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Report and Statement Indicate that TIAA-CREF Has Divested from Africa-Israel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, September 11, 2009 – TIAA-CREF confirmed in statements to the media today that it divested from Africa-Israel earlier this year. The statements responded to a letter initiated by Adalah-NY and signed by TIAA-CREF clients calling on TIAA-CREF to divest from Africa-Israel, owned by Lev Leviev. A TIAA-CREF spokesperson told […]
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A big thank you
Ilan Pappe, The Electronic Intifada, 4 September 2009 Israel’s wall as seen from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. (Fadi Arouri/MaanImages) 3 September 2009 Today was a unique day in the history of media coverage and discussion in Israel. All the electronic agencies, radio and television alike, discussed the occupation and the oppression of the […]
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Norway fund expels Israel firm for barrier work
OSLO, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Norway’s $400 billion-plus wealth fund has excluded Israeli company Elbit Systems (ESLT.TA) for supplying surveillance equipment for the separation barrier in the West Bank, the government said on Thursday. “We do not wish to fund companies that so directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law,” Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen […]
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Cosmetics Company Uses Kristin Davis and Then Kicks Her Out
By Brian Moylan, 2:18 PM on Thu Sep 3 2009 Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, hired Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis to help their image. Because she worked with the disputed company, she got the boot from human rights group Oxfam International. Now Ahava is giving her the heave-ho too! In August, Page Six reported […]
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Curators pull out of Tel Aviv art biennial over Gaza war protest
By Liora Kaplan Two international curators who were to participate in the planning of ArtTLV, an art biennial taking place in Israel in September, have pulled out of the project after their Israeli counterparts refused to publish articles condemning Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza and to arrange a symposium on art and war. The […]
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Did Leviev’s Empire Succumb to Boycott?
On 31 August 2009, Lev Leviev, the sixth richest Israeli according to Forbes Magazine, convened a press conference and announced that his company Africa Israel will be unable to meet its financial obligations and repay its debts on time. Leviev’s debt is estimated at nearly Euro 1.4 billion. While this tycoon said in August 2008 […]
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AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST DESALINATION PLANT TO SECURE WATER AND JOBS
Thursday, 30 July 2009 The Premier, John Brumby, today announced the AquaSure consortium had been awarded the contract to build Australia”s biggest desalination plant, which will secure Victoria”s water supplies, deliver as many as 1700 direct new jobs and help ease tough water restrictions. Mr Brumby said the Victorian Government selected AquaSure, consisting of Suez […]
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Filmmakers protest uncritical view of Tel Aviv at Toronto film festival
By Tahel Frosh Several Canadian filmmakers plan to withdraw their movies from next month’s Toronto International Film Festival to protest a weeklong cinematic homage to Tel Aviv. They claim that the screenings will show Israel in a positive light instead of creating a critical forum in which to discuss the occupation. The Tel Aviv-centric week […]
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Curators pull out of Tel Aviv art biennial over Gaza war protest
By Liora Kaplan Two international curators who were to participate in the planning of ArtTLV, an art biennial taking place in Israel in September, have pulled out of the project after their Israeli counterparts refused to publish articles condemning Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza and to arrange a symposium on art and war. The […]
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Settlement builder Leviev dealt divestment blow
Press release, Adalah-NY, 25 August 2009 In another stunning blow to Israeli settlement-builder Lev Leviev, the Israeli business magazine Globes Online has reported that BlackRock Inc., one of the world’s largest investment management firms, has divested from Leviev’s Africa-Israel Investments. The Globes article follows a similar report by the Norwegian news service Norwatch. The move […]
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