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Muslim shops ban Israeli produce in Palestine protest
Exclusive: Deborah Anderson 29 Aug 2010 Asian shopkeepers in one of the biggest Muslim areas in Scotland are backing a boycott of Israeli produce. In a move that has worried Jewish groups, Muslim families who own stores in Glasgow”s south side are refusing to stock Israeli goods in protest at Israel”s West Bank settlements and […]
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Boycott of Theater in Israeli Settlement Grows
August 27, 2010, 2:50 pm By ROBERT MACKEY A cultural center under construction in the West Bank settlement on Ariel. A cultural center under construction in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Dozens of Israel theater professionals have signed a letter protesting plans, announced this week, for Israeli theater companies to perform in a new […]
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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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Global boycott movement claims victories, arrests
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 24 August 2010 This week, the Norwegian government announced that it has divested from two major Israeli companies involved in settlement construction and land theft in the occupied West Bank. Both companies, Africa Israel Investments and its subsidiary, Danya Cebus, are owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, and have been at […]
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Church boycott calls ring louder
Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada, 25 August 2010 The world’s churches have long been one of the battlegrounds of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. With the strengthening of the BDS movement, a number of churches across the globe have seen the boycott of Israeli and Israeli settlement goods hotting up, and recent weeks […]
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Europe’s economic boycott of Israel expanding
Recent months see sharp rise in number of European companies withdrawing investment from Israeli firms for political reasons. ‘The damage is huge,’ says glass factory owner from Ariel Daniel Bettini The decision by Norway’s oil fund to withdraw its investment from Africa-Israel and Danya Cebus citing their involvement in settlement construction is the latest step […]
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Isolate the Israelis…
By Dr Ghada Karmi , Posted on » Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Can Israel survive its recent battering in public opinion? Many believe that this may be a defining moment in a long history of Israeli impunity. Hitherto, Israel’s record of recovery from international censure has been impressive. A string of past misdeeds – the […]
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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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Support builds for boycotts against Israel, activists say
By Farah Stockman Globe Staff / August 22, 2010 WASHINGTON – In May, rock legend Elvis Costello canceled his gig in Israel. Then, in June, a group of unionized dock workers in San Francisco refused to unload an Israeli ship. In August, a food co-op in Washington state removed Israeli products from its shelves. The […]
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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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