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Amnesty yanks support for Cohen's peace concert
The Jerusalem Post
Aug 23, 2009 0:21
By ELAN MILLER
Amnesty International has decided to discontinue its support for Leonard Cohen's peace concert in Ramat Gan next month, following pressure from Palestinian solidarity groups for the artist to boycott Israel.
Amnesty Pulls Out of Leonard Cohen Israel Concert
The Media Line
Written by Matthew Kalman
Published Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Amnesty International denies caving in to a Palestinian boycott campaign but protestors are celebrating a victory in the culture war against Israel
Amnesty International has pulled out of a charity concert to be performed by Leonard Cohen near Tel Aviv in September, but denies it has caved in to an aggressive boycott campaign by pro-Palestinian activists.
New Yorkers call for boycott of Motorola over dealings with IDF
Haaretz Daily, 07/23/09
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1102465.html
By Grace Wermenbol
Protesters in the New York borough of Queens held a rally last week to call for a boycott of Motorola over the firm's business dealings with the Israel Defense Forces.
At the demonstration, which was organized by the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, protestors waved Palestinian flags and signs saying: "Goodbye Moto, Goodbye Apartheid," and "Boycott Motorola, Free Palestine."
