Denmark to Change its Labelling Rules for West Bank Settlement Products; All Change at the Quaker Council for European Affairs; In the Time of your Life, Live, Love and Lobby(!). Click here to download (PDF – 684 KB)
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
QCEA Discussion Paper on BDS – Updated Version now available
The discussion on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, first published in December 2010, has been updated to take account of further discussion in several European Quaker Yearly Meetings. Read the new version here >>
Around Europe 336 – October 2011
Israeli Settlement Products and the Future of Palestine; Introducing our new Programme Assistants; The Busan Forum – A new global development partnership Click here to dowload (PDF – 1 Mb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Oktober 2011 Das Busan-Forum – eine neue globale Entwicklungshilfepartnerschaft Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – 222 KB)
Anti-boycott law violates human rights and further undermines Israeli democracy: EU must unequivocally condemn the law
APRODEV, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), Front Line, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, and the Quaker Council for European affairs call for the EU to condemn the Israeli anti-boycott law. Read “Anti-boycott law violates human rights and further undermines Israeli democracy: EU must unequivocally condemn the law” in English(PDF – […]
Press Release: Anti-boycott law violates human rights and further undermines Israeli democracy
QCEA, in association with APRODEV, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), Front Line, and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders issue a press release stating their concern over a law (‘Law for Prevention of Damage to the State of Israel through Boycott – 2011’) passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) by a majority of 47 […]
Discussion Paper – Responses to the Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
This discussion paper examines what boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) consist of and looks at the origins of the call for BDS against Israel. It goes on to discuss the variety of options available to Quakers across Europe who are interested in BDS in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read “Responses to the Call […]
Discussion Paper: The Middle East Conflict
This discussion paper focuses on a minute from a QCEA Council meeting that states: It is clear to all of us that the situation is an incredibly complex one, with tremendous suffering of all people involved in the conflict playing a great role. Thus it is clear to us that it is impossible to impose a […]