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Written by Amin ELSALEH
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Thursday, 18 November 2010 16:47 |
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http://www.cjpme.org/TabbedEnhancedItemList.aspx?EITID=7&MNITEM=1000000364 Welcome to CJPME’s Boycott Centre. This Centre provides a consolidated list of resources and tools for individuals who wish to contribute to the growing economic pressure on Israel to respect international law and the human rights of the Palestinian people. While the resources and tools are oriented to CJPME’s Canadian constituency, CJPME believes that most of the resources and tools provided in these Webpages can be leveraged easily by anyone interested in promoting the BDS campaign with Israel.  | Consumer Boycott Target of the Month: Mountain Equipment Co-op Make your voice heard today. Send a message to Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) executives to let them know you disagree with the fact that they use Israeli military contractors as suppliers. |
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CJPME'S CONSUMER BOYCOTT STRATEGY - August 2010  | There are several ways to help a regime comply with international standards of ethical and legal behaviour. Unfortunately, innumerable UN resolutions and even a ruling from the International Court of Justice have not moved Israel to respect the human and humanitarian rights of Palestinians. In 2005, over 170 organizations from Palestinian civil society appealed to the world to impose a strategy of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Israeli institutions in an attempt to move the Israeli government to respect Palestinian rights. CJPME has chosen to heed this call, and encourages its members and adherents to likewise take concrete steps to support this BDS campaign. | BDS is a legitimate means of protest and pressure, it is neither “anti-Israel” nor “anti-Semitic,” and it is the Palestinians themselves who have called for BDS actions. Read this document to defend BDS as the appropriate ethical choice at this time. |
| Click on this document to understand the basic arguments for the imposition of a boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel are laid out. |
| Click on the link to sign up to CJPME’s network of individuals who have agreed to a high level of individual participation in our boycott actions. Individuals signing up will be invited to actively participate in Canada-specific and international BDS campaigns. |
| Click on the link to sign up to CJPME’s City Activist network of individuals who want to mobilize their personal networks in support of the BDS campaign. Participating individuals will be asked to “activate” their networks, and share the results of their efforts. CJPME’S CULTURAL BOYCOTT STRATEGY - August 2010 Cultural boycotts extend well beyond individual campaigns asking performers to refrain from performing in Israel. Nevertheless, such individual campaigns do indeed help to inform the entertainment industry of the ethical concerns with performing in a state such as Israel, which has ignored so many international calls to respect Palestinian human and humanitarian rights. | Click on this document to understand some of the current strategies applied in the cultural boycott of Israel, and some of the possible long-terms strategies which may come in to play. |
| BDS is a legitimate means of protest and pressure, it is neither “anti-Israel” nor “anti-Semitic,” and it is the Palestinians themselves who have called for BDS actions. Read this document to defend BDS as the appropriate ethical choice at this time. |
| Read about the impressive numbers of performers who have made a decision of conscience not to perform in Israel. |
| Read about Elvis Costello’s courageous decision to boycott his schedule June 30, 2010 performance in Israel. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 04 July 2011 09:56 |
CJPME’s Cultural Boycott
