Author: Henry Jones

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Stop the Wall Campaign | 16 December 2006 The regional council of the Sør-Trøndelag in Norway has passed a motion calling for a comprehensive boycott on Israeli goods to be followed up with an awareness raising campaign across the region. Sør-Trøndelag has a population of 270,000 out of Norway’s 4.6 million. Trondheim, Norway`s third

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Aharon Shabtai | Email circular | 3 January 2006 Note: Aharon Shabtai is an Israeli poet and teaches Hebrew literature at Tel Aviv University. His letter (below) was sent to the organizers of the 5th international poetry festival in Jerusalem. He has approved wide ciruclation and publication of his letter. From: aharon shabtai Date:

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) BBC News | 5 January 2005 Norway’s Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen is backing a planned consumer boycott of Israeli goods, contradicting the coalition government’s policy. Ms Halvorsen voiced support for a campaign of solidarity with the Palestinians, due to be launched by her Socialist Left party this month. “It is a long time since

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Aftenposten | 6 January 2006 Norway’s prime minister and foreign minister were busy with damage control tasks late this week, after one of their government’s coalition parties called for a boycott of Israeli products. And just when Israel’s own prime minister was lying gravely ill. The Norwegian government has long supported Israel and has

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Aftenposten | 15 January 2005 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice threatened Norway with “serious political consequences” after Finance Minister and Socialist Left Party leader Kristin Halvorsen admitted to supporting a boycott of Israeli goods. The reaction was reportedly given to the Norwegian embassy in Washington DC, and it was made clear that the

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Worldwide Activism, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign | Stop the Wall Campaign | 16 December 2005 The regional council of the Sør-Trøndelag in Norway has passed a motion calling for a comprehensive boycott on Israeli goods to be followed up with an awareness raising campaign across the region. Sør-Trøndelag has a population of 270,000

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Rowan Al-Faqih | This Week in Palestine | December 2005 In 2004, the 20th Haifa International Film Festival established a section for “New Palestinian Cinema” in cooperation with Masharaf magazine in Haifa and several Palestinian filmmakers were invited to present their films. A number of us at the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Coalition for Just Peace in Palestine | 22 December 2005 On Monday, 12th of December, the Coalition for Just Peace in Palestine (CJPP) in Montreal held a press conference to launch its Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Occupation and Israeli Apartheid and for the respect of international law. Responding to

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Stop the Wall Campaign | 8 December 2005 The Socialist Left Party, a member of the center-left Norwegian government is to officially launch a solidarity campaign for Palestine beginning in the New Year. The campaign will focus on a consumer boycott of Israeli products and will push for a ban on any arms trade

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Gargi Bhattacharyya | The Guardian | 18 November 2005 After attending a series of meetings about the Israeli academic boycott, Gargi Bhattacharyya still maintains that the issue is not about the ban – it’s about the occupation. After last spring’s controversy about the academic boycott and a short summer lull, it has been a