From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Worldwide Activism, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign | Stop the Wall Campaign | 16 December 2005 The regional council of the Sør-Trøndelag in Norway has passed a motion calling for a comprehensive boycott on Israeli goods to be followed up with an awareness raising campaign across the region. Sør-Trøndelag has a population of 270,000 out of Norway’s 4.6 million. Trondheim, Norway`s third largest city, forms part of the region and will participate in the boycott initiative.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Rowan Al-Faqih | This Week in Palestine | December 2005 In 2004, the 20th Haifa International Film Festival established a section for "New Palestinian Cinema" in cooperation with Masharaf magazine in Haifa and several Palestinian filmmakers were invited to present their films. A number of us at the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) contacted some of these filmmakers to urge them not to participate in that Festival.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Coalition for Just Peace in Palestine | 22 December 2005 On Monday, 12th of December, the Coalition for Just Peace in Palestine (CJPP) in Montreal held a press conference to launch its Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Occupation and Israeli Apartheid and for the respect of international law. Responding to the Palestinian call to Isolate Israel, the CJPP had worked for months to prepare a comprehensive BDS campaign to be initiated all over Quebec.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Stop the Wall Campaign | 8 December 2005 The Socialist Left Party, a member of the center-left Norwegian government is to officially launch a solidarity campaign for Palestine beginning in the New Year. The campaign will focus on a consumer boycott of Israeli products and will push for a ban on any arms trade between the Norwegian government and the Israeli regime. After reactions in Parliament, the news of the campaign has already started a heated debate in Norwegian media bringing wider publicity and debate into the boycott and sanctions campaign.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Gargi Bhattacharyya | The Guardian | 18 November 2005 After attending a series of meetings about the Israeli academic boycott, Gargi Bhattacharyya still maintains that the issue is not about the ban - it's about the occupation. After last spring's controversy about the academic boycott and a short summer lull, it has been a busy month of meetings about Palestine and education. This week, David Hirsch and Ilan Pappe went head to head in Birmingham to debate the academic boycott of Israeli universities.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) James M. Wall | The Christian Century | 15 November 2006 For most media in Israel, American Protestants are simply the people who book Bible tours of the region. In June 2004 this indifference changed. That's when the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) adopted a resolution recommending that "a longstanding Presbyterian position against the occupation of Palestinian lands by the State of Israel" should lead to the initiation of "
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ala Hlehel | Haaretz | 26 October 2005 Under different circumstances, the appointment of Professor Majd al-Haj as dean of research at the University of Haifa - a position that at other universities is called "vice president for research" - would inspire satisfaction and support. But not under the present circumstances. Every fool knows that through this appointment, the University of Haifa intends to fight a renewed call for boycotting the institution in Britain.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Associated Press | Haaretz | October 20, 2005 Evangelical Christians on Thursday criticized efforts by some Christian groups to divest from companies associated with Israel and said they planned to counter with a campaign of their own to create partnerships between Israel and international businesses. Several Protestant groups - including the Presbyterian Church (USA) - have looked into selling stock in companies that profit from Israeli policy in the territories.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Nicholas Blincoe | The Observer | 16 June 2002 Novelist Nicholas Blincoe explains what he hopes to achieve by a boycott of Israeli artists The moment before I ran on stage at the Barbican, I was more conscious of my pulse rate than I have ever been in my life. The event was MedFest 2002, a celebration of music from the nations of the Mediterranean.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mohammed Abed | The Badger Herald | 30 September 2005 UW System Investment Policy 78-1 states that all investments “made in any company, corporation, subsidiary or affiliate which practices or condones through its actions discrimination on the basis of race religion, color, creed or sex … shall be divested in as prudent but rapid a manner as possible.” It was on the basis of 78-1 that the UW System divested from apartheid-era South Africa, a state that practiced systematic discrimination on the basis of race.