Category: Legacy Site

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

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) James M. Wall | The Christian Century | 15 November 2006 For most media in Israel, American Protestants are simply the people who book Bible tours of the region. In June 2004 this indifference changed. That’s when the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) adopted a resolution recommending that “a longstanding Presbyterian position against the occupation of

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ala Hlehel | Haaretz | 26 October 2005 Under different circumstances, the appointment of Professor Majd al-Haj as dean of research at the University of Haifa – a position that at other universities is called “vice president for research” – would inspire satisfaction and support. But not under the present circumstances. Every fool knows

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Associated Press | Haaretz | October 20, 2005 Evangelical Christians on Thursday criticized efforts by some Christian groups to divest from companies associated with Israel and said they planned to counter with a campaign of their own to create partnerships between Israel and international businesses. Several Protestant groups – including the Presbyterian Church (USA)

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Nicholas Blincoe | The Observer | 16 June 2002 Novelist Nicholas Blincoe explains what he hopes to achieve by a boycott of Israeli artists The moment before I ran on stage at the Barbican, I was more conscious of my pulse rate than I have ever been in my life. The event was MedFest

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mohammed Abed | The Badger Herald | 30 September 2005 UW System Investment Policy 78-1 states that all investments “made in any company, corporation, subsidiary or affiliate which practices or condones through its actions discrimination on the basis of race religion, color, creed or sex … shall be divested in as prudent but rapid

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Omar Barghouti | Open Democracy | 21 September 2005 Israel’s breaches of human rights and international law give moral force to the argument for an international boycott, says Palestinian writer Omar Barghouti. Linda Grant’s rebuttal of Jacqueline Rose’s courageous support for boycotting Israel reduces boycott to little more than censorship. Shifting the debate from

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Amiram Barkat | Haaretz | 15 September 2005 Reverend William Somplatsky-Jarman combines a career as a senior clergyman with the management of an investment portfolio that comprises more than $7 billion. The portfolio belongs to the Presbyterian Church, one of the major Protestant churches in the United States, with a membership of 2.5 million

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Toya Richards Hill | Presbyterian News Service | 5 August 2005 SEATTLE, WA — About 20 members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) came here this week to express support for the General Assembly’s decision to start a process of “phased selective divestment” from multinational corporations whose business practices contribute to violence in Israel and