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Belgian bank financing Israeli settlements
David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 13 April 2010 BRUSSELS (IPS) – Dexia, a major Belgian-French bank, is continuing to finance Israeli authorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) almost a year after it indicated that it would cease providing loans to illegal settlements. In May 2009, Dexia promised that it would not lend any fresh […]
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Join us for world wide protests on Thursday 15th!
Despite world wide protest and media coverage H&M proceeds to establish in Israel. The board claims that the decision to establish normal business relations with an occupying power and waring state is not political. This Thursdag H&M opens its third store, this time in Haifa. 50 organisations from 15 countries demand that H&M immediately stops […]
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H&M Protest in Barcelona on April 10th
More info at palestina.cat (in Catalan). Video at BTV (local TV from Barcelona) Video at EuropaPress (news agency)
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Swedish consumer group urges Israel boycott
Published: 11 Apr 10 10:07 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/26010/20100411/ A consumer organization in western Sweden with some 350,000 members has called on the country’s Coop supermarkets to stop selling all goods from Israel. * Consumer group rejects Israel boycott call (12 Apr 10) * Swedish pension fund bars Israeli arms firm (30 Mar 10) * Jews […]
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Boycott Veolia: Complicit in Israeli War Crimes- Demo, London
Today’s demo at the Natural History Museum in London against the sponsorship of a wildlife photographic exhibition by Veolia, a French multinational company engaged in the occupation of Palestine through its collaboration with Israel in infrastructure work on the settlements and in running the Jerusalem Light Rail project.
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Global Day of Action for Boycott Divestment Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid targets Mountain Equipment Co-op
Ending MEC’s support for Israel’s war machine March 30 was the Global Day of Action for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid and in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Activists across Canada targeted Mountain Equipment Co-op, calling on MEC to end it’s “partnerships” with Israeli factories, including Israeli military designer and contractor Source […]
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Taking the profit out of occupation
We would like to thank you for your help with our efforts to pressure retailers Nordstrom and Ricky’s NY to stop carrying AHAVA products, which are made from stolen resources on occupied land. In February, we generated over 1,700 letters to Ricky’s CEO Dominick Costello, and in late March 2,400 people sent messages to Nordstrom’s […]
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Boycotting Democracy at the Davis Coop
Boycott campaigns are always controversial, even at food cooperatives. So much so that it is advisable to have a policy for dealing with them. The Davis Food Coop has one, a wise move in California. So why aren”t they following their own policy? Well, apparently there are boycotts and then there are boycotts. The Davis […]
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Call for Action: Protest on April 15 against H&M
Tell H&M not to invest in Israel until Israel respects international law and human rights! The BDS H&M campaign is launching a fourth wave of protests against the H&M establishment in Israel. On Thursday April 15 2010, H&M will open its third store in Israel, this time in Haifa. The first and second stores were […]
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Church leaders condemn Israel and Christian Zionism
Wednesday, 07 April 2010 15:45 Dr. Hanan Chehata Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed their support for Palestine and expressed their condemnation of Israel’s apartheid policies by supporting the 2009 Kairos Palestine […]
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