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Was JLo Pressured by Israel’s Hasbara Apparatus?

17 May 2012 UPDATE: JLo has not yet confirmed she will be entertaining apatheid Israel. Her management has been asked, we are waiting for a response. In June 2010, Reuters reported that Lopez made a choice to boycott playing in Turkish-held Cyprus: “Jennifer Lopez would never knowingly support any state, country, institution or regime that . . . → Read More if you dare: Was JLo Pressured by Israel’s Hasbara Apparatus?

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NSW Police Attempt to Ban Palestinian Human Rights Rally

Organisers of a Sydney Palestine solidarity protest — Commemorate Al-Nakba: Protest Against Israeli Apartheid! — released the statement below on May 12. NSW police initiated a Supreme Court action against the pro-Palestine Al-Nakba commemoration march to be held in Sydney on May 15. The police are seeking a court order prohibiting the public assembly and . . . → Read More if you dare: NSW Police Attempt to Ban Palestinian Human Rights Rally

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BDS Maroc Protest Against Moroccan Government Delegation to Tel Aviv Agriculture Exhibition

BDS Maroc expresses its condemnation of the Moroccan Government sending an official delegation to the International Exhibition of Agriculture to be held in Tel Aviv from the 15th – 17th May. English translation [Google]: To the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries After greeting, initiative followed in my DSL Morocco through the written press and electronic . . . → Read More if you dare: BDS Maroc Protest Against Moroccan Government Delegation to Tel Aviv Agriculture Exhibition

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Desperate Lies and Smears by Israeli Apartheid Supporters Highlight BDS Strength in Ireland

In the wake of Irish traditional band Dervish’s cancellation of their dates in apartheid Israel, an astonishing campaign of lies and smears has played out in the Irish press- mainly in the Sunday Independent – and has had substantial and deeply worrying contributions from the Irish Minister for Justice and Defence, Alan Shatter. When the . . . → Read More if you dare: Desperate Lies and Smears by Israeli Apartheid Supporters Highlight BDS Strength in Ireland

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Campaign Against Israeli Blood Diamonds – Australian Palestinian Solidarity Activists Alert

Please help raise awareness about a very important Kimberley Process meeting to be held in Washington from June 4-7th. You can email, tweet and phone politicians asking that the Australian representative at this meeting calls for a ban on trade in blood diamonds from Israel that fund war crimes, trade which the Kimberley Process should . . . → Read More if you dare: Campaign Against Israeli Blood Diamonds – Australian Palestinian Solidarity Activists Alert

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“I no longer fear their power … I will return”

Join the rally in Brisbane to commemorate the anniversary of Al Nakba on Friday the 18th of May in King George Square at 5pm – find out about how you can participate with the theme of the rally. Samah Sabawi reviews Phil Monsour’s Ghosts of Deir Yassin album: The video for Ghosts of Deir Yassin . . . → Read More if you dare: “I no longer fear their power … I will return”

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The Max Brenner 19 on Trial in Victoria

Omar Hassan: “Activists all across the world are being targeted for their campaign against Israel and I think this is just the latest step in that process. I think it’s because Israel is worried that BDS is delegitimising what is an illegitimate state.” Rachel Sztanski: “We’re not going to be bullied out of protesting . . . → Read More if you dare: The Max Brenner 19 on Trial in Victoria

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Israel’s Apartheid is ‘a present-day reality’ : Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The following op-ed was written by Archbishop-Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Tutu and published in the Tampa Bay Times on 1 May 2012.] A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the time has come for similar action to . . . → Read More if you dare: Israel’s Apartheid is ‘a present-day reality’ : Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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