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Swedish Pension Funds exclude Elbit
The First, Second, Third and Fourth National Pension Fund (AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4) have decided to exclude the Israeli defense company Elbit Systems from their investments. The dialogue of the AP funds joint Ethical Council with Elbit Systems has not produced the desired results, according to a press release. The reason that Elbit Systems, […]
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Dell considering R&D center in Israel
Delegation from third-biggest computer company in world visits country, meets senior officials in Industry, Labor, and Trade Ministry and Finance Ministry. If plan come to fruition, center will be built in periphery, employing 100 workers, mostly engineers. Navit Zomer Computer powerhouse, Dell, the third largest computer company in the world, is considering building a research […]
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Land Day Commemorations in France in Support of BDS
On March 30, Palestinian Land Day, there will be a large rally of all the people who refuse the repression and threats from our government against the people who join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign. In less than three weeks, 2000 people have signed a BDS manifesto (see below for a translation into […]
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Protests in Sweden against H&M on March 30th.
Gothenburg: Catwalk, handing out flyers and more outside H&M in Nordstan, meeting at 16:30 on Tuesday Stockholm: Meeting at Medborgarplatsen at 16:00. Malmí¶: Manifestation at Gustav Adolfs Torg starting at 16:00.
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Letter from French MP Patrick Braouezec to PM Francois Fillon Concerning BDS
Dear Mr. Prime Minister, During the recent celebratory dinner of the Coordination of the Jewish Organizations in France (CRIF) to which you were invited, you stated that the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) Campaign, endorsed by many local and international organizations, a campaign that was launched by Palestinian civil society and is supported by anti-colonial Israelis, […]
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Pickets against Ahava build momentum
Report by ISM London activist Bob ISM London joined Palestine solidarity activists descending on central London today for the second of an ongoing series of demonstrations against the Ahava cosmetics store. The Israeli company specialises in Dead Sea products made in the illegal West Bank settlement of Mitzpe Shalem. Arriving in Covent Garden at 12pm, […]
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New York mobilizes!
As part of the Second Global BDS Day of Action for Palestine (http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/635) supporters of the Stolen Beauty AHAVA Boycott Campaign (www.stolenbeauty.org) are organizing protests in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Montreal, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ahava promises “Beauty Secrets from the Dead Sea.” And wait until you hear those secrets! […]
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