Archive for the 'International Actions' Category

60 years of apartheid-60 years to long!: 20 Jewish activists arrested, disrupting Jewish Community & Relations Council’s (JCRC) 60th anniversary of Israel celebration

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Photos, 1948 Palestine

Jewish Activists Draw Attention to 60 years of Palestinian Forced Exile and Dispossession

By M.
Published in Indybay 08-05-2008. To view original article click here


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NY Jewish Week: Protesting Leviev, From Here To Dubai

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Qalqilya Region, Bil'in Village, Boycott & sanctions

by Walter Ruby - Special to The Jewish Week. To view original article, click here

N.Y.-based Arab-Jewish group claims credit for UAE snub of diamond merchant; Leviev spokesman says stores will open under his name.

Leviev already operates two jewelry...

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Adalah-NY: Women worldwide call for Mother’s Day boycott of Leviev’s diamonds

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

To add your name, email: info@adalahny.org

To view the letter and signatures, click here

New York, May 2 – During the run-up to Mother’s...

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Put Your Body Where Your Heart Is - Break The Siege On Gaza!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 | Posted in International Actions

Put Your Body Where Your Heart Is - Break The Siege On Gaza!

On May 30th 2008, people of conscience from around the world will gather in Egypt to break through to the imprisoned people living inside the Gaza Strip. People will attempt to enter Gaza in an act to break the murderous siege and to stand in solidarity with those inside.

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ISM: Summer Against Apartheid

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 | Posted in International Actions, Aboud village, ISM Statements

SUMMER CAMPAIGN 2008 - ‘Summer Against Apartheid’

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is issuing a call-out for office and field volunteers for its “Summer Against Apartheid” in the West...

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Is Dubai helping ethnic cleansing in Palestine?

Monday, April 21st, 2008 | Posted in International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate. According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate...

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Egyptian police block international action in solidarity with Gaza

Friday, April 4th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, International Actions, Gaza Region, Photos

On March 31st, the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, comprising around 30 international activists from the Basque country, Austria, Scotland, Norway, Italy, Netherlands, France, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, America and India attempted to get in to Gaza.

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UPDATE: International Action in Solidarity with Gaza is stopped by Egyptian authorities

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Gaza Region, Action Alert

EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SIEGE OF GAZA: International Action in Solidarity with Gaza

UPDATE: The demonstration was stopped in the Sinai by Egyptian authorities. As protesters attempted to ‘Walk to Gaza’, they were threatened with arrest before eventually turning back to Cairo. There will be a press conference in Cairo tonight...

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Adalah-NY: New Yorkers protest Leviev’s Israeli settlements, commemorating Palestinian “Land Day”

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, International Actions, Video, Photos, Boycott & sanctions

New York, NY, March 29 - Forty New Yorkers commemorated the Palestinian national holiday Land Day Saturday with the eighth protest at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev.

The protest included...

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Adalah-NY: 13 organizations demand Waldorf-Astoria cancel Friends of IDF fundraiser

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

TO: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY (sent by fax)

SUBJ: Cancel March 18 “Friends of IDF Fundraiser” over Israeli human rights violations

DATE: March 11, 2008

As thirteen organizations working for human rights, social justice, and peace, we demand that The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan rescind its agreement...

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