Author: Henry Jones

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Hilary Rose and Steven Rose | Socialist Worker Online | 21 May 2005 The boycott of Israeli academic institutions is a vital part of the struggle for justice for the Palestinians, write Hilary Rose and Steven Rose The AUT lecturers’ union passed resolutions in April calling for a boycott of two Israeli universities. One,

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Baruch Kimmerling | Haaretz | 18 May 2005 The moment I first heard that the British Association of University Teachers (AUT) was planning on boycotting Israeli universities and faculty, I expressed my opposition to the notion in every possible way. I even tried to influence my colleagues in the U.K. and elsewhere – recently

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mazin Qumsiyeh | Tikkun Magazine | May 2005 Divestment and boycotts of Israel are a moral necessity to bring peace. Divestment and boycotts are non-violent tools intended to challenge situations of injustice and war and thus advance justice and peace. There are always issues raised about the use of such non-violent tactics. These issues

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Al Jazeera | 14 August 2005 A five-million-strong US church has rebuked Israel for building a separation barrier along the West Bank, becoming the second major US Protestant denomination to reject policies implemented by the Jewish state. The resolution titled “Peace Not Wall” was adopted on Saturday on a 668-269 vote by members of

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Haaretz | 6 August 2005 A Presbyterian committee accused five companies of contributing to “ongoing violence that plagues Israel and Palestine” and pledged to use the church’s multimillion-dollar stock holdings in the businesses to pressure them to stop. The move Friday follows a vote last year by leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) LAURIE GOODSTEIN | The New York Times, Page One of Print Edition | 6 August 2005 The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. announced Friday that it would press four American corporations to stop providing military equipment and technology to Israel for use in the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and that if the companies did not

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Received from UN Information Officer | Relief Web | 13 July 2005 Plan is ‘Navigator’ for Civil Society Actors Committed to Middle East Peace; It Pinpoints Areas for Urgent Action by International Community, Says Chairman GA/PAL/989 (Received from a UN Information Officer.) PARIS, 13 July — Civil society organizations committed to ending the Israeli

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) IMEMC Staff | International Middle East Media Center | 9 July 2005 The General Assembly of the United Church of Christ, (UCC) decided in it 25 convention to selectively divest from companies involved with Israel’s occupation of the west bank and Gaza, the building of the West Bank wall and the Israeli settlements within

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Badil Centre | 9 July 2005 One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which found Israel’s Wall built on occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal, Israel continues its construction of the colonial Wall with total disregard to the Court’s decision. Thirty eight years into Israel’s occupation of

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Fredrick Nzwili | Episcopal News Service | 5 July 2005 [Ecumenical News International] Nairobi — The Anglican Church of Kenya has backed a call from a top committee of the 75 million-member Anglican Communion urging churches to divest from companies whose activities contribute to the occupation of Palestinian land or to violence against innocent