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Belgian Trade Union Federation Adopts Boycott!

[Motion passed by FGTB Centrale Generale/ABVV Algemene Centrale on 3 June 2010] Decent work is impossible under military occupation On May 31st, the Israeli army attacked a convoy with 10,000 ton of humanitarian aid on its way to the Gaza-strip.

Posted in BDS Success, Belgian Organizing, Labor Organizing

Palestinians lodge criminal complaint against Israeli leaders in Belgian court

24 June 2010 In Brussels, 14 Gaza-born Palestinians – one of them a Belgian citizen – have filed a criminal complaint against 14 current and former Israeli leaders for allegedly committing war crimes and crimes against Humanity during the 2008/09

Posted in Belgian Organizing, Boycott, Palestinian Organizing

H&M Protest in Brussels on May 15th

To commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba, the COordination Boycott Israël (COBI) in Belgium had planned to organise a march through Brussels city centre, but remarkably the city denied a permit for this. In tune with this silencing of

Posted in Belgian Organizing, Boycott, Economic Boycott, U.S. Academica

H&M Protest in Brussels on April 17th

Posted in Belgian Organizing, Boycott, Economic Boycott

Report Back: Belgian activists do a supermarket sweep!

La “Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine” a marqué la journée mondiale d’action B.D.S. (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) du 30 mars 2010 par une action symbolique contre la politique de la chaîne de magasins COLRUYT, qui a récemment fait de la présence dans ses rayons

Posted in Belgian Organizing, Boycott, Economic Boycott

Belgium holds a Boycott Israel protest in supermarket

Friday, 18 December 2009 Click on link above to listen to the protest. As the Gaza convoy worked its way across Europe, citizens in Brussels held a Boycott Israeli products protests in a supermarket on 28/11/2009 in Bruxelles.

Posted in Belgian Organizing, Boycott, Economic Boycott

Belgian campaign targets bank financing Israeli settlements

Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 1 April 2009 In a remarkably short period of time, activists in Belgium have built a strong basis for the campaign “Israel colonizes — Dexia funds,” asking the bank to divest from its subsidiary Dexia

Posted in Belgian Organizing, Boycott, Divestment, Economic Boycott