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Amid Anti-BDS Pressure, Facebook Israel Appoints Long-Time Netanyahu Advisor To Policy Post
File: A Muslim woman wearing a hijab uses a tablet computer to photograph a fence in Israel. January 6, 2016. (Flickr / U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv)
June 23, 2016
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Amid Anti-BDS Pressure, Facebook Israel Appoints Long-Time Netanyahu Advisor To Policy Post

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An advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a top post at Facebook amid calls for increased censorship on the social network.

Facebook recently announced that Jordana Cutler would head policy and communications at the social media giant’s Israel office. Cutler currently works as the chief of staff for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, and is a long-time advisor to the prime minister.

“The appointment comes amidst growing Israeli government frenzy concerning incitement allegations and BDS, the global non-violent movement against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, whose often viral presence online exposes Israeli human rights violations,” wrote Dorgham Abusalim, a foreign policy analyst at Mondoweiss, on Monday.

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Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Endorses BDS Movement As Dem- & GOP-Backed Bans Spread
Jill Stein in the woods at the Texas Tar Sands Blockade tree village on Oct 31, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons / Tar Sands Blockade)
June 9, 2016
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Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Endorses BDS Movement As Dem- & GOP-Backed Bans Spread

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While members of both major political parties seek to oppress the free speech rights of human rights activists, the presumptive Green Party nominee is taking a stand against foreign wars and imperialism.

On Monday, Dr. Jill Stein tweeted a link to a statement in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, demanding radical change in U.S. foreign policy:

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No Sneakers For Nakba: Reebok Denies Shoe Celebrating Israeli ‘Independence’
A Reekbok "pump" sneaker in blue and white with "Israel 68" inscribed near he heel. (Reebok Israel)
May 13, 2016
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No Sneakers For Nakba: Reebok Denies Shoe Celebrating Israeli ‘Independence’

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Under intense pressure from activists, a global manufacturer of athletic footwear and clothing has backed away from plans to honor Israel with a special sneaker.

On Monday, Reebok announced a blue and white sneaker with “Israel 68” emblazoned on the heel to mark the 68th anniversary of the signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948, an Israeli national holiday known as Yom Ha’atzmaut, or Independence Day.

“Moshe Sinai, the CEO of Reebok Israel, explained that these sneakers were to be a one time celebratory release as a collector’s item in Israel and the world,” The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. (The article was later deleted from the news outlet’s website, but can still be found in Google’s web cache.)

Supporters of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement flooded social media with condemnations of the sneaker.

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Midwest Campus Activists Vow To Keep Struggling For Palestine Despite Threats
The Minnesota chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, along with other pro-peace groups, demonstrate on the University of Minnesota campus. (Photo: SJP MN Facebook)
November 3, 2015
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Midwest Campus Activists Vow To Keep Struggling For Palestine Despite Threats

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As tensions increase in the West Bank and Gaza, activists for Palestine on American college campuses are also facing threats of violence and oppression.

Students for Justice in Palestine, a group with chapters on college campuses throughout North America, opposes the oppression of Palestinians. Last month, as Muslims throughout the Midwest faced increasing violence, three chapters received disturbing threats after publicly expressing their support for the cause.

In early October, when a video went viral that showed Fadi Alon, a Palestinian teen, being hunted and killed by Israeli settlers, the SJP chapter at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities took to their Facebook page to express solidarity with the slain youth. (MintPress News founder and editor-in-chief Mnar Muhawesh serves as an advisor to SJP UMN chapter.)

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Anti-BDS Website Seeks To Ruin Careers, Reputations Of Those Who Support Palestine
Canary Mission aims to ruin the careers and reputations of supporters of the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement. (Screenshot, 2015)
September 22, 2015
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Anti-BDS Website Seeks To Ruin Careers, Reputations Of Those Who Support Palestine

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A website that profiles activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement with the goal of ruining their careers is coming under fire, with some comparing it to McCarthyism.

The Canary Mission features profiles of dozens of activists, students, college professors and journalists which the site’s authors accuse of anti-Semitism and even having ties to terrorism. Among the alphabetical listings on the site is a profile of this journalist, along with over 100 others.

The organization’s goals are clear: It seeks to ruin the careers or future job prospects of its targets, especially students associated with the growth of BDS on American college campuses. “By shining a light on hate group members and their activities, the public will become better informed about those involved in hate movements in their communities,” the Canary Mission explains on its About page. A video on the site warns: “It is your duty to ensure that today’s radicals are not tomorrow’s employees.”

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Take The Boycott Home: 5 Household Products That Support Israeli Apartheid
An image of Scarlett Johansson drinking sodastream fizzy water in front of imprisoned Palestinians. SodaStream has been criticized for participating in Israeli occupation and displacement of Palestinians.
September 21, 2015
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Take The Boycott Home: 5 Household Products That Support Israeli Apartheid

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A growing number of people worldwide support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to bring an end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, and it’s already forced major corporations to change their practices.

Earlier this month, MintPress News offered six grocery products to avoid to support BDS, but companies whose products support Zionist war crimes aren’t limited to grocery store shelves.

Here are five products and companies to avoid in support of a free Palestine, starting with one of the most well-known product boycotts:

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