Canada to boycott Ahmadinejad’s UN speech over Israel comments

October 3rd, 2009 Canada mayors won't boycott over Buy American dealTORONTO — Canada's mayors are withdrawing their threat to boycott suppliers from the U.S. in retaliation for the Buy American provisions in the U.S.

September 22nd, 2009 Netanyahu: Iran suspectible to pressureNEW YORK — Israel reserves the right to defend itself against a nuclear threat from Iran, but the Islamic Republic's inner turmoil and weakened economy make it susceptible to pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. Speculation has been rife that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear facilities to prevent archenemy Tehran from producing the atomic bombs it denies it is trying to build.

September 22nd, 2009 Officials: Israel to boycott Ahmadinejad UN speechJERUSALEM — Israeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will boycott the upcoming speech by the Iranian president at the U.N. General Assembly and encourage other leaders to do the same.

September 20th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The European Union Sunday strongly condemned comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denying the Holocaust. "The presidency of the European Union condemns statements by President Ahmadinejad at the Quds Day rally in Tehran, where he repeated denials of the Holocaust and of the right to exist of the state of Israel," the EU statement said.

September 17th, 2009 UK labor unions approve Israeli goods boycottLONDON — British labor unions agreed Thursday to support a boycott of some Israeli goods in response to the offensive in Gaza. The boycott, approved at the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress, calls for a ban on importing goods produced in some Israeli settlements, an end to arms trading with Israel, and divestment by from some companies.

June 16th, 2009 Obama welcomes Israeli prime minister's speechWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's endorsement of Palestinian independence, saying the development shows the "possibility we can restart serious talks." Bending to U.S. pressure in a speech a day earlier, Netanyahu backed down on decades of opposition to Palestinian statehood by endorsing an independent state beside Israel.

June 13th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israeli Vice premier Shilvat Shalom Saturday stressed the Iranian nuclear "threat" following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in Iran's presidential election. "The United States and the free world must reevaluate the policy on Teheran's nuclear ambitions," Shalom told Israel Radio.

June 4th, 2009 Israelis divided over Obama's speechJERUSALEM — Israel, the country most on edge about Barack Obama's outreach to Muslims, had decidedly mixed reactions Thursday to the U.S. president's speech in Cairo and its strong call for Israel to halt settlement expansion on territory the Palestinians claim for a future state.

June 4th, 2009 Israeli settler: Obama speech is naiveOFRA, West Bank — An Israeli settler spokeswoman has dismissed President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo as naive and out of touch with reality. In his speech, Obama called on Israel to halt all construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward reaching peace with the Palestinians.

June 4th, 2009 Israeli official: Obama speech had no surprisesJERUSALEM — An Israeli government spokesman says President Barack Obama's speech in Egypt could have been a lot worse for Israel. Many Israelis had been anxious about the speech, fearing the U.S.

June 3rd, 2009 Iran's president: Holocaust still 'big deception'TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday once again called the Holocaust a "big deception" in his latest denunciations of Israel and its allies. The comments come amid a fierce election campaign in which his firebrand style, including regular denunciations of Israel and the West, has come under attack from his challengers.

April 23rd, 2009 Iran sends protest letter to UN secretary-generalGENEVA — Iran has sent a letter of protest to the U.N. secretary-general for criticizing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's diatribe against Israel at an anti-racism conference this week.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments against Israel at a conference Monday were 'unacceptable' and would only serve to fuel racial hatred, the US State Department said. 'Unfortunately, we've heard all of this before from President Ahmadinejad.

April 16th, 2009 SRINAGAR - In a significant development, the moderate Hurriyat group led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq Thursday decided not to call for a boycott of parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir. After three days of discussions here, the group announced that the elections were no alternative to 'the right to self-determination' but did not specifically ask Kashmiris to keep away from the polls.

April 13th, 2009 BHOPAL - Over 30,000 villagers in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district - where many villages have submerged due to a dam project - have decided to boycott the polls in protest against the power plant on the Pench river. 'People of 32 villages who have been effected due to the Pench project will Tuesday take a pledge at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal to boycott the polls,' Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Aradhana Bhargava told IANS.