Posts Tagged ‘boycott’
July 9: BDS Day of Action – Supermarket Phone In
July 8th, 2010 • Action, Awareness, Events, News
Tags: BDS, boycott, divest, goods, Morrison's, occupied, Sainsbury's, sanctions, settlement, supermarket
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0845 611 6111 |
0800 636 262 |
Join PSC and BDS campaigners by calling Morrison’s and Sainsbury’s TODAY!
Some questions you should ask:
Morrisons/Sainsbury’s claims to have an ethical policy, yet it stocks produce from Israel, a country which is in daily breach of international law and international human rights legislation.
Does Morrisons/Sainsbury’s condone Israel’s illegal actions? If not, how do Israel’s flagrant violations of international law fit into the supermarket’s ethical policy?
Is Morrisons/Sainsbury’s aware that produce from Israeli settlements is grown on land that has been stolen from the Palestinians of the West Bank?
By stocking settlement goods, Morrisons/Sainsbury’s is tacitly acknowledging the right of countries to invade and occupy land, and to ignore UN resolutions calling for the return of that land to its indigenous population. How does that square with the supermarket’s ethical policy?
Are you aware that the Palestinians who work in settlement farms and industrial zones do not have equal rights with the Israeli citizens who also work there?
How does the sub-standard treatment of Palestinian workers in the settlements, and the clear breach of their human rights on a daily basis, fit in with the supermarket’s ethical policy?
PSC’s website has some useful points that can be used to reinforce your case when asking these questions, read them here…
Bristol Council Lobbies for Israel Sanctions
July 8th, 2010 • Action, Awareness, News
Tags: boycott, Bristol, convoy, Council, flotilla, israel, sanction
The Jewish Chronicle reports:
Bristol City Council has condemned Israel’s part in the Gaza flotilla attack and called for sanctions against the Jewish state.
No councillor spoke on behalf of Israel during the debate, and the Gaza flotilla was referred to as a “peace convoy”.
The Tories proposed a milder condemnation of Israel which was rejected. The resolution was passed with the votes of Lib Dem and Labour councillors, with the Conservatives opposing it.
The final resolution read: “This Council notes the long standing links between Bristol and the people of Palestine through a range of organisations and activities over many years; therefore Council condemns the brutal attack on the ships of the Freedom Flotilla, in international waters, by the Israeli military on Monday 31 May 2010.
“This was a convoy of ships delivering vital humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. At least nine human rights activists were killed and dozens more injured. Two Bristol citizens, Sakir Yildirim and Cliff Hanley were on one of the ships carrying aid to Gaza.
Read more at JC.com…
Meg Ryan, Dustin Hoffman & Prince Albert Boycott Jerusalem Film Festival
July 7th, 2010 • Awareness, Events, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: boycott, Dustin Hoffman, Hollywood, Jerusalem Film Festival, Meg Ryan, Monaco, Prince Albert
Both Hollywood and European Royalty snub the Jersualem Film Festival over the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla. JFF’s associate director Yigal Molad Hayo statement on Meg Ryan:
“Meg Ryan was supposed to come here, it had all been closed with her people… a day after the flotilla incident we got an email saying she was not going to attend, and although they claimed it was because she was too busy, it was clear to me that it probably had something to do with what had happened.”
on Hoffman:
“We were very close to reaching an agreement with him, then the flotilla happened and correspondence was ended,”
and Prince Albert, son of actress Grace Kelly:
“I’d already made arrangements for a tribute to Grace Kelly to appear in the festival program,” … adding that he believed Prince Albert’s cancellation could have come from pressure in his own country not to make an official visit to Israel at this time… “I think they believed it could have been very negative for him and even dangerous … Many people from the Gulf States have their bank accounts in Monte Carlo and they might not have approved of him coming to a festival in west Jerusalem.”
Thankfully, through your efforts and pressure this kind of boycott is becoming more common, NYT reports:
In June, the rock bands the Pixies, Gorillaz and the Klaxons withdrew from a Tel Aviv music festival that took place days after the raid. In May, Elvis Costello canceled two concerts he was to have performed in Israel this summer, citing the complexities of the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Keep up the pressure!
To End the Occupation, Cripple Israeli Banks
July 6th, 2010 • Action, Awareness, News
Tags: apartheid, banking, banks, belgium, boycott, israel, new york, palestine, sanctions, south africa
Terry Crawford-Browne on Sabbah Report recalls the banking sanctions against apartheid South Africa:
The international banking sanctions campaign in New York against apartheid South Africa during the 1980s is regarded as the most effective strategy in bringing about a nonviolent end to the country’s apartheid system.
The campaign culminated in President FW de Klerk’s announcement in February 1990, releasing Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, and the beginning of constitutional negotiations towards a non-racial and democratic society.
If international civil society is serious about urgently ending Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights, including ending the occupation, then suspension of SWIFT transactions to and from Israeli banks offers an instrument to help bring about a peaceful resolution of an intractable conflict. With computerization, international banking technology has advanced dramatically in the subsequent 20 years since the South African anti-apartheid campaign.
Although access to New York banks remains essential for foreign exchange transactions because of the role of the dollar, interbank transfer instructions are conducted through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), which is based in Belgium. So, instead of New York — as in the period when sanctions were applied on South Africa– Belgium is now the pressure point.
Read the rest of the report here…
6th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week
February 21st, 2010 • Action, Awareness, Events, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: BDS, boycott, divest, IAW, israeli apartheid week, oxford
March 1-7, 2010
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement.
IAW 2010 takes place following a year of incredible successes for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the global level. Lectures, films, and actions will highlight some of theses successes along with the many injustices that continue to make BDS so crucial in the battle to end Israeli Apartheid. Speakers and full programme for each city will be available soon.
Cities around the UK supporting IAW:
Oxford – London – Edinburgh – Glasgow – Peterborough
Thanks to Oxford PSC for the tip!
PSC Weekly Update – 18th December 2009
December 18th, 2009 • News
Tags: anniversary, boycott, divestment, gaza, livni, PSC, sanctions, update, vigils, weekly
- Tzipi Livni and the arrest warrant – latest reports and take action to stop war criminals from escaping justice
- Keep up with the convoy to Gaza
- Latest on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, including a Week of Boycott Actions in January…
- One year on – remember Gaza – Vigils 27 December
- and other actions and events…
Read more here…
Phone Your Supermarkets Tomorrow!
November 10th, 2009 • Action
Tags: bigcampaign, boycott, israel, supermarket
Please circulate to friends and contacts:
Phone in Wednesday 11th November.
Morrisons Customer Services: 0845 611 6111
Waitrose Customer Services: 0800 188 884
It is time to step up the supermarket boycott campaign which calls for consumers to reject Israeli goods as long as Palestinians rights are denied by the apartheid regime. We must especially oppose the stocking of produce from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank which is stolen land. The settlements are illegal under international law and goods originating there should not be on sale in the UK. The label ‘West Bank’ is grossly misleading, some shoppers think that they are buying Palestinian produce. PSC and other organizations are targetting Waitrose and Morrisons supermarkets in particular as both refuse to discuss the question of settlement goods. We aim to inundate them with phone calls on Wednesday 11th November.
So please ring and complain on the above numbers. Lots more info on:
