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Veolia, Alstom in legal muddle
Firms face trial over west bank project * By Abbas Al Lawati, Staff Reporter * Published: December 25, 2009 * Gulf News Dubai: Two French transport giants Veolia and Alstom could face trial in France over their involvement in the Jerusalem Light Rail project that aims to link the eastern and western parts of Occupied […]
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Transcript: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (including Abbas on BDS)
DECEMBER 22, 2009 ‘We Are Open to All Possibilities’ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke with The Wall Street Journal’s Charles Levinson at the Palestinian Authority embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Dec. 20. Read a transcript of the interview. A recent opinion poll shows that 57% of Palestinians support you over Hamas, which got just 37% […]
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TEN DAYS LEFT TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL FOR CHRISTMAS
As Americans are in the annual frenzy of Christmas shopping, they must be reminded of those less fortunate. They must be reminded of those actually living in the Land that Jesus called home and what has become of that land and its people. The Christmas season is supposed to be a time of love and […]
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Carolers Sing for Boycott of Leviev while Israel Jails Palestinian Allies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, December 19, 2009 – On a snowy Saturday afternoon, forty-five human rights carolers serenaded Madison Avenue shoppers with familiar holiday tunes outside the storefront of Israeli diamond and settlement mogul Lev Leviev, but their lyrics called for the boycott of Leviev”s companies. The New York protest took place against […]
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Call for Action: Oppose Portuguese Water Deal with Mekorot! Defend Palestinian Water Rights! Uphold International Law!
Israel’s national water carrier Mekorot signed a “co-operative” venture with EPAL, the Portuguese water company that serves 2.5 million consumers in the country’s capital and the south. The agreement claims to safeguard the Portuguese water system against “terrorist threats”, building on Mekorot’s alleged “expertise” in the area. The Portuguese deal is in a reality a […]
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Palestinians destroy settler-made Dead Sea cosmetics
Wed Dec 16, 2:33 pm ET JERICHO, West Bank (AFP) – Palestinian customs officials on Wednesday dumped tens of thousands of dollars worth of Dead Sea beauty products into dumpsters as part of a boycott of goods made in Israeli settlements. “This destruction … is in keeping with the decision of the Palestinian leadership to […]
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Ahava Covent Garden Protest
Demonstration at the Ahava store in London Saturday afternoon (19/12/09). Ahava produces soaps and so-called beauty products based on chemicals which it steals from the Dead Sea and then processes in the occupied West Bank. Under the new British Government regulations these goods should be labelled as settlement produce an not as ‘made in Israel’.
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Marketing Stolen Products from an Occupied Land
Abeer Mishkhas (Arab View) 19 December 2009 Shoppers in London are frequently asked, “Have you heard of the Dead Sea?” as they wander through department stores or supermarkets. However, the question is not the prelude to a lesson in geography. Those asking the question are salespeople marketing cosmetics derived from Dead Sea mud and minerals. […]
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Belgium holds a Boycott Israel protest in supermarket
Friday, 18 December 2009 Click on link above to listen to the protest. As the Gaza convoy worked its way across Europe, citizens in Brussels held a Boycott Israeli products protests in a supermarket on 28/11/2009 in Bruxelles.
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Ten brands boycotted over Israel links
Anti-apartheid activists have named a number of commercial brands as Israel’s sponsors, urging the world nations to think twice before buying their products ahead of Christmas. The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) released a list of 10 multi-national companies with Israeli ties, saying the firms benefited from the West […]
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