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Israeli exports hit by European boycotts after attacks on Gaza
A fifth of Israeli exporters report drop in demand as footage of Gaza attacks changes behaviour of consumers and investors Rachel Shabi, in Tel Aviv guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 April 2009 16.16 BST Israeli companies are feeling the impact of boycott moves in Europe, according to surveys, amid growing concern within the Israeli business sector over […]
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Motorola Sells Israel Bomb Division as National Boycott Campaign Advances
by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Washington, DC (April 2) — The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and allied organizations participating in a national boycott campaign against Motorola welcomed news that Motorola Israel Ltd. has sold its Government Electronics Department, which made several products that enable Israel’s military occupation of […]
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Israeli exporters forced to slash prices due to boycott
Date: 31 / 03 / 2009 Time: 12:55 Bethlehem – Ma”an – Israeli exporters have been forced to cut prices in part because of a worldwide boycott of Israeli products in protest of Israel”s occupation of Palestinian land, a leading industry association reported this week. Israeli exporters have been “losing foreign markets and customers because […]
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Exporters suffer anti-Israel boycotts
Mar 30, 2009 9:11 | Updated Mar 30, 2009 10:29 By SHARON WROBEL Local exporters are losing foreign markets and customers because of the global economic crisis and a growing anti-Israel boycott of locally made products following Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Manufacturers Association said Sunday. “In addition to the problems and difficulties arising from […]
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After Gaza, Israel Grapples With Crisis of Isolation
By ETHAN BRONNER Published: March 18, 2009 JERUSALEM – Israel, whose founding idea was branded as racism by the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 and which faced an Arab boycott for decades, is no stranger to isolation. But in the weeks since its Gaza war, and as it prepares to inaugurate a hawkish right-wing […]
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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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