Besieging Israel's siege

Read this important article by Omar Barghouti on the BDS campaign.

Victory: Activists charged with blockading Israeli-owned beauty shop acquitted in court

Ahava 4 aquitted Four activists charged with aggravated trespass for blockading the Israeli-owned cosmetics shop, Ahava, in Covent Garden, London, in 2009, were today acquitted of all charges against them.

The four - Bruce Levy, Tom Ellis, Jo Crouch and Taherali Gulamhussein, all from London - had locked themselves to concrete-filled oil drums inside the shop, closing it down for a day each time in September and December 2009.

They appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court, London, this week, and were acquitted this afternoon when the primary witness for the prosecution, Ahava's store manager, refused to attend court to testify, despite courts summons and threats of an arrest warrant. Read PSC's full press release here >>

H&M is doing it again! BDS H&M call for international protests

H & M H&M's establishment in Israel is continuing. A new men's department is opening in H&M's store in Haifa on the 18th of August and on the 26th of August they are opening their fourth store, this time in the Israeli city of Kfar Saba, despite worldwide criticism of Israel's continued ignorance of international law.

The "H&M - Don't buy into occupation" campaign will be organising actions in Sweden on the 18^th and 26^th of August to make customers aware of H&M's continued establishment in Israel. For more information on this call visit: http://bdshm.org/

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CO-OPERATION FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE

On Saturday 13th February shoppers entering Hebden Bridge Co-op were handed leaflets by members of Halifax Friends of Palestine asking them not to buy products made in Israel. This is part of a national campaign to urge Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and negotiate a just peace.

Annie O’Gara, secretary of Halifax Friends of Palestine, explained: “We want there to be a non-violent resolution to this conflict, so this is our way of exerting influence on Israel and showing the Palestinians that they are not forgotten. We hope that boycotting Israeli products will act in the same way as refusing to buy “Cape” fruit from apartheid South Africa did in the past."

Over 50 people completed letters to the Co-op’s Head of Customer Relations and these have been handed in to the Co-op Headquarters in Manchester. The company recently attracted praise by announcing that it would not sell produce from the illegal Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land. Halifax Friends of Palestine want the Co-op now to take this a step further and extend its ethical policies to all goods from Israel.

Working together for peace and justice.

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