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Dear friends and allies, On October 22 to 24, 2010, a historic conference will take place inMontreal which aims to consolidate and move forward the movement forBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid. read more

Press release – for immediate release August 24, 2010 Opponents of Israeli occupation greet truckers at port of Vancouver read more

Norwegian government pension fund excludes more Israeli companies read more

In just a few years the Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has become truly global writes Omar Barghouti for The Guardian 12 August 2010.   read more

call for submissions: Montreal July 2010 http://imagingapartheid.org/downloads/imagingapartheid_call.pdf As the global movement in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation continues to grow, we are calling on graphic designers and artists to submit their work to IMAGING APARTHEID: the Poster Project for Palestine. read more

Today, Thursday 29th July 2010, at 1pm, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) delivered a petition to Dunnes Stores signed by 6,000 shoppers across Ireland. The petition demands that Dunnes Stores stop stocking Israeli products, until Israel respects Palestinian rights and international law. read more

Occupied Palestine, 26 July 2010 – Palestinian farmers unions, agricultural organizations and popular committees struggling against Israel’s colonial Wall and settlements warmly salute the historic decision taken on July 15th [1] by the Olympia Food Co-op to remove all Israeli products from its shelves. read more

Just last week the Board of Directors of the Olympia Food Co-op took thecourageous step of instituting a boycott of Israeli goods, the firstgrocery boycott of Israel in the US. Already, there is a movement afoot tocondemn the Co-op for taking this important stand. Board and staff arereceiving aggressive emails and phone calls, and we need to show them thatthere is local support for the boycott. read more

IKEA delivers goods to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. IKEA’s answer to the critique is that "IKEA stores have existed in Israel for the many people since 2001" and that "IKEA’s vision is to contribute to a better everyday life for the many people." read more

BNC welcomes actions to mark fifth anniversary of BDS call 15 July 2010 read more

Palestinian BDS National Committee marks five years of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions read more

Take a look at the great actions take took place on July 9 to mark five years of BDS: http://bdsdayofaction.net/.

On 9 July 2010, the fifth anniversary of the civil society BDS call, an alliance of Basque trade unions and organisations has issued a BDS manifesto.    The text of the manifesto reads:   read more

[Motion passed by FGTB Centrale Generale/ABVV Algemene Centrale on 3 June 2010] Decent work is impossible under military occupation read more

[CPI (Marxist)] 4 July 2010 - THE trade unions in Cochin Port have reached an understanding amongst themselves to boycott Israeli ships and cargo arriving at Cochin Port in protest against the siege of Gaza by Israeli forces.   read more

Ruth Eglash [Jerusalem Post] 7 July 2010   read more

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Wed 30 June 2010 - Late yesterday evening, after a long debate, a motion condemning Israeli aggression and its blockade of Gaza, was carried at the full Council Meeting in Bristol.   The motion read:- 9. MOTIONS [CPR 2.1(2)(xi)] A COUNCILLOR J KIELY TO MOVE: read more

Click here to visit the Campaign page on facebook   Open Letter from Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden read more

The Swedish Dockworkers’ Union blockade of goods to and from Israel has ended. Altogether more than 500 tons of import and export goods were blocked.   read more