Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Boycott of Israel by artists Montreal is spreading DROR
Courier Geneva, Wednesday, September 29, 2010
http://www.lecourrier.ch/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=446969 
To support the Palestinian struggle, more and more individuals refuse to visit Israel. A similar strategy to that used against South Africa in the apartheid era. events that occurred in response to heavy shelling on Gaza, there are nearly two years, have led to new initiatives to support non-violent Palestinian struggle. Among these, include assignments to justice alleged war criminals Israeli civilian missions to Palestine to witness the brutality of military occupation, humanitarian missions to break the blockade of Gaza or the campaign of "boycott, divestment and sanctions" (BDS) against Israeli state. The latter resumed the boycott strategy implemented against South Africa in the 1980s, denouncing the discrimination suffered by the Palestinians, described as apartheid. Although the BDS was born of a call by Palestinian civil society in 2005, since the deadly attack on Israeli army on humanitarian fleet off Gaza in late May 2010 that the BDS strategy has the wind in their sails. She says that every citizen has a role to play as a consumer, teacher, artist, athlete or otherwise, everyone is responsible for his actions and refuse those that enhance the repressive power of the State of Israel. The boycott is the best known Israeli products such as cosmetics Ahava, or European companies participating in the settlement, such as Connex who built a streetcar in that portion of Jerusalem that Israel annex the state illegally. But the campaign also comes in other forms, academic, sporting and cultural activities. Finally, beyond the individual consciousness, the BDS is a campaign of pressure, especially the media, who can recall the repeated violations of international law and human rights against Palestinians.
The example of Sun City
Culturally, initiatives based musicians who in the 1980s, claiming they "were not going to play Sun City, South Africa. This movement takes a considerable extent: it is not a week without one learns a leading artist cancels a planned trip to Israel, sometimes taking advantage of the opportunity to write real pamphlets denouncing the conditions under which Palestinians live under Israeli occupation or in exile. Just this year, the actress Meg Ryan, Henning Mankell writers, Iain Banks and Alice Walker, the musicians Carlos Santana, Elvis Costello, Gil Scott-Heron and groups The Klaxons, Gorillaz and The Pixies have waived visit Israel. For similar reasons, last month, over 150 Irish artists have pledged in writing to boycott Israel, recalling the initiative of the 500 artists from Montreal, already mentioned in our pages (1). Most recently, the British group Massive Attack who joined this movement. Its singer, Robert Del Naja said: "I can not play in Israel while the Palestinians did not enjoy the same rights as Israelis." Petition Israeli
Even in Israel, the boycott is a means deemed appropriate to oppose the continued colonization by the far-right government led by Binyamin Netanyahu. This month, while some in Europe oppose in particular academic and cultural boycott, 150 academics, writers, artists and Israeli actors have signed a petition calling for refusing to produce colonies in the territories occupied in 1967. Alongside intellectuals Known for their commitment against the occupation, such Niv Gordon, Gideon Levy and Shlomo Sand, there are generally more discrete figures as historian Zeev Sternhell, or famous writers David Grossman, AB Yehoshua and Amos Oz. While they were severely criticized by the Israeli government, these officials have received a letter of support from 150 other artists, and U.S. English, including Vanessa Redgrave, Cynthia Nixon and Tony Kushner. The limitation of the boycott is the only colonies defended by some solidarity groups who are demanding an end to illegal occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and Golan, the dismantling of the Wall and the lifting of the blockade of Gaza. Supporters of a boycott remind them about that discrimination also affects the Palestinians inside Israel's borders. Finally, the UN resolution 194 stipulates the observance and implementation of the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homes. According to BDS, these two points justify putting pressure on Israeli institutions, including inside the 1948 borders: in effect, would it not be absurd at the time of apartheid, not boycott and not as the Bantustans Cape Town, Johannesburg or ... Sun City?
Culture is a weapon used by both sides. The State of Israel no mistake, that not only attempts to counter the BDS, but also increases the festivals, exhibitions and other artistic or sports to try to improve its image. For its part, the BDS call not to participate in these events, where they take place: in the settlements, Israel or even Europe. In fact, these cultural events are not trivial: it participates or not, but in both cases, the decision has a political meaning. If more and more artists have responded positively to the boycott call, it now also addresses to mere spectators, responsible citizens ...
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Courier of April 7, 2010
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Some links: Five hundred
Montreal artists against apartheid Israeli
hundred and fifty Irish artists agree to boycott Israel
hundred and fifty Israeli artists boycotting Israeli settlements
hundred and fifty American artists and English support the 150 Israeli artists
Call of the Palestinian Authority to boycott settlement products
Call of Palestinians in Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Palestinians Call for BDS against Israel
Relais French international BDS campaign
Relay Geneva international BDS campaign
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BDS: Boycott of sanctions
Xavier Renou The Wick, Wednesday 22 September 2010
http://lameche.org/
With the disobedient, he is the spokesman, Xavier Renou supports a multitude of causes too often neglected by the media. The wick so it opens its pages, so that tells actions conducted and, as is the case here for activists who support the Palestinian people, the difficulties citizens may face when they dare to disobey, even peacefully.
It must be the season, lawsuits abound. Well, it will not surprise you, the drops do not fall on everyone anyway. Even if Justice is interested in them, Woerth, or Besson Hortefeux, usually fare without a hitch. But the French activists of the Campaign Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS), themselves, are beginning to feel the wind of the bullet. Delicious Michele Alliot-Marie, which has already distinguished in the case of ultra-Tarnac grocers, they have declared war. This time, it was not the terrorism that stirred Arles, but incitement to discrimination and racial hatred, nothing less. The trick is not very new, but it still works: accuse, accuse, even racism and solidarity activists, there will always be something. Must say they are strong advocates of Palestine to oppose the sale of Israeli goods produced in settlements, and encourage Western companies to stop their relations with Israel, they multiply the fun and spectacular intrusions in Carrefour hypermarkets, just to discourage them from selling fruit and vegetables Jaffa and Caramel Agrexco, who are alleged to be directly produced on agricultural land confiscated from Palestinians. Stores flavored cocktail of petrochemical chain Sephora has also crossed paths with these intrepid activists have convinced a lot of customers to divert Ahava cosmetics, since they come from the Palestinian side of the Dead Sea. It even happens that the Palestinian question shows up at the King unlimited credit and dishwasher Newlyweds, Darty: in stores of this brand are sold under the brand of German Brita water aerators and accessories manufactured by a vendor Israeli Soda-Club, whose production site is located in Mishor Adumim, a settlement 35 000 inhabitants located in the West Bank. The list would not be complete if we did not evoke the friendly heckling encravatés organized in Dexia, the small bank requires that Sarkozy had foisted three billion during the crisis ... accused of having shared a part with a dozen Israeli settlements. As such, the campaign BDS, launched in 2005 by 170 organizations of Palestinian civil society, is not much different from that previously helped to end apartheid. The heyday of racism in Dutch short, while all Western governments were wallowing in forms more or less covert support for the regime in Pretoria, Europe activist, she had blurry to boycott Outspan oranges and exchanges cultural and sport with South Africa, and convince some Western companies to withdraw their investments. Some of these companies are now being prosecuted in the United States for their actions alongside apartheid ... Except that instead of Carrefour and others punished, they are the supporters of the boycott that are now taken to court by the government and various shell companies specialized in the legal harassment of activists of the Palestinian cause. The militant wing of the League of Human Rights of Bordeaux, Sakina Arnaud, has already taken 1,500 euros fine in the first instance, and goes on appeal on September 24. In October, judge advocates in Perpignan, others to Paris, and even the Green Senator Alima Boumediene-Thiery. On 29 November, that will continue to Mulhouse legal and political battle to defend the right to boycott products from the colonies. Meanwhile, the humanitarian caravan and disobedient to the former British MP George Gallaway, Viva Palestina, through Europe toward Gaza and the collective European Jews for a Just Peace collect money for a new charter boat Gaza. A boat in which only board activists of Jewish origin, history test the nerves of Israeli commandos, and give a little seasick at some Michèle Alliot-Marie, the minister who sees anti-Semites everywhere. ..
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Carlo Santulli
, director of The Wick, confronts the young wolf of the UMP, Benjamin Lancar:
http://www.wat.tv/video/buzz-2-benjamin-lancar-vs-328vf_2exyh_.html
is just the first 8 minutes, and it's not exciting, but it lets you see their heads that you do not know maybe ... Otherwise always
Didier Porte
:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf13p2_oser-insinuer-que-sarkozy-aime-les_news
And Sine, the film
: October 10 20h The Mélies (Montreuil): DIE? RATHER DIE! with Sine
Space October 13 Saint-Michel (Paris): DIE? RATHER DIE "
with Sine October 13 Elsewhere: DIE? RATHER DIE!
More information: http://www.mourirplutotcrever.com/
Sorry, no mp3 this week ...
In August 2008, Bob moved me to write a science column in the newspaper he will rely. After several days of hesitation, I offered him instead a music column. It is his confidence, passion and instinct that reassure me: you can not go wrong when we talk about what we love, and never mind what others think. It also accepts, saying "trying to talk about original stuff, like the Ethiopians that you made me discover." And then he devoted himself to the newspaper, at full speed, without interruption, 24/24 ... 
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