http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqL0vdRE3yk
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/airflotilla-%E2%80%AAgaza-flytilla-activists-arrested-for-chanting-free-palestine-in-tel-aviv-airport%E2%80%AC%E2%80%8F-video/
#Airflotilla | Gaza ‘Flytilla’ activists arrested for chanting ‘Free Palestine’ in Tel Aviv airport – video
July 8, 2011 
0 Comments RT crew filmed the arrest of pro-Gaza activists, who were detained for chanting “Free Palestine”. Police in Israel detained several activists who arrived at Tel Aviv’s international airport on Friday to show their support for activists arriving from abroad to take part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
The arrested protesters arrived in Tel Aviv from elsewhere in Israel. It comes as first Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists are being blocked in their attempts to reach Gaza by air and defy Israeli policies. Many are being stopped at European airports, while two American campaigners have been deported upon arrival in Tel Aviv. The move comes a week after a flotilla of a dozen ships bound for Gaza were prevented from leaving port in Greece.
http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/07/04/gaza-bound-flotilla-plans-to-breach-israel039s-sea-blockade
Excerpt:
Today more than 30 Kids From ” Stay Human ” Summer Camp , Marched to Gaza Port and went into the sea on small boats to send a message of Solidarity to the Freedom Flotilla 2
Photos by Noor Harazeen
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1018237--greece-halts-canadian-ship-in-gaza-flotilla
Excerpt:
ATHENS, Greece (The Blaze/AP) — Greece on Friday banned ships heading to the Gaza Strip from leaving Greek ports, and a vessel carrying several dozen American protesters which left port without permission was ordered to return.
A flotilla of nine Greek and foreign-flagged vessels and several hundred activists have said they want to break Israel’s sea blockade and deliver aid to the Palestinian territory.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/07/hundreds-israeli-police-deployed-to-deal-with-pro-palestinian-activists/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fworld+%28Internal+-+World+Latest+-+Text%29
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http://www.imemc.org/article/61381
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions
Excerpt:
BDS and the use of Christmas
Friends of Sabeel-North America circulated a list of ten companies to boycott titled “All I want for Christmas is an End to Apartheid,”[3] stating that “While there are many Israeli and multinational companies that benefit from apartheid, we put together this list to highlight ten specific companies to target.”
The arrested protesters arrived in Tel Aviv from elsewhere in Israel. It comes as first Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists are being blocked in their attempts to reach Gaza by air and defy Israeli policies. Many are being stopped at European airports, while two American campaigners have been deported upon arrival in Tel Aviv. The move comes a week after a flotilla of a dozen ships bound for Gaza were prevented from leaving port in Greece.
http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/07/04/gaza-bound-flotilla-plans-to-breach-israel039s-sea-blockade
Excerpt:
Gaza-bound flotilla plans to breach Israel's sea blockade
Monday, July 4, 2011
ATHENS, Greece - Organizers of a Gaza-bound flotilla said Sunday they have not abandoned their plans to breach Israel's sea blockade of the territory despite a Greek government ban on their vessels leaving the country's ports.
The campaign experienced a major setback when Greece announced its restrictions Friday, and authorities arrested the captain of a boat carrying American activists that tried to leave Greece without permission.
http://gazatvnews.com/2011/07/gaza-children-march-in-solidarity-with-flotilla-pictures/
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Gaza Children march in solidarity with flotilla (Pictures)
AP Photo
Activists, including Paki Wieland of Northampton, right, who have begun a fast hold banners as they sit outside the U.S. embassy in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, July 3, 2011. Organizers of a Gaza-bound flotilla said Sunday they have not abandoned their plans to breach Israel’s sea blockade of the territory despite a Greek government ban on their vessels leaving Greek ports.
The campaign experienced a major setback when Greece announced its restrictions Friday, and authorities arrested the captain of a boat carrying American activists that tried to leave Greece without permission.
http://gazatvnews.com/2011/07/gaza-children-march-in-solidarity-with-flotilla-pictures/
Excerpt:
Gaza Children march in solidarity with flotilla (Pictures)
Today more than 30 Kids From ” Stay Human ” Summer Camp , Marched to Gaza Port and went into the sea on small boats to send a message of Solidarity to the Freedom Flotilla 2Photos by Noor Harazeen
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1018237--greece-halts-canadian-ship-in-gaza-flotilla
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Greece halts Canadian ship in Gaza flotilla
Banners hang from the Tahrir, a Canadian boat participating in Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza. Greek officials have placed the boat under surveillance and won't let if leave Agio Nikolaos, a town on Crete.
Jim Rankin/Toronto Star
AGIO NIKOLAOS, GREECE—After months of remaining secret, the location of the Canadian ship participating in Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza was outed in this Greek seaside town when authorities boarded it — on Canada Day — and tried to seize the ship’s transit log, which is need to sail. Flotilla organizers alleged there had been acts of sabotage against two ships earlier in the week. Then on Friday came an edict from the Greek government — under pressure from Israel, organizers charge — that blocked the Canadian boat and other ships from setting out to challenge the Israeli sea blockade of Gaza and to deliver humanitarian aid. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/greece-bans-gaza-flotilla-from-leaving-port/ Excerpt: Greece Bans Gaza Flotilla From Leaving Port
- Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:28pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
Activists aboard "The Audacity of Hope."
A flotilla of nine Greek and foreign-flagged vessels and several hundred activists have said they want to break Israel’s sea blockade and deliver aid to the Palestinian territory.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/07/hundreds-israeli-police-deployed-to-deal-with-pro-palestinian-activists/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fworld+%28Internal+-+World+Latest+-+Text%29
Excerpt:
http://www.imemc.org/article/61381
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions
Excerpt:
BDS and the use of Christmas
Friends of Sabeel-North America circulated a list of ten companies to boycott titled “All I want for Christmas is an End to Apartheid,”[3] stating that “While there are many Israeli and multinational companies that benefit from apartheid, we put together this list to highlight ten specific companies to target.”
- Ahava
- Delta Galil Industries
- Motorola
- L'Oreal / The Body Shop
- Dorot Garlic and Herbs
- Estee Lauder
- Intel
- Sabra
- Sara Lee
- Victoria's Secret
Adalah-NY, held a demonstration in front of Lev Leviev’s store in New York. Adalah-NY has been holding this demonstration[4] annually since 2007. Activists doctored traditional carols and stories such as “The 12 Days of Boycott” and “The Grinch who Tried to Steal Palestine,”[5] claiming that Leviev’s “dark task” and “true crime” are to “steal Palestine.” The song also blames Leviev for alleged human rights violations in Africa.
Bari Seiden
Vice President, Global Corporate Communications
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Tel: 212-572-4475
Fax: 212-893-7782
Email:bseiden@estee.com
or
Sarah Stearns Finazzo
B|W|R Public Relations
292 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-901-3931
Fax: 212-901-3979
Email: sarah.stearns@bwr-ny.com
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/time-for-bds-7444
Excerpt:
While it is no secret that much of the United States’ massive aid package to Israel helps finance the country’s illegal and inhuman occupation of Palestine, one of the better-kept secrets is the role that many popular American and international corporations play in enabling the occupation. Perhaps we don’t necessarily own a Motorola cell phone or regularly operate a Caterpillar bulldozer—but many of our universities’ endowments or retirement pension funds are actively invested in these companies.
Plenty of Americans are (unknowingly) supporting war profiteers.
Here are some of the worst offenders:
Motorola Inc. — Motorola, as in the cell phone company, plays a key role in many of sectors of the occupation. Motorola Israel, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc, is the central provider of bomb fuses to the Israeli Air Force (IAF). These fuses were highly used by the IDF during the destruction of Operation Cast Lead and the 2006 Lebanon War. In addition to manufacturing parts for weapons, Motorola is largely responsible for the Israeli Defense Force’s communications and surveillance technology. The surveillance “watch towers” that punctuate the separation barrier that segregates Palestine from the outside world are all operated by Motorola technology.
Caterpillar Inc. — Caterpillar (CAT) Bulldozers destroy Palestinian homes and olive trees (one of the primary sources of livelihood for many Palestinian families) to make room for illegal Israeli settlements, the separation barrier, and “Jewish-only” roads. American International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie died when she was crushed under a CAT Bulldozer.
Hewlett Packard (HP) — Hewlett Packard owns Electronic Data Systems, which is in charge of the technology monitoring checkpoints inside of Palestine. In addition, HP monitors the Israeli Navy’s entire IT operating system, which enabled last year’s attacks on the Freedom Flotilla.
General Electric (GE) — General Electric sells engines to Israel for a variety of military aircrafts.
United Technologies — United Technologies produces Blackhawk helicopters. These helicopters are used to attack Palestinian cities and refugee camps and are responsible for the lion’s share of Palestinian civilian deaths.
The list goes on.
In addition, many retirement pension funds, most notably TIAA-CREF are hugely invested in several of the offending corporations. Several investors of conscience have started the “TIAA-CREF” divestment campaign, raising awareness around transparency issues with the fund and, most importantly, demanding that TIAA-CREF divest from these companies.
So what can you do?
Research any and all investments. Sign the TIAA-CREF petition. Avoid Motorola cell phones and HP Printers. Don’t buy Ahava beauty products. Do buy Palestinian olive oil.
Money speaks louder than megaphones—BDS!
http://www.thenation.com/blog/161778/time-bds
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Martin_L._Leibowitz
Excerpts:
1) "Recently, Leibowitz joined Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director on the U.S. Equity Strategy team, upon his retirement from TIAA-CREF.
Vice President, Global Corporate Communications
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Tel: 212-572-4475
Fax: 212-893-7782
Email:bseiden@estee.com
or
Sarah Stearns Finazzo
B|W|R Public Relations
292 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-901-3931
Fax: 212-901-3979
Email: sarah.stearns@bwr-ny.com
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/time-for-bds-7444
Excerpt:
While it is no secret that much of the United States’ massive aid package to Israel helps finance the country’s illegal and inhuman occupation of Palestine, one of the better-kept secrets is the role that many popular American and international corporations play in enabling the occupation. Perhaps we don’t necessarily own a Motorola cell phone or regularly operate a Caterpillar bulldozer—but many of our universities’ endowments or retirement pension funds are actively invested in these companies.
Plenty of Americans are (unknowingly) supporting war profiteers.
Here are some of the worst offenders:
Motorola Inc. — Motorola, as in the cell phone company, plays a key role in many of sectors of the occupation. Motorola Israel, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc, is the central provider of bomb fuses to the Israeli Air Force (IAF). These fuses were highly used by the IDF during the destruction of Operation Cast Lead and the 2006 Lebanon War. In addition to manufacturing parts for weapons, Motorola is largely responsible for the Israeli Defense Force’s communications and surveillance technology. The surveillance “watch towers” that punctuate the separation barrier that segregates Palestine from the outside world are all operated by Motorola technology.
Caterpillar Inc. — Caterpillar (CAT) Bulldozers destroy Palestinian homes and olive trees (one of the primary sources of livelihood for many Palestinian families) to make room for illegal Israeli settlements, the separation barrier, and “Jewish-only” roads. American International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie died when she was crushed under a CAT Bulldozer.
Hewlett Packard (HP) — Hewlett Packard owns Electronic Data Systems, which is in charge of the technology monitoring checkpoints inside of Palestine. In addition, HP monitors the Israeli Navy’s entire IT operating system, which enabled last year’s attacks on the Freedom Flotilla.
General Electric (GE) — General Electric sells engines to Israel for a variety of military aircrafts.
United Technologies — United Technologies produces Blackhawk helicopters. These helicopters are used to attack Palestinian cities and refugee camps and are responsible for the lion’s share of Palestinian civilian deaths.
The list goes on.
In addition, many retirement pension funds, most notably TIAA-CREF are hugely invested in several of the offending corporations. Several investors of conscience have started the “TIAA-CREF” divestment campaign, raising awareness around transparency issues with the fund and, most importantly, demanding that TIAA-CREF divest from these companies.
So what can you do?
Research any and all investments. Sign the TIAA-CREF petition. Avoid Motorola cell phones and HP Printers. Don’t buy Ahava beauty products. Do buy Palestinian olive oil.
Money speaks louder than megaphones—BDS!
http://www.thenation.com/blog/161778/time-bds
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Martin_L._Leibowitz
Excerpts:
1) "Recently, Leibowitz joined Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director on the U.S. Equity Strategy team, upon his retirement from TIAA-CREF.
2)
"A Vice Chair of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, Leibowitz is a member of the Rockefeller University Council and, the Board of Overseers of New York University’s Stern School of Business and Freddie Mac. He serves on the investment advisory committees for the
Carlyle Management Group, the Harvard Management Corporation, and the University of Chicago.
http://www.carlyle.com/team/item6031.html
Excerpt:
Ray Albright is a Principal focused on infrastructure opportunities. He is based in New York.
Prior to joining Carlyle in 2006, Mr. Albright was Director and Head of Structured Debt Syndicate of Citigroup. From 1986-1995, he was a portfolio manager at TIAA-CREF and prior to that, Mr. Albright was an emerging market economist at Bankers Trust.
He received his M.B.A. from Wharton and holds a B.A. in economics from Duke University.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Consumer_Freedom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Wisse
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Criticism
Wisse has been criticized for writing that "Palestinian Arabs [are] people who breed and bleed and advertise their misery"[10] in Commentary magazine in 1988.[11][12][13][14] According to Alexander Cockburn, Wisse is bothered by the "failure of nerve" of American Jewish intellectuals about "being squeamishness about the shootings and beatings meted out to the breeders."[11]
"A Vice Chair of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, Leibowitz is a member of the Rockefeller University Council and, the Board of Overseers of New York University’s Stern School of Business and Freddie Mac. He serves on the investment advisory committees for the
Carlyle Management Group, the Harvard Management Corporation, and the University of Chicago.
http://www.carlyle.com/team/item6031.html
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Raymond J. Albright, Jr.
Principal
New York , NY
Segment : Real Assets
Fund : Global Infrastructure Buyout
Industry : Infrastructure
Ray Albright is a Principal focused on infrastructure opportunities. He is based in New York.
Prior to joining Carlyle in 2006, Mr. Albright was Director and Head of Structured Debt Syndicate of Citigroup. From 1986-1995, he was a portfolio manager at TIAA-CREF and prior to that, Mr. Albright was an emerging market economist at Bankers Trust.
He received his M.B.A. from Wharton and holds a B.A. in economics from Duke University.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Consumer_Freedom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Wisse
Excerpt:
Criticism
Wisse has been criticized for writing that "Palestinian Arabs [are] people who breed and bleed and advertise their misery"[10] in Commentary magazine in 1988.[11][12][13][14] According to Alexander Cockburn, Wisse is bothered by the "failure of nerve" of American Jewish intellectuals about "being squeamishness about the shootings and beatings meted out to the breeders."[11]
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