Report: Jews behind campaign to boycott Israel

“What we are asking for is not violent. It is civil action against a military occupation.”

“It really isn’t good enough to attack the messenger as anti-Semitic or a self-hating Jew rather than deal with the message that Israel’s conduct is unacceptable.”

clipped from www.ynetnews.com Jewish Chronicle investigation reveals Jewish, Israeli academics justify their activity as part of struggle for Palestinian rights, ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories Hagit Klaiman Published: 06.15.07, 14:04 / Israel News Many of the key players in the escalating British campaign to boycott Israel are Jewish or Israeli, the Jewish Chronicle revealed in an investigation published Thursday. According to the investigation, the Jewish academics justify their stance as part of the struggle for Palestinian rights and ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. The report stated that a high proportion of the academics were deeply involved in UCU, the University and College Union, which last month sparked an international outcry by voting to facilitate a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Groups such as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews for the Boycotting of Israeli Goods, and Bricup, the British Committee for Universities of Palestine.

To boycott or not - the new Israeli question

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Pressure for sanctions on Israeli goods is widening. Forty years after the Six-Day War, unions, academics and journalists are locked in furious debate about the tactic. at one of Israel's major road junctions, in a silent vigil, carrying a placard that says simply: 'Stop the occupation.' Those in her group - Women in Black - have been abused, sometimes violently, since they began their protests almost 20 years ago. In Britain's churches too it has become an increasingly important issue. A survey for the Catholic weekly The Tablet last year showed 70 per cent of respondents backed disinvestment. Church of England's General Synod debated removing investments from the US company Caterpillar, its bulldozers were used to level Palestinian houses. the Methodist conference in the UK will consider whether or not its £1bn funds can be invested in companies operating in the occupied territories. protest against the Israeli occupation in British society emerged in the run-up to the UCU conference

Report: Jews behind campaign to boycott Israel

“What we are asking for is not violent. It is civil action against a military occupation.”

“It really isn’t good enough to attack the messenger as anti-Semitic or a self-hating Jew rather than deal with the message that Israel’s conduct is unacceptable.”

clipped from www.ynetnews.com Jewish Chronicle investigation reveals Jewish, Israeli academics justify their activity as part of struggle for Palestinian rights, ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories Hagit Klaiman Published: 06.15.07, 14:04 / Israel News Many of the key players in the escalating British campaign to boycott Israel are Jewish or Israeli, the Jewish Chronicle revealed in an investigation published Thursday. According to the investigation, the Jewish academics justify their stance as part of the struggle for Palestinian rights and ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. The report stated that a high proportion of the academics were deeply involved in UCU, the University and College Union, which last month sparked an international outcry by voting to facilitate a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. groups such as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews for the Boycotting of Israeli Goods, and Bricup, the British Committee for Universities of Palestine.