• Wikileaks: US raised academic boycott with Norwegian government

    Maureen Clare Murphy’s article at the Electronic Intifada, below, reveals that recent Wikileaks releases indicate that the US government officially raised opposition to  Norwegian academic boycott advocacy on Norwegian campuses. Cables released this week by Wikileaks show that the US government raised with the Government of Norway concern over a motion to boycott Israeli academic […]

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  • Norwegian government pension fund excludes more Israeli companies

    Norwegian government pension fund excludes more Israeli companies Occupied Palestine Aug 23rd 2010 – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has divested from two Israeli companies, Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus, over their involvement in construction of illegal settlements in the West Bank . A government statement quoted the Norwegian Minister of Finance […]

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  • Norway Divests from Leviev Companies Due to Israeli Settlement Construction

    Media Contact: info[at]adalahny.org For Immediate Release August 23, New York, NY – In a major victory for the international movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the Norwegian government announced today that it has divested from Lev Leviev”s company Africa Israel Investments and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus due to their construction of […]

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  • Three companies excluded from the Government Pension Fund Global

    The Ministry of Finance has excluded two Israeli companies and one Malaysian company from the portfolio of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). On the recommendation of the Council on Ethics, the Ministry of Finance has decided to exclude the Israeli companies Africa Israel Investments Ltd. and Danya Cebus Ltd. and the Malaysian company Samling […]

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  • Oslo borough votes to boycott Israel

    Washington – The old Grorud borough district of Oslo, Norway’s capital, voted last week to boycott Israel, Norwegian news service NRK reported Friday. The motion passed by eight votes to four, led by the Red Party’s Turid Thomassen. The old Norway district also moved to encourage the district administration to prevent Israeli goods, like oranges […]

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  • Norwegian Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships

    Sunday June 13, 2010 02:20 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Report Responding to requests from the Palestinian Workers Union and other unions and organizations around the world, the Norwegian Ports Union decided to follow its Swedish counterpart by launching a boycott on all Israeli ships. The boycott will begin on June 16. The […]

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  • Hent hjem ambassadí¸ren i Israel

    LO krever handling etter at israelske soldater bordet en konvoi med hjelpeutstyr til Gaza, og drepte ni aktivister. De ber regjeringen hente hjem Norges ambassadí¸r til Israel. LO-sekretariatets uttalelse fra mandag ble pí¥ initiativ fra Fagforbundet skjerpet under representantskapsmí¸tet pí¥ Gardermoen tirsdag. De krever at den norske ambassadí¸ren til Israel hentes hjem, og at oljefondet […]

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  • Norway calls for boycott on arms to Israel

    OSLO (AFP) – A Norwegian minister and leader of a political party calls for an international boycott of arms trade with Israel following a deadly raid by Israeli commandoes on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. “¢ Swedish pension fund shuns Israeli arms maker “¢ Four Swedes in Israeli prison after Gaza ship raid “Everyone should follow […]

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  • 40% of Norwegians: Ban Israeli products

    Posted by RORCoalition on Thu, 06/03/2010 – 08:37 AFP [YNet] Survey conducted two days after deadly Navy raid shows 9.5% of respondents already boycotting Israeli products, while 33.5% would like to. Head of country’s Socialist Left party calls on international community to boycott arms trade with Jewish state More than 40% of Norwegians are already […]

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  • Boikott Histadrut

    Torgny Hasí¥s, LO-Aktuelt – Ní¥ er det pí¥ tide í¥ boikotte Israel, ogsí¥ bryte kontakten med israelsk fagbevegelse, Histadrut, mener faglig sekretí¦r i SV, Jan Olav Andersen som ogsí¥ er leder av forhandlingsavdelingen i EL & IT Forbundet. Andersens reaksjon kommer som en reaksjon pí¥ vedtaket om at LOs ledelsens blant annet skal besí¸ke Israel […]

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