The Electronic Intifada - Action Items

Action Alert: US delays visa for BDS leader Barghouti on eve of tour

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:22:38 +0000

Sponsors of a US speaking tour featuring boycott, divestment and sanctions movement leader Omar Barghouti call on supporters to contact the US Consulate in Jerusalem and the Department of State to fulfill US promise of “Promoting the Global Marketplace of Ideas” and grant Barghouti’s visa.

Protest pinkwashing at the San Fran LGBT Film Fest

Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:17:15 +0000

Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism

Queer organizations around the globe are mobilizing to let filmmakers and other cultural workers know that the Israeli government is trying to “pinkwash” its war crimes by giving money to queer cultural events, including the upcoming San Francisco LGBT Film Festival.

Tell Combined Systems Inc. to stop selling tear gas to Israel

Adalah-NY — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:01:31 +0000

Adalah-NY

Act now by emailing executives at Combined Systems Inc., and at the companies that invest in CSI — the Carlyle Group and Point Lookout Capital — and tell them to stop providing their tear gas to the Israeli military, before more protesters are killed and maimed.

Boycott leadership: solidarity with French activists

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:21:56 +0000

The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, strongly condemns the decision taken by French authorities to prosecute people of conscience for calling for a boycott of Israeli produce.

Boycott the International Geographical Union's regional conference in Tel Aviv!

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:27:47 +0000

Today, a month after the massacre of nine human rights activists in international waters aboard a flotilla carrying aid and supplies sailing to break the four-year closure of the Gaza Strip, we call once again upon the International Geographical Union to take a courageous and principled stand and cancel its Tel Aviv conference.

Action alert: Call your governments, demonstrate support for Freedom Flotilla

International Solidarity Movement — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:18:01 +0000

International Solidarity Movement

The Electronic Intifada

Under darkness of night, Israeli commandos from at least 14 warships and military helicopters boarded the Turkish passenger ship, Mavi Marmara, and began shooting. According to live video from the ship, at least two civilians have been murdered, and dozens injured. Israeli television is reporting 16 civilians killed.

Protest the extended detention of rights defender Ameer Makhoul

Mon, 24 May 2010 07:01:36 +0000

Addameer

In a hearing at Petach Tikva Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 20 May 2010, a judge extended Ameer Makhoul’s detention for a third time until Tuesday, 25 May 2010. Mr. Makhoul, a human rights defender and the director of Arab nongovernmental organization network Ittijah, has been in Israeli detention since he was arrested from his family home in Haifa in the early morning hours of 6 May.

Protest the US' silencing of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:49:16 +0000

Haymarket Books

Effectively canceling a planned speaking tour, the US consulate in the Netherlands has put an extended hold on the visa application of award-winning Palestinian journalist and photographer Mohammed Omer, scheduled to speak on conditions in Palestine, on 5 April in Chicago.

Land Day to be marked with Global BDS Day of Action

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:55:50 +0000

Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)

The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The BNC calls on people of conscience and their organizations around the globe to mobilize in creative, concrete and visible BDS actions to make this day a historic step in the movement against Israel’s apartheid, colonialism and occupation, for accountability of the oppressor and for the fulfillment of the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people.

Action alert: Kick Dayton and his mercenaries out of Palestine

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:11 +0000

US Palestinian Community Network

The US Palestinian Community Network is appalled that the government of the United States not only continues its unconditional support for Israel, but has engaged in establishing Palestinian contra forces in the West Bank, aimed at deepening Palestinian internal division and engaging in arbitrary arrests and assassinations of political activists. We demand an immediate end to all such programs and the immediate withdrawal of US Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton and his mercenaries from Palestine!