BDS News

Supermarkets accused of duping customers with 'West Bank' produce grown in Israeli settlements - Paul Gallagher, The Observer, Sunday July 6, 2008 : Food grown on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories is being sold in Britain, often to customers who assume they are buying goods from Palestinian-owned farms.

By Amos Schocken *Haaretz* Tags: citizenship law - The government's decision last week to extend the validity of the Citizenship Law (Temporary Order), for another year, is evidence that the legal barriers preventing severe discrimination against Israel's Arab citizens and harm to their civil rights have been removed.

Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, July 1st, 2008 - This morning the people in Ni'lin organized another mass demonstration to protect their lands and lives from destruction by the Apartheid Wall. As the construction workers did not agree to stop their work on demand of the people, the protestors have disabled their equipment.

Israeli human rights group B'Tselem says the West Bank is facing grave water shortages largely because Israel's "discriminatory" policies.
The group criticises the distribution of joint water resources and limits placed by Israel on the Palestinian Authority's ability to drill new wells.
"It will have serious repercussions on the economy and health," B'Tselem said.
West Bank per capita water use is about 66 litres a day - just two-thirds of the recommended international minimum.

Support Striking Namibian Workers at Lev Leviev Diamonds!  Protest Firing Threats, Abusive Managers  Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC) July 5, 2008

Congress today (June 18) formally launched the report of a senior union delegation visit to Israel and Palestine which recommends support and promotion for a "boycott campaign of Israeli goods and services and a policy of disinvestment from Israeli companies." The Congress delegation report recommends (full list below) that this course of action be pursued in order to encourage Israeli compliance with International Law and to cease its violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people.

By Bill Fletcher Jr. (The Mercury News) - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict often inspires a sense of powerlessness. What can average Americans do to bring an end to this decades-old conflict when our leaders have failed so miserably? And what good is speaking out about Israel's occupation of Palestinian land as the primary obstacle to peace when even former President Jimmy Carter and Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu are condemned for their criticism of Israeli policies?