• BlackRock Divests from the West Bank

    Posted on August 20, 2009

    By Erik Hagen Norwatch When the British Embassy in Tel Aviv was looking for new premises and was offered the opportunity of occupying a building owned by the investment company Africa-Israel Investments, the ambassador refrained. The reason was that the company was also responsible for settlements on the occupied West Bank. Africa-Israel Investments’ main owner […]

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  • Amnesty Int’l Withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel Concert Fund

    Posted on August 19, 2009

    PALESTINIAN CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL (PACBI) & NEW YORK CAMPAIGN FOR THE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL (NYCBI) Amnesty International Withdraws from Leonard Cohen”s Israel Concert Fund Media Contacts: pacbi[at]pacbi.org, info[at]boycottisraelnyc.org New York, NY, August 18 – Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement in the Leonard […]

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  • Dexia Israel stops financing Israeli settlements

    Posted on June 16, 2009

    Author: Martijn Lauwens – campaign “Israel colonises, Dexia finances” The Belgian-French financial group Dexia has announced it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel. This is the result of a months-long campaign in Belgium, supported by NGO”s, political parties, local authorities, trade unions and other […]

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  • Veolia reportedly drops light rail project, but campaign goes on

    Posted on June 16, 2009

    Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 14 June 2009 On 8 June the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz announced that French transport giant Veolia might abandon the light rail project that will connect Jerusalem with several illegal Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land. Reports also indicate that Veolia wants to pull out of the 30-year contract to […]

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  • Supermarkets may face action on Israeli labels, say lawyers

    Posted on June 13, 2009

    * Afua Hirsch, legal affairs correspondent * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 7 June 2009 Retailers including UK supermarkets may be at risk of prosecution for misleading consumers by selling goods from the Palestinian Territories under the label “West Bank”, lawyers have warned. Fruit, wine and cosmetics originating from illegal Israeli settlements are among the goods that lawyers […]

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  • Motorola Drops Israeli Wireless Division MIRS

    Posted on June 11, 2009

    Motorola is looking to divest itself from its Israeli cell phone division, MIRS, according to a report in Israeli business newspaper, Globes. The announcement comes only two months after the US-Telecom firm announced it had sold a controversial unit that produced bomb fuses and other equipment for the Israeli military. Motorola”s dealings with Israel and […]

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  • Dexia Israel stops financing Israeli settlements

    Posted on June 11, 2009

    Complicit firms The Belgian-French financial group Dexia has announced it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel. Author: Martijn Lauwens – campaign “Israel colonises, Dexia finances” This is the result of a months-long campaign in Belgium, supported by NGO”s, political parties, local authorities, trade unions […]

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  • Jerusalem rail operator jumps ship, Tel Aviv group isn’t even responding

    Posted on June 8, 2009

    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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  • “Boycotts work”: An interview with Omar Barghouti

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    Ali Mustafa, The Electronic Intifada, 1 June 2009 Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist and a leader of the Palestinian campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to force Israel to uphold international law and universal human rights. Barghouti discussed the growing worldwide campaign with The Electronic Intifada contributor Ali […]

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  • Edinburgh International Film Festival admits It was a mistake to take Israeli Embassy Money

    Posted on May 17, 2009

    Protest Cancelled: Israeli money returned Ginnie Atkinson, Managing Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has confirmed that EIFF will not be taking Israeli Embassy money to help fund the 2009 film festival. Atkinson was unwilling to admit EIFF was influenced by Scottish PSC, or by the protest emails the EIFF has received since […]

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