“We grow on our roof because we are farmers but have no land now,” says Moatassan Hamad, 21, from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
“Our family is large and thankfully what we grow feeds us,” he says. They grow a variety of staple vegetables.
report Dec. 10 2010 via Popular Committee Against the Wall & Settlements in Bil’in
Photo ActiveStills Palestinian youth at popular resistance demonstration in West Bank.
Today, December 10, 2010, Bil’in celebrated International Human Rights Day with a larger than normal demonstration through the village. Hundreds of supporters came from outside Bil’in to support the village’s struggle for human rights, to mark the one-year anniversary of Abdullah Abu Rahme’s imprisonment, and to commemorate the First Intifada.
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IWW (Les Travailleurs industriels internationaux – familièrement les Wobblies – syndicat international fondé aux États-Unis en 1905) a officiellement voté le soutien au mouvement de Boycotts, Désinvestissements et Sanctions (BDS) en faveur des droits palestiniens. La « résolution en soutien des travailleurs de Palestine/Israël » a été adoptée à une écrasante majorité par l’assemblée d’IWW à Minneapolis et par les adhérents par voie de référendum. Avec ce vote, IWW est le premier syndicat aux Etats-Unis et le troisième au Canada à soutenir officiellement l’appel palestinien aux Boycotts, Désinvestissements et Sanctions.
As South African Artists and Cultural Workers who have lived under, survived, and in many cases resisted apartheid, we acknowledge the value of international solidarity in our own struggle. It is in this context that we respond to the call by Palestinians, and their Israeli allies, for such solidarity.
As artists of conscience we say no to apartheid – anywhere. We respond to the call for international solidarity and undertake not to avail any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel. Nor will we accept funding from institutions linked to the government of Israel. This is our position until such time as Israel, in the least, complies with international law and universal principles of human rights. Until then, we too unite with international colleagues under the banner of “Artists Against Apartheid.”
Biennial conference sees unanimous approval for BDS motion via Technical Engineering and Electrical Union – TEEU in Ireland.
At its biennial conference last weekend, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) unanimously voted to “support for a boycott campaign of Israeli goods and services and a policy of disinvestment from Israeli companies” as a result of the Israeli state’s continuing breaches of international law and human rights abuses against the people of Palestinian. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomed the passing of the motion [1].
Photo: Faire des comparaisons entre les politiques apartheid sud-africain, les forces militaires israéliennes de tous les Palestiniens des documents d’identification qui restreignent leur mouvement.
Le mot apartheid est l’un des éléments du mouvement de solidarité palestinien les plus controversés. Les opposants à la campagne de boycotts, désinvestissements et sanctions (BDS) prétendent que le mot apartheid est une diffamation qu’on utilise seulement dans le but de délégitimer Israël. Nous, à Tadamon ! cependant, nous pensons que ce terme est une qualification juridique juste pour l’Etat israélien, et nous ne reculons pas à utiliser un terme juste même s’il est controversé.
Today marks another win for the global boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement against corporations that profit from severe human rights violations. Chicago’s very own DePaul University just announced that their dining services will be discontinuing the sale of hummus manufactured by Sabra, an Israeli brand known for its vocal and material support of Israeli Defense Forces. The administration has temporarily suspended the sale of Sabra products and will likely move towards permanently banning the brand from campus.
“Peace Starts Here” is the slogan adopted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to promote its work in the Palestinian territories. But why does peace “start here”? Why not 60 years ago when UNRWA began its work with Palestinian refugees? Or 60 years in the future, when we will still be debating the same problems if the aid models do not change.
The eve of Eid al-Adha celebrated this week brought news of a shortage of flour in the Gaza Strip. For the past two weeks, traders and flour mill owners have warned of shortages of wheat in the Strip, claiming that the mills have been providing about half of their production capacity. The mathematical formulas, which the army used to determine the level to which they would allow the stock of flour in Gaza to be reduced, are no longer in effect. So why is there a shortage?
