Posted by Admin in Economic Activism for Palestine on 13th July, 2012 | 1 Comment
Divestment from the Israeli occupation has taken some remarkable strides ahead in the last few weeks. Presbyterian and Methodist Church have chosen to boycott settlement products.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Economic Activism for Palestine on 3rd July, 2012 | No Comments
Another huge victory to the global BDS movement achieved. In an effort led by Palestinian civil society, pension fund giant TIAA-CREF has agreed to divest its social choice accounts from longtime target Caterpillar, Inc.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Economic Activism for Palestine, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 17th May, 2012 | No Comments
Led by human rights activists within the United Methodist Church and supported by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a resolution was passed calling for an explicit boycott of all Israeli companies “operating in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 27th June, 2011 | 1 Comment
This week, the international Gaza Freedom Flotilla II: “Stay Human” of ten boats will attempt to depart from Cyprus towards Gaza. The mission of the flotilla states, “our destination is Gaza. Our means are non-violent. Our goal is to lift the illegal siege, completely and permanently, and freedom for the Palestinian people.” Most of the boats are carrying much needed humanitarian aid to donate to the people of Gaza.
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Posted by Dalit Baum in Economic Activism for Palestine, World News & Events on 18th May, 2011 | No Comments
In an unprecedented victory to a public campaign led by Palestinian, German and Israeli groups, the German firm Deutsche Bahn International has been pulled off an Israeli railway project by a decision of the German Federal Government.
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