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Action Alert – Labelling goods from illegal settlements
ACTION ALERT Decisions soon to be taken on the supermarket labelling of goods from illegal Israeli West Bank settlements Write to Hilary Benn TODAY Lawyers from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Food Standards Agency (Minister- Hilary Benn) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Minister- David Miliband) are right now drafting new […]
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Campaign to boycott Israeli products in 50 West Bank towns
Palestinian activists will launch a boycott campaign in the coming days targeting Israeli products in 50 villages in the northern West Bank. The chair of the Popular Committees in Nablus, Khalid Mansour, told Ma”an that according to official statistics, Palestinians consume 2.6 billion shekels worth of Israeli goods each year. According to official Palestinian statistics, […]
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JBIG Picket of Ahava
Complicit firms Ahava in central London picketted by activists from JBIG as well as other organisations. From 12pm until around 3pm Ahava beauty products in London was picketed in protest over the sale of illegal Israeli settlement products at the shop. About 20 demonstrators attended, and their presence, as well as a large police turnout […]
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Carmel Agrexco Blockaded in Solidarity with Jayouss
Press Release: At around 6:30 this morning a group of students from Brighton locked themselves to Carmel Agrexco, the Israeli state owned export company, to protest against their complicity in the illegal annexation of the West Bank and the repression of students in the Palestinian village of Jayyous. Carmel Agrexco grows and imports agricultural produce […]
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Ormat Industries swings to Q4 loss on OPTI Canada
TEL AVIV, March 9 (Reuters) – Israeli geothermal energy producer Ormat Industries (ORMT.TA: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday reported a fourth-quarter net loss mainly due to a decline in value of its investment in oil sands company OPTI Canada (OPC.TO: Quote, Profile, Research). The net loss of $32.7 million compared with a net profit of […]
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Israelis Are Beginning to See the Power of BDS
Written by Shir Hever, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Sunday, 01 March 2009 In recent years, there has been a gradual growth in the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement, calling to put economic pressure on Israel until it recognizes the rights of the occupied Palestinian people and puts an end the occupation of the West […]
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Buy Palestinian: PA plan to support the improvement of local commercial goods unveiled in Ramallah
Buying Palestinian products is a patriotic act of resistance which plays a major role in helping the Palestinian people stay steadfast on their land, said Head of Palestinian Presidential Bureau Rafiq Al-Huseini Saturday. Al-Huseini spoke at a conference where the Palestinian Authority (PA) announced an initiative to support the production and improvement of Palestinian products […]
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Brooklyn Co-Op May Boycott Israeli Products
Jay Dow NEW YORK (CBS) The 15,000 member food co-op in Park Slope is considering a ban on Israeli products because of the conflict in the Mideast. A food fight is heating up in Brooklyn. The 15,000 member food co-op in Park Slope is considering a ban on Israeli products because of the conflict in […]
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Boycott Israel! Boycott Max Brenner!
Fred Fuentes, Sydney | 14 February 2009 Palestine solidarity activists in Sydney have launched a campaign targeting Max Brenner Chocolates, a 100% Israeli-owned company belonging to the Strauss Group, as part of the growing international boycott Israel movement. The Strauss Group is the second-largest Israeli food and beverage company. On the “corporate responsibility” section of […]
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Church of England Divested from Caterpillar
URGENT PSC PRESS – For Immediate Release VICTORY – Church of England Divested from Caterpillar Over this weekend, 7th and 8th February, the Church of England clarified their position on their investments in companies profiting from the illegally occupied Palestinian territories and now wish to make clear that late last year they removed over £2.2 […]
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