Feb 3, 2012

#BDS #IAW: VIDEO: Israeli Apartheid Week: Call it as it is


#BDS: مؤتمر "هرتسيليا" الإسرائيلي ينعقد وسط انتقادات للمشاركة العربية فيه

ينعقد مؤتمر "هرتسيليا" الإسرائيلي بمشاركة عدد كبير من القادة الإسرائيليين وشخصيات دولية بينها رؤساء ووزراء أوروبيون وكبار المسؤولين في مؤسسات ومنظمات اقتصادية عالمية، تبحث "الإستراتيجية الأمنية والسياسية والاقتصادية لدولة إسرائيل".

ويعتبر هذا المؤتمر أحد أهم المؤتمرات الأمنية الإستراتيجية لإسرائيل، والذي يسعى لمساعدتها في تحديد المخاطر الأمنية التي تحيط بها وكيفية مواجهتها، وسيعقد المؤتمر تحت عنوان "إسرائيل والشرق الأوسط في "عين العاصفة"".  

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#BDS is Nazism and Omar Barghouti is Hitler

"Whenever you think that smears against the Palestinian solidarity movement cannot get more inflammatory or sickening, something new appears. In the latest shot against the upcoming boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) conference at the University of Pennsylvania next weekend, the movement is being openly compared to Nazism by a University of Pennsylvania professor."


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The #BDS movement grows in #Italy

"The following statement was issued at the third national BDS meeting in Italy, held January 21 and 22 in Bologna, Italy:


Over the weekend of January 21-22, the third national meeting of the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel was held in Bologna, Italy. Roughly 80 activists from over 20 Italian cities representing groups, associations and political parties throughout Italy participated. The scope of the meeting was to evaluate the progress of ongoing campaigns, establish strategic objectives and shared work methods, exchange information between the various Italian groups working on BDS and reassess organizational aspects of the BDS movement in Italy."
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Penn’s president condemns article likening #BDS conference to Nazism as ‘counter to her personal values and civility’

"Organizers of the BDS conference (boycott, divestment and sanctions) at the University of Pennsylvania this weekend are facing mounting incitement against the conference and rising security costs. Today they called on Penn president Amy Gutmann to condemn an article in the school newspaper that called their work "genocidal" and likened them to Nazis. Tonight Gutmann's office issued a statement condemning the article."


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