This is the 7th year since over 170 Palestinian Civil Society groups called for Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Apartheid Israel. The BDS campaign urges various forms of boycotts against Israel until it meets its obligations under international law by: Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
04
You can’t sweeten Israeli apartheid! Melbourne protest against Max Brenner draws near
Sep
28
Adelaide Students for Palestine first meeting!
Are you concerned about the occupation of Palestine? We are a group of Flinders University students who want to campaign for Palestinian
rights. If you agree and want to help, please come along!
We will also be screening the film To shoot an elephant; an eye witness account from the Gaza Strip.
When: Wednesday 19 October 1pm
Where: TBA
For more info contact: 0412 906 978
Sep
18
Row over Israeli chocolate leaves a bitter taste
Tom Hyland
September 18, 2011
The Middle East conflict inflames local passions in unexpected ways, Tom Hyland reports.
THERE is a Max Brenner’s chocolate shop at Queen Victoria Square, an open space in a Melbourne shopping centre. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
18
Zionism and the whitewashing of history
Zionists are arguing that boycotting Israeli multinational and defence force supporter Max Brenner is like the Nazis targetting Jewish shops in the 1930s. Let’s explore the similarities then and now.
Does this sound familiar? A very strong brutal state ruled by racial supremacists singles out a group of defenceless people whose only crime is to not be part of the dominant group. It invades and occupies nearby countries, subjugating the occupied peoples to incredible privation. It settles its citizens in the occupied Territories. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
18
Support BDS – endorsing Palestinian rights with pride
BDS supporters are invited to this focus group to discuss the attacks against the BDS movement by the mainstream media and parliamentarians, and to organise a campaign to defend the right to boycott and protest against Israel.
Chair: Cathy Peters
Speakers: Antony Loewenstein – Journalist
Patrick Langosch – Students for Palestine
Nick Hadad – Lawyer Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
16
The debate over anti-Semitism
BY RUCK KUHN15 Sep, 2011 04:00 AM
There is less popular support for Israel in Australia, Britain and many other countries than ever before. In the effort to rebuild Israel’s credibility, a political fight is going on over the word ”anti-Semitic”. Supporters of Israel want to shift its meaning from hatred of Jews to include criticism of the Israeli state. They have had some success in the campaign to smuggle this formulation into common sense. From 1961, Webster’s Third International Dictionary, the standard reference to English in the United States, defined anti-Semitism as both ”hostility toward Jews” and ”opposition to Zionism: sympathy with opponents of the state of Israel”. Zionism maintains that there should be a state which gives special rights to Jews. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
13
Prominent Zionist confirms that fascists are backing Max Brenner
Liam Getreu, a former chairperson of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) and the Australian Zionist Youth Council (AZYC) and a board member of New Israel Fund Australia has confirmed on his blog (see below) that the Australian Zionist movement has enlisted the support of fascist organisations in their defence of Max Brenner stores facing protests from Palestine human rights protestors.
Just another reason we need to keep up the BDS campaign. The next Melbourne protest against Max Brenner is Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
11
SYDNEY RALLY – Free Palestine! Boycott Max Brenner!
You are invited to the latest protest called in a series of Boycott Divestment and Sanctions protests against Israeli owned company Max Brenner.
Max Brenner is owned by the Strauss Group which proudly proclaims its support for the Israeli military. The Israeli military is one of the most brutal in the world and is renowned for enforcing Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian population. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
11
Protest against Max Brenner: Say no to Israeli Apartheid
Come and join us for another in our series of rallies against Max Brenner and its support of the Israeli military.
This demonstration will follow a similar format to the others, but with one difference: it is on a Saturday afternoon.
Join us in expressing our opposition to Max Brenner’s ‘sweetening’ of the moments of two of the most brutal brigades in the Israeli military: the Golani and Givati brigades.
When: Saturday, October 15 · 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Where: State Library of Victoria Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
11
Protest Against Israeli Apartheid and the JNF
Rally on September 21, 6pm
@ Jewish National Funds Gala Dinner
Crown Plaza. Cnr. Queenbridge St. and Whiteman St. Soutbank, Melbourne Read the rest of this entry »