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I.     Indispensable documents, databases, and calls to action
II.   Various organizations and web sites promoting boycott
III.  Lists of Israeli Products
IV.  Motorola
V.   Activist Materials
VI.  Articles on Boycott Issues and Events
(and a few flicks)


I. Indispensable documents, databases, and calls to action:


Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions: lessons learned in effective solidarity
Ma'an Development Center's extensive brochure on BDS, containing much historical and theoretical background.
http://www.maan-ctr.org/publications/Factsheets/Boycott.pdf

BDS Day of Action – March 30, 2010
http://bdsdayofaction.wordpress.com/
Web all actions and events undertaken on the second annual Global Boycott Day

Cairo Declaration 
Gaza Freedom Marchers January 1, 2010 Declaration to end Israeli Apartheid. 

(Cairo) Gaza Freedom Marchers'  declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid.

http://codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=5270

Global BDS Movement: Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions for Palestine http://bdsmovement.net/
A central web site for information, analysis, exchange of ideas and experiences regarding BDS.
http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/52 

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
http://www.pacbi.org/
Contains guidelines for applying the international cultural boycott of Israel, as well as international news regarding BDS.

Who Profits               
http://www.whoprofits.org/
Comprehensive and authoritative database that exposes companies and corporations involved in the occupation.


II. Various organizations and web sites promoting boycott:

Adalah NY                 
http://www.adalahny.org
A grassroots strategic alliance of concerned organizations and individuals in New York, formed to demand an immediate, unconditional, and permanent end to U.S. and U.S.-sponsored Israeli aggression in the Middle East.
See also:  http://adalahny.org/index.php/boycott-divestment-a-sanction/consumer-boycotts-against-israel
and   http://adalahny.org/images/image/consumer_boycott_flyer.pdf

Ahava: Stolen Beauty boycott campaign site            
www.stolenbeauty.org
Code Pink's campaign against Ahava products: Expose the Ugly Secrets from the Dead Sea.

BOYCOTT!: Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within: http://www.boycottisrael.info/ 
A call to Palestinians and Jews, citizens of Israel, to support the boycott. 

A variety of essential articles and declarations about Boycott.


Companies Supporting the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land
http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/profiting.pdf 
The Interfaith Peace Initiative's encyclopedic (129-page) list and description of international companies involved in the Israeli economy. 
See also http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/profit.php

Corporate Watch: section on Israeli companies
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3192
This page of Corporate Watch's research site lists numerous large corporations that produce in Israel, benefit from trade with Israel, or support the occupation.

Davis Committee for Palestinian Rights
http://davisbds.org/about-us/
Californian organizaiton involved in boycott campaign with local food co-op -- see also http://davisbds.org/why-the-davis-food-co-op/

Electronic Intifada BDS page   
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/boycott-divestment-sanctions.shtml
EI's topic page linking relevant articles on boycott, divestment, sanctions, and authoritative Palestinian calls for BDS.

Global Actions To End Israel's Occupation & Human Rights Violations
http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/globalactions.pdf
    
A "representative review of diverse approaches...initiated by the Palestine-Israel Action Group, Ann Arbor, Michigan Quakers."

News and Resources for the U.K. Boycott Movement
http://www.bigcampaign.org/
see also: A Boycott Compendium: Guide to the Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign for Palestine http://s109811772.websitehome.co.uk/bigcampaign/uploads/pdfs/bigcampaignboycottlist.pdf

Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database)
http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/topic.php?tid=96
Who says what, why they say it and what others say about them
A very extensive, annotated database linking to articles, books, statements, and other documents on boycott, divestment, and sanctions.

Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism                   http://www.quitpalestine.org/
Organization representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists in solidarity with Palestine. Site includes resources for BDS campaign.
see also: http://www.quitpalestine.org/dbia/traders%20tri%20fold%20side%201.pdf
and http://www.quitpalestine.org/dbia/traders%20tri%20fold%20side%202.pdf
a two-sided tri-fold brochure on boycott.

Stop the Wall                         
http://stopthewall.org/news/boycot.shtml
The boycott section of the grassroots Palestinian anti-Apartheid Wall campaign:
see also: http://www.stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/968.shtml
--The text of the united Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, from July 7th, 2005.

Trader Joe's: Public letter to Trader Joe's urging the company to stop selling Israeli products
http://usacbi.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/trader-joes-de-shelve-israeli-products/
Signed by many organizations and activists nationwide.
June 6th, 2009 

US Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
http://usacbi.wordpress.com/
A U.S. campaign focused specifically on a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions, as delineated by PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

US Campaign to End the Occupation's boycott section
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=203
Contains links to the US Campaign's tour page, Motorola campaign, Caterpillar campaign, and boycott and divestment resources.

World Council of Churches: Statement on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/central-committee/geneva-2009/reports-and-documents/report-on-public-issues/statement-on-israeli-settlements-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory.html
    Calls for an international boycott of settlement products and services, for member churches to inform themselves about settlement products imported into their countries and for churches to practice morally responsible investment in order to influence businesses linked to the Israeli occupation and its illegal settlements.

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III. Lists of Israeli Products:

Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid Product Guide http://www.baceia.org/resources/product-guide/
An extensive listing of name of product, description, and location where it is sold in the Bay Area. 

Shop Israel                 http://www.israeliconsulate.org/shop/clothes/south.htm
A patriotic site listing clothing items, toys, jewelry, houseware, cosmetics, food, and more products from Israel. The site lists outlets in the Bay Area, but the information can be useful elsewhere.

BuyIsraelGoods.org
http://www.buyisraelgoods.org/scripts/mrkt_Home.asp?market_id=9&category_id=20:
Another patriotic Israel site with an extensive list of Israeli goods and where to buy (or, in our case, to boycott) them.

Israeli Products.com            
http://israeliproducts.com
Yet another Israeli patriotic site that can help identify Israeli products and learn where they are being sold.

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IV. Motorola

Good News from Israel http://www.newsoftheday.com/israel/old/2003_06_01_index.html
Israeli patriotic site that announces development of mobile phone system by  Motorola for IDF.

Militaryphotos.net
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12389
Israeli patriotic site that announces development of cellular network by  Motorola for IDF

Millions spent on 'virtual fences'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154526030992&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Jerusalem Post article from September 8th, 2006, describing development of radar system and other security measures by Motorola for settlements around Hebron

New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (NYCBI)            http://boycottisraelnyc.org/
Apartheid: We Don't Buy It -- New York-based boycott campaign organization.
see also: http://boycottisraelnyc.org/goodbye-moto-home
NYCBI's Motorola page

US Campaign to End the Occupation - information on Motorola
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=2440


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V. Activist Materials

Alternative products
http://imeu.net/news/article0014047.shtml
Profile of Nasser Abufarha, social entrepreneur and scholar. Abufarha has developed an import business for Palestinian olive oil and traditional delicacies to Europe and North America. Suggests possible alternatives for boycotted goods.


Activist Poster: "Boycott the Bloodshed; Divest from Israel"
http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2009/01/new_poster_boycott_the_bloodsh.html
Collaboration between artist Faviana Rodriguez and INCITE, Women of Color Against Violence

Web links of boycott actions:
French de-shelving actions: http://www.europalestine.com/article.php3?id_article=3908
and http://www.europalestine.com/article.php3?id_article=3814
and http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/boycot+israel+/video/x8jj7c_operation-de-boycot-2_news 

A
30 minute documentary, "To Know is Not Enough", by Will Delphia on the Hampshire College Divestment-BDS-struggle. 
http://toknowisnotenough.info/

FAQ on Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)     http://imeu.net/news/article0019584.shtml
A primer from the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) including answers to questions such as:
What is BDS?; What are the goals of BDS?; Who is calling for BDS?; What are some examples of how BDS was used during Apartheid in South Africa? ...and much more.
Published August 12, 2010


VI. Articles on Boycott Issues and Events
(in reverse chronological order)

Uproar Over Upcoming BDS Conference at Penn
by VIJAY PRASHAD  January 24, 2012, Counterpunch

New Sabra Hummus Ad Uses Images of Arabs, Africans to cover up Israeli army connection
Ali Abunimah, the Electronic Intifada, January 24, 2012

EU diplomats propose boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against Israeli colonialism
by Joe Catron January 19, 2012

I saw Sabra hummus for sale at my high school cafeteria and decided to act
Nadine Darwish The Electronic Intifada   January 12, 2012

Targeting Israeli Apartheid
January 9, 2012
From Corporate Watch: a new, comprehensive booklet for those who are partcipating in the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement.

USACBI: Resisting attacks on supporters of boycott – defend Dr. David Klein
US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, January 7, 2012

2011 Successes of the Cultural Boycott of Apartheid Israel – BDS
January 1,  2012
by ZazaFL in Cultural Boycott of Apartheid Israel (BDS)

Open Letter to Cornell University: Don’t Collaborate with Apartheid
Letter from USACBI to Cornell U. regarding plans to plans to collaborate with Israel’s
Technion Israel Institute of Technology to build a joint campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island

Brides Boycott Ahava and Sodastream
In-store theater action, December 19, 2011

Daphne Guinness, FIT Pressed on Silence Regarding Donation from Settlement Mogul Leviev
December 8, 2011

Holiday Shopping List is Better Than Ever for BDS-ers!
November 29, 2011

Europeans call on supermarkets and governments to take Israeli apartheid off the menu
November 27, 2011

CODEPINK NYC and Adalah-NY BDS Sing-along at Ricky's NYC
November 22, 2011

Boycott activists to US hip-hop artist MF Doom: "Don’t entertain a doomed apartheid regime!"
Electronic Intifada, November 21, 2011

Rage in Israel as BNP Paribas pressured to pull out
November 24, 2011

Lavan Picketers Say No to “Whitewash” of Israeli Apartheid
November 20, 2011

BDS Victory: Alstom loses Saudi Haramain Railway contract worth $10B
October 27, 2011 by Palestinian BDS National Committee

Champion fencer Sara Besbes stands down rather than plays Israeli
Mondoweiss | October 14, 2011

International star Natacha Atlas announces Israel boycott
September 28, 2011

Presbyterians to reconsider divestment from companies in Israel
September 15, 2011

Pro-Palestinian activists disrupt Israel Philharmonic Orchestra concert in London
IPO was performing at the BBC's Promenade Concerts; the interruptions forced the BBC cut off its live broadcast of the event.
Associated Press, September 3, 2011


Is BDS campaign working?
Ynetnews special: Anti-Israel boycotters increasingly successful in strangling economy of Jewish state:
More than 20 organizations in Europe in 13 countries endorse boycott of Agrexco, Israel’s leading flower exporter

August 31, 2011

Co-oping BDS, part I: Progressive except Palestine
by Kiera Feldman on August 17, 2011


BDS campaigners declare victory as international bidders for Agrexco drop out
by Palestinian BDS National Committee, August 15, 2011


Veolia, major target of Palestinian BDS campaign, in financial crisis
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Palestinian BDS National Committee

Comparative Analysis of US Boycott-banning legislation and the Israeli Boycott Bill
ACRI (Association for Civil Rights in Israel), July 2011
Explanation of the US law against participation in boycotts

Israel and the anti-boycott law: the wider implications of popular indifference
openDemocracy, Antony Lerman, 19 July 2011

Who's afraid of the boycott
openDemocracy, Miri Weingarten, 19 July 2011

SodaStream: Not so cool, clear bubbly water
July 12th, 2011


Israel Bans Boycotts Against the State
By Isabel Kershner, New York Times, July 11, 2011

A Special Place in Hell

by Bradley Burston
July 7, 2011.11
Israel's boycott law: The quiet sound of going fascist

Israel 2011 - it depends what you are boycotting
Adam Keller, June 28, 2011

United Church Presbytery Group Launches Boycott Divestment Campaign against Israel
Posted on June 21, 2011 by Oye! Times


In Gaza, young Palestinians lead a global movement
Joe Catron, June 14, 2011

"We think that BDS is a very effective way to resist Israel," Baker continued. "Why? Because the pillars of BDS represents all Palestinians.

Artists’ Boycott Strikes a Dissonant Note Inside Israel
By Isabel Kershner, New York Times

June 9, 2011  JERUSALEM — The announcement by the Pixies, an American alternative rock band, that they would cancel their long-awaited concert in Israel this week...

BDS: BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS
A Global Call to End Israeli Apartheid
Extensive manual created by Australians for Palestine, October 2010, discussing Israeli apartheid and the BDS movement.

Brisbane flash mob
Flash mob: "We will boycott Israel"
Brisbane, Australia BDS action, June 3, 2011

Risala: May 2011 PACBI newsletter

DePaul students vote by large margin to ban Sabra hummus
by Ali Abunimah, May 20, 2011

How Flash Mobs and Lady Gaga are Energizing Protests for Palestine
by Kiera Feldman, May 19, 2011
Boycott Divestment Sanctions, a non-violent Palestinian-led protest movement, is showing how enthusiasm and new media can drum up power within an activist movement.


Largest student union in Europe joins boycott of Israel

by James Haywood and Ashok Kumar, May 18, 2011

Stolen Beauty boycott culture jam turns Ahava’s online marketing contest into a social media
by Salim,  May 13, 2011

Ehud Barak acknowledges the impact of BDS
Joseph Dana,  May 6 2011

Dissident Israelis support Marrickville BDS plan
April 17, 2011

Ladysmith Black Mombazo Not Performing in Israel
April 7, 2011

Omar Barghouti on "Why BDS?"
April 6, 2011

Protests drive Ahava out of Covent Garden
March 31, 2011

Omar Barghouti wins visa after activist campaign to let him speak
March 29, 2011

Interview: Omar Barghouti on the boycott campaign for Palestine
March 26, 2011

Sacramento Co-op Board won't let members vote on proposed boycott
March 23, 2011

Johannesburg Victory: Historic moment for boycott movement against Israel
March 23, 2011

Israel Launches PR Campaign to Increase Tourism, Disguise Policies of Oppression, Occupation
March 21, 2011

Danish company halts equipment supply to West Bank in wake of public protest
Israeli security firm owned by Danish G4S, said it will stop providing security gear over Green Line.
March 15, 2011

"Tear down this Israeli wall"
Roger Waters asks musicians to support the boycott of Israel‏.
March 11, 2011

Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger Endorses Boycott of Israel
February 28, 2011

Who’s afraid of the cultural boycott?
February 6, 200111, By Max


Largest Brazilian Trade Union backs Boycott
Brazil’s largest Trade Union Confederation (CUT), voiced its support of the BDS call
February 15, 2011

Commemorate Land Day 2011 by Joining the Global BDS Day of Action
PACBI calls for international BDS action on Land Day
February 6, 2011

A Grocer buys into Apartheid
The hypocrisy of New Seasons in Portland
February 2, 2011


Boycott vote in Sydney suburb sparks media furor, death threats
January 24, 2011

PACBI says Boycott the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on its US Tour
January 16th, 2011

Israeli academics to boycott settlement college
January 10, 2011

EU diplomats say East Jerusalem should be treated as Palestinian capital
January 10, 2011

Israel Prize laureates join academic boycott of settlement university
Or Kashti, Ha'aretz
January 9, 2011

Open Letter from PACBI to Jon Bon Jovi
January 6, 2011

Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel
Posted on December 15, 2009

A BDS Initiative in California
December 1, 2010
Activists in California are organizing for a ballot initiative that would require the state's massive retirement funds to divest from Israel.

DePaul divests from Sabra Hummus
November 19, 2010
DePaul University just announced that their dining services will be discontinuing the sale of hummus manufactured by Sabra

Sabra Hummus Owner Strauss Group Deletes Support for Israeli Army from Website
November 17, 2010
Philadelphia, PA-11/17/2010: Strauss Group, the Israeli company that co-owns the Sabra Hummus brand, has removed all references to its support of the Israeli military from the English-language portion of its website.


Video: Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign & STOP MUJI Campaign in Japan
November 14th, 2010
Japanese anti-Apartheid activists demonstrate in front of a Japanese chain opening an outlet in Israel

Declaration by South African Artists against Apartheid
November, 2010
South African Artists and Cultural Workers respond to the call by Palestinians, and their Israeli allies, for solidarity.

Boycott coordinating organization established in Europe
November 8, 2010

Establishment of a European coordinating organization for promoting the academic and cultural boycott of Israel

International organizations urged to abandon online Israel event
November 6, 2010  Adalah-NY and other organizations urge seventeen organizations to respect the Palestinian-led boycott by refusing to participate
in an internet event, "With earth and each other."

Leviev's Africa Israel withdraws from settlement construction projects
November 2, 2010

Richard Falk Urges UN to Support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel
By Kanya D'Almeida
October 27, 2010 


Tutu Urges South African Opera Company Not to Perform in Israel
By DAVE ITZKOFF
October 26, 2010


How much money is needed to stop the BDS movement?
by Alex Kane, October 26, 2010
Jewish Federations invest in campaign against BDS

Short video of BDS flash mob in Utrecht, Netherlands
October 25, 2010

Longer video of BDS flash mob action
In a French store

Video of BDS flash mob action in Philadelphia store
October, 2010

Presbyterian Mission Network Joins BDS Movement, Calls for Boycotts on goods from Illegal Israeli Settlements
October 25, 2010


Dutch government raids Riwal Company, involved in settlement construction in Occupied Territories
October 19, 2010
Dutch police raided the offices of a company leasing cranes for building the West Bank Separation Fence and settlements.

Mike Leigh cancels visit over ‘Israeli policies’
By HANNAH BROWN
October 17, 2010


Combating BDS movement still critical to Israel’s security
by Robert Horenstein
Portland Jewish Federation anti-BDS article
October 15, 2010


BDS Success: Unilever to Move Factory out of West Bank
October 13, 2010

Artists breaking the silence on Palestine
Stefan Christoff, October 4, 2010

40% of Norwegians: Ban Israeli products
Results of Norwegian opinion survey
Ynet, October 2, 2010

Press Release: Forty protestors call for boycott of Israeli dance troupe in New York
Protest against performance of Batsheva company
September 23, 2010

New H&M Apartheid Store Inaugurated
September 21, 2010
Video of street theater protest

UMass Boston Faculty Call on TIAA-CREF to Divest from Israeli Occupation
USACBI: September 20, 2010

Global Actions to End Israel's Occupation
Relatively comprehensive list of recent global BDS actions (by governments, universities, churches, unions, etc).
Published in July, 2010 by the Palestine-Israel Action Group of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Eighty-eight pages.

TUC votes for campaign of boycott and disinvestment to free Palestine
Britain ’s unions throw their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott
from companies profiting from Israel ’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.
September 14, 2010

A West Bank Enclave Is on Edge
Isabel Kershner, New York Times, September 9, 2010
Settlers react to boycott of West Bank settlements

Los Angeles Launches Nation’s First Israel Divestment Campaign
September 9, 2010: California Israel Divestment Campaign announceslaunch of California ballot initiative 10-0020
to require public employee systems to divest from certain business activities in Israel..

BNC condemns repression of French BDS activists
September 9, 2010: Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), condemns decision
by French authorities to prosecute people of conscience for calling for a boycott of Israeli produce.

Jeff Halper to Pete Seeger: Pete, join the artists who are boycotting Israel
September 8, 2010

Boycotting Ariel: Missing the Forest for the Trees
PACBI | September 2010: Commenting on artists' boycott of settlements
PACBI Column in the September 2010 issue of the BRICUP Newsletter

U.S. actors back Israeli boycott of West Bank theater
Ha'aretz, September 6, 2010

150 American actors, writers, directors and artists support Israeli actors’ settlement boycott

Adam  Horowitz September 5, 2010

Hollywood, Broadway Stars Support Israeli Cultural Boycott
Richard Silverstein, September 5, 2010

Anti-Israel economic boycotts are gaining speed
Nehemia Shtrasler, Ha'aretz Sept. 5, 2010

Blue and White: Where Uri Avnery has it Wrong
August 31, 2010: Michael Warschawski of the Alternative Information Center criticizes Uri Avnery's attack on the boycott movement

Should people boycott Israel?
August 29, 2010: Omar Barghouti explains the aims of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement
Interview by Paul Jay of TRNN, the Real News Network

Boycott of Theater in Israeli Settlement Grows
The New York Times, Aug. 27, 2010

Yediot reports on damage to settlement industry caused by targeted boycott

The Politics of economics: The boycott on Israel is expanding

August 26, 2010


Letter: Co-op policies do permit politics
Letter to the editor of The Leader, Port Townsend newspaper, about the proposed boycott of Israeli goods at the Port Townsend Co-op
August 25, 2010

Norway Divests from Leviev Companies Due to Israeli Settlement Construction

August 24


Activists tell shipping firm Zim -- Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver

By Boycott Israeli Apartheid Coalition
August 24, 2010


Support builds for boycotts against Israel, activists say
Boston Globe,  August 22, 2010


Boycott of Israeli goods threatens to divide Port Townsend Food Co-op members
Discussion of problematic issues in Olympia and Port Townsend related to boycott of Israeli goods
The Leader, August 16, 2010

Israeli product boycott debate cordial, passionate
Around 300 meet and debate Olympia Co-op's decision to boycott Israel
The Olympian, August 13, 2010

UK Dance Group Faithless join the Growing List of Artists Choosing to Boycott Israel‏
August 12, 2010

Open letter to Chick Corea: don't turn your back on Gaza
Students from Gaza write Chick Corea urging him to participate in the cultural boycott.
August 9, 2010

Israeli academics hit back over bid to pass law that would criminalise them
Backlash over threat to outlaw supporters of boycott movement aimed at ending the continued occupation of the West Bank

July 11, 2010

Swedish blockade of all goods to and from Israel now underway
June 23, 2010

Elton John aside, Israelis feel growing isolation
June 18, 2010

Illinois Methodists vote to divest from the occupation
by Adam Horowitz, June 17, 2010

Co-Author of Universal Declaration of Human Rights endorses BDS
Stephane Hessel, holocaust survivor and co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Huffington Post
June 15, 2010

Artists’ Boycott Strikes a Dissonant Note Inside Israel
By ISABEL KERSHNER   June 9, 2010

The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement
Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss

June 9, 2010

Boycott Targets Stars From Elvis to Elton
By Nathan Guttman
The Forward,
May 19, 2010

Episcopal Peace Fellowship Announces: National Executive Council's Statement on Divestment, Boycott and Economic Sanctions as a means of Nonviolent Resistance
May 10, 2010

Archbishop Tutu expresses "great joy" at Berkeley vote for divestment from Israeli occupation:
April 11, 2010 

http://dearbornboycottsisrael.blogspot.com/2010/04/archbishop-tutu-it-was-with-great-joy.html

Flash Mob for Palestine, performed by PSC -- Seatte
Mar 27 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n7C3M3uk-M

"Flashmob Boycott Israel"
http://www.youtube.com/FreePalestineNL
YouTube video of a Dutch solidarity group performing a creative and dramatic street theater action promoting boycott of Israeli products

JCPA Taking Direct Aim at Anti-Israel Boycotters
Jewish Council for Public Affairs says BDS campaign should be regarded with "utmost seriousness and urgency"
February 24th, 2010
http://www.forward.com/articles/126327/

Christian Peacemaker Team - Palestine endorses Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement
February 23rd, 2010
http://mn.breakthebonds.org/?p=425

Milestones in the history of the Israeli BDS movement: A brief chronology
by Rachel Giora January 18, 2010
http://usacbi.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/milestones-in-the-history-of-the-israeli-bds-movement-a-brief-chronology/

Key U.S. senators slam threat to withhold Israel loan guarantees
Ha'aretz, January 10, 2010  
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtStEng.jhtml?itemNo=

1141535&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&title=%27Finance%20Minister:%
20We%20don%27t%20need%20U.S.%20loan%20guarantees%27&dyn_server=172.20.5.5

Press release from USACBI on anniversary of Gaza assault
United States Campaign for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) 
December 23, 2009
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1135 

Swedes Move Mul-T-lock factory out of "disputed" Barkan industrial zone
December 22, 2009

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=46804

UK issues new guidance on labelling of food from illegal West Bank settlements
December 10, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/10/guidance-labelling-food-israeli-settlements 

First Coordinated European Action of the BDS Campaign against Agrexco/Carmel 
November 25, 2009
http://www.protection-palestine.org/spip.php?article8021

Worldview: Chicago Public Radio interview with Omar Barghouti and Naomi Klein
September 22, 2009
"Is Boycotting Israel Appropriate? A Palestinian Perspective"
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Program_WV.aspx?episode=36940

Boycott Israel: An Israeli comes to the painful conclusion that it's the only way to save his country.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-gordon20-2009aug20,0,1126906.story
by Neve Gordon, Prominent Israeli Political Science professor and anti-Occupation activist. Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2009
see also: The Last Refuge            http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1110514.html
by Gideon Levy, Ha'aretz, September 3, 2009

Peace Group Boycott Campaign of Israeli Ahava Cosmetics
http://www.examiner.com/x-16503-LA-County-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Peace-Group-Boycott-Campaign-of-Israeli-Ahava-Cosmetics
Lawrence Gist   LA County Foreign Policy Examiner   July 21, 2009

Press release: US activists de-shelve Israeli products from national grocer http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10618.shtml 
QUIT (Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism) June 23rd, 2009

Normalization or Sanctions?

http://www.alternativenews.org/michael-warschawski/1931
Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC)
May 18, 2009

AIPAC executive director fears the growing movement to sanction Israel could fundamentally change US policy towards Israel.
http://mondoweiss.net/2009/05/howard-kohr-bds.html#more
by Adam Horowitz on May 7, 2009

When Companies Begin to Lose Money, They Start to Listen: The Israel Boycott is Biting              
http://www.counterpunch.org/hijab05012009.html
By Nadia Hijab
May 1 - 3, 2009

Israeli exports hit by European boycotts after attacks on Gaza
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/03/israel-gaza-attacks-boycotts-food-industry
A fifth of Israeli exporters report drop in demand as footage of Gaza attacks changes behavior of consumers and investors
Rachel Shabi, The Guardian, April 3, 2009

Israeli poll indicates 21% of exporters have felt effects of boycott http://www.imemc.org/article/59662
by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News March 30, 2009

Israelis Are Beginning to See the Power of BDS
http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/hever090309.html
by Shir Hever, Monthly Review. March 9, 2009

The Case for Academic Boycott
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/20414
Jason Kunin    Z Magazine  January 31, 2009

Why I'm boycotting Israeli produce
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/jan/23/israel-food-boycott-palestinians-gaza
Joanna Blythman  January 23, 2009

Enough. It's time for a boycott
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/10/naomi-klein-boycott-israel
Naomi Klein: The best way to end the bloody occupation is to target Israel with the kind of movement that ended apartheid in South Africa
The Guardian, Saturday January 10, 2009

Boycotting settlement products taking its toll
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1047154.html
Adam Keller, Haaretz 16/12/2008

Countering the Critics: The Boycott and Palestinian Groups
http://www.counterpunch.org/barghouti10212008.html 
by Omar Barghouti, founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, October 21, 2008


Boycott Movement Targets Israel
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/15/3192
by George Bisharat    San Francisco Chronicle  August 15, 2007

National Boycott Over Settlements Products

http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/campaigns/boycott_settlements_products/
Questions and Answers regarding settlement product boycott by Israeli peace group Gush Shalom. Includes list of settler products.

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