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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 30. november 2012 / Timeline November 30, 2012
Version 3.529. November 2012, December 2012
11/30/2012
Stevie Wonder cancelled his performance for the Friends of the
Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Annual Fundraiser Gala!
By: Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Congratulations! Following outcries and appeals from people like
you and advocates for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)
around the world, renowned musician and civil rights leader Stevie
Wonder cancelled his performance for the Friends of the Israel
Defense Forces (FIDF) Annual Fundraiser Gala! We learned about the
great news as we watched yesterday's historic vote by the UN to
upgrade Palestine's status to a “non-member state,”
despite the strenuous objections of the United States and
Israel.
Palestinians, Israelis, Artists Against Apartheid, the US Campaign,
and member groups US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural
Boycott, the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, were
among the many who reached out to Wonder. Three international
petitions garnered more than 10,000 signatures, including 4,000 of
you who signed our petition in the 24 hours directly preceding the
announcement. The Jewish Telegraph Agency reported that Wonder took
note of the petitions and decided to cancel. Thanks to all who
signed!
Now Stevie needs to know that people around the world are behind
him! Click here to thank Stevie for doing the right thing!
FIDF announced the cancellation yesterday, November 29th, on the
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People that
marked 65 years since the UN voted to partition Palestine, leading
to the exile and dispossession of Palestinians that continues to
this day. Wonder's representatives said that the United Nations had
also recommended cancellation in light of his official designation
as a UN “Messenger of Peace.” Is it just us or did the
United Nations just recommend cultural boycott?
Wonder’s cancellation constitutes one of the biggest
victories to date for the Palestinian-led international campaign
for cultural boycott of institutions complicit in Israel’s
occupation and apartheid practices.
11/30/2012
DOD, Lockheed Martin Agree to More F-35s
By Claudette Roulo, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2012 - DOD and Lockheed Martin have reached an
agreement in principle to manufacture 32 F-35 Lightning II joint
strike fighter jets, Pentagon Press Secretary George E. Little said
today.
The jets are part of Low-Rate Initial Production batch 5 -- the
fifth production lot of the aircraft. Unit-cost data will be made
available once the contracts are finalized and signed, Little
said.
11/30/2012
Contracts for November 30, 2012
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a
$108,784,917 modification to previously awarded contract
(N00024-11-C-5300) for fiscal 2011 Standard Missile-2 (SM-2)
production, section level components and spares, shipping
containers and associated data. Work will be performed in Tucson,
Ariz. (43.5 percent); Camden, Ark. (22 percent); Andover, Mass.
(16.7 percent); Netherlands (5.3 percent); Anniston, Ala. (2.6
percent); San Diego, Calif. (2.4 percent); Lebanon, N.H. (2.1
percent); San Jose, Calif. (1.9 percent); Joplin, Mo. (1.8
percent); El Segundo, Calif. (1.6 percent); and is expected to be
completed by March 2014. This contract will support foreign
military sales to Australia (39.8 percent), Korea (19.8 percent),
Japan (17.5 percent), Canada (3.2 percent), Germany (0.4 percent),
Taiwan (0.2 percent) and the Netherlands (0.1 percent). Contract
funds in the amount of $8,525,429 will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,
D.C., is the contracting activity.
11/30/2012
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