Divestment and Sanctions

Boycott, Divestment And Sanctions - Christmas Campaigns
... In 2010, War on Want's campaign "Help win justice for the Palestinian people this Christmas" accuses Israel of "illegal Occupation", "daily human rights abuses", and "the siege on Gaza and the Apartheid Wall." As in previous years, this NGO calls for holiday donations in the form of "alternative gifts", in order to "launch a sustained campaign against UK companies that are profiting from the Occupation" and to "secure compensation for those who have lost land due to construction of the Apartheid Wall." In December 2011, NGO Monitor accused NGOs Sabeel, War on Want (UK), Amos Trust, and Adalah-NY of "exploiting the holiday to advance immoral anti-Israel campaigns and, in some cases, crude antisemitism" and wrote, "Kairos Palestine, Adalah-NY, and Code Pink repeat the incendiary accusation of 'ethnic cleansing' in their campaigns.". ...