’s stage for its world tour also supplies components to Israel’s war industry.
Ethical alternatives to Sabra hummus now at DePaul University
25 November 2011
After a year-long campaign by DePaul’s Students for Justice in Palestine against Sabra hummus products from the dining halls, the university has quietly introduced alternative brands from which students can choose according to their ethics.