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Jerusalem rail operator jumps ship, Tel Aviv group isn’t even responding
The light rail projects for Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are both facing difficulties. In a body-blow to the future Jerusalem light rail, the French company Veolia, which was supposed to run the train system after its construction, is abandoning the project. Moving on to Tel Aviv, the city can’t even get a response to the […]
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Prevent Alstom from building the Haramain Express Railway
Saudi Arabia awarded French company Alstom a multi-million dollar contract for the construction of Haramain Express Railway, to link the holy cities of Makkah and Madina. Alstom is in violation of international law for its part in the construction of the Jerusalem Light Rail, which will link illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory […]
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Caterpillar under Fire for Human Rights Abuses for Sixth Year in a Row
MR Zine, Chicago, IL (June 3) — For the sixth year in a row, members of Jewish, Christian, and human rights organizations will be present at Caterpillar, Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting to demand that Caterpillar end its complicity with violations of human rights and international law in the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East […]
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Trader Joe’s: De-Shelve Israeli Products
June 6, 2009 Don Bane, Chairman and CEO Doug Rauch, President Charles J. Pilliter, SVP Operations Trader Joe”s Main Headquarters 800 S. Shamrock Ave. Monrovia, CA 91016 Dear Mr. Bane, Mr. Rauch and Mr. Pilliter, As people of conscience, we believe that business corporations need to uphold ethical standards that are consistent with the principles […]
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Don’t Buy Into Apartheid!
JOIN US AND TAKE ACTION!! We know stores in your area are carrying Israeli products. We are here to support you to ask these stores not to carry Israeli products. If they will not deshelve Israeli products, and voluntarily cleanse their shelves of products that support occupation and apartheid, we are here to provide resources […]
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Militarization of Tel Aviv University
Urgent Briefing Paper (to download pdf file click here: palsocontau_jan_2009_draft3) Tel Aviv University – A Leading Israeli Military Research Centre Prepared By SOAS Palestine Society, February 2009 In the rough and tumble reality of the Middle East, Tel Aviv University is at the front line of the critical work to maintain Israel”s military and technological […]
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters: Tear down the (West Bank) wall
Last update – 12:22 03/06/2009 By The Associated Press Pink Floyd’s former frontman Roger Waters said yesterday he’ll take to the stage the minute Israel tears down its West Bank separation wall, just as he did in Berlin two decades ago when another wall came down. Visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in the shadows of […]
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Company in Saudi rail project linked to Israel
By Abbas Al Lawati, Staff Reporter Published: May 30, 2009, 23:30 Dubai: A plan to link Makkah and Madinah by train has become the subject of controversy, as Palestinian officials try to persuade Saudi authorities to withdraw the rail contract from a company alleged to be complicit in Israel’s expansion in occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian […]
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High Court accepts IDF criteria for Palestinian study in Israel
May 25, 2009 21:47 | Updated May 25, 2009 21:53 By DAN IZENBERG Despite strong objections from the Committee of University Heads, individual academics and the human rights organization Gisha, the High Court of Justice on Monday accepted the army’s non-security related criteria for granting Palestinian post-graduate students permits to enter Israel to study at […]
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The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa Closes Academic Track As Too Many Palestinian Students Registered
The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa shut down the concentration in accounting within its Department of Business Administration because a majority of the students applying were Palestinian citizens of Israel. This was revealed in a news item reported on Israeli news Channel 10 on 24 May (in Hebrew only). According to this report, just over […]
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