نتائج البحث على: Divestment
Veolia and Alstom, the two large French companies involved in the illegal "Jerusalem Light Rail" project, are suffering more setbacks, in court and on the ground.
- Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Welcomes Galway City Council Motion Against Veolia
- Second such motion in recent months, all Councils should push for similar motions
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Press Release – 21/04/2009
For Immediate Release:
Adri Nieuwhof [The Electronic Intifada] 1 April 2009 - In a remarkably short period of time, activists in Belgium have built a strong basis for the campaign "Israel colonizes -- Dexia funds," asking the bank to divest from its subsidiary Dexia Israel
Lisa Jones [Wales Online] 27 February 2009 - A THREE-DAY sit-in by students protesting against their university’s investment in major arms companies has ended.
Cardiff Students Against War yesterday finished its occupation of the Shandon Lecture Theatre in Cardiff University’s main building on Park Place after bosses agreed to pull funds out of two companies.
By Nathan Karnovsky [Bi-College News] 24 February 2009 - “Do you notice that, even among educated people, there is general recognition of the fact that the modern state of Israel was founded as a symbol of the suffering of humanity…but almost no awareness that this has been at the expense of another people who were innocent of guilt?”
These are the words of Harry Saul, a member of Haverford College’s Class of 1972.
Stuart Littlewood [Palestine Chronicle] - God whispered in the Church of England's ear and it dumped its shares in Caterpillar. This House of God had about £2.5m invested in a company that manufactures one of Israel's weapons of mass misery and destruction.
Stuart Littlewood [Palestine Chronicle] - God whispered in the Church of England's ear and it dumped its shares in Caterpillar. This House of God had about £2.5m invested in a company that manufactures one of Israel's weapons of mass misery and destruction.
Sumoud Political Prisoners Solidarity Group - Today New York University has shown its true face more than ever. Claiming to be a "private university in the public service," it is clearly not even in the service of those students whose tuitions allow it to exist.
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For Background on the NYU Student Action click here
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At approximately 10pm on Feb. 18, students of Take Back NYU! took over the Kimmel Marketplace. They blockaded the doors and declared an occupation!
They presented the following demands to the NYU administration:
DEMANDS
We, the students of NYU, declare an occupation of this space. This occupation is the culmination of a two-year campaign by the Take Back NYU! coalition, and of campaigns from years past, in whose footsteps we follow.
*Who Profits from the Israeli Occupation?* -- *Announcing a new on-line database: www.whoprofits.org*
Now, more then ever, Israeli activists need a powerful global movement to help us build a just peace in Israel/ Palestine. Looking for effective tools for ending the occupation, we have launched a new website listing companies directly involved in the occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights.
