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Next Seacret BDS Action: 12 November

Posted on October 31, 2011 by fopwa

Please join us to protest Seacret’s theft of Dead Sea minerals from Occupied Palestine. Date: Saturday, November 12 Time: 12 noon Meet: Cannington train station What: March to Carousel, details on the day. Download the flyer here:

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BDS campaign: frequently asked questions

Posted on September 21, 2011 by fopwa

Boycott, Divestment and Sanction Campaign: Questions Answered Why are we concerned with Palestine? Israel has occupied Palestinian territory, contrary to UN resolutions, for over forty years. Palestinians have no state of their own. Palestinians who live in Israel experience second-class … Continue reading →

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Speakout builds September 17 rally

Posted on August 12, 2011 by fopwa

Friends of Palestine WA organised a speakout in support of the “free speech and a free Palestine” on Friday 12 August. Here are some photos of the event. The next major action for Palestinian human rights is the rally and … Continue reading →

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Israeli BDS activists support Australian BDS movement

Posted on August 12, 2011 by fopwa

[The two statements in support of the Australian BDS (boycott, divestment & sanctions against Israel) campaign are from the Israeli group BOYCOTT! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within.] Supporting activists arrested in during a Max Brenner protest in Melbourne … Continue reading →

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Speakout for free speech and a free Palestine

Posted on August 10, 2011 by fopwa

Friends of Palestine WA has called a speakout this Friday to support the BDS (boycott, divestment & sanctions against Apartheid Israel) campaigners who were arrested in dawn raids on August 9 in Melbourne. The speakout will also be taking up … Continue reading →

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Human Rights and Community Organisations Condemn Attempts to Silence BDS Movement

Posted on August 10, 2011 by fopwa

[Friends of Palestine WA has endorsed the following statement about the Victorian government attempts to criminalise the BDS campaign.] We the undersigned call on the Victorian Consumer Affairs Minister Michael O’Brien to withdraw allegations he made singling out several pro-Palestine … Continue reading →

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Civil Liberties in Australia?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by fopwa

The BDS (Boycott, Sanctions and Divestments campaign) is an international campaign to put pressure on Israel’s racist, Apartheid policies until it complies with international law and stops violating Palestinian human rights through the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The BDS … Continue reading →

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FOPWA takes up defamation by Andrew Bolt

Posted on August 3, 2011 by fopwa

Friends of Palestine member Alex Bainbridge has written the following letter of complaint to the producers of The Bolt Show and Network Ten after a segment on the show tried to link the current BDS (“boycott, divestment & sanctions”) campaign … Continue reading →

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Support the Boycott-Israel19 Defence campaign

Posted on July 14, 2011 by fopwa

[Friends of Palestine WA has endorsed this statement in support of 19 people arrested at a peaceful boycott, divestment and sanctions action in Melbourne. Supporters of the statement can add their own support here. Video of the action in question … Continue reading →

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Boycott Seacret action to mark Al Nakba

Posted on May 16, 2011 by fopwa

Some participants in the action Al Nakba – “the catastrophe” – is the name given by Palestinian people to the process of ethnic cleansing that included massacres and dispossession associated with the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948. … Continue reading →

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