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UN Sent Warning Letter to 150 Companies for Doing Business in Israeli Settlements

Israeli officials say some of the companies responded to the UN human rights commissioner by saying they won't renew their contracts in Israel

Sanctions and governments
September 28, 2017
By: 
Barak Ravid, Haaretz
Update

UN Takes First Concrete Step To Hold Israel Accountable For Violating Palestinian Human Rights

UN takes first concrete step to hold Israel accountable for violating Palestinian human rights

Economic Boycott
Military Embargo
Boycott HP
Sanctions and governments
September 27, 2017
By: 
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Update

Norway’s Largest Trade Union Federation Endorses Full Boycott of Israel to Advance Palestinian Human Rights

May 12, 2017 – Today, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), representing close to one million workers, endorsed a full boycott

Economic Boycott
Trade union solidarity
May 12, 2017
By: 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee
File photo shows Israeli settlements deemed 'illegal' in EU statement (AFP)
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Europe’s Largest Pension Funds Heavily Invested in Illegal Israeli Settlements

Europe’s five largest pension funds have €7.5 billion invested in companies with business activities in and around illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. This is at odds with United Nations guidelines, clear warnings from 18 European countries, and undermines the two-state solution, experts warn.

Economic Boycott
January 31, 2017
By: 
Mikkel Bahl, Hanan Chemlali & Kristoffer Marslev
Trondheim
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Norwegian city boycotts Israeli settlements

Elected representatives in Trondheim, Norway’s third-largest city, have voted to boycott goods and services from 

Local governments
December 11, 2016
By: 
Electronic Intifada
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Norwegian activists demand end to arms trade with Israel

BDS Norway organized nationwide protests against Norwegian sales of arms to Israel.

Military Embargo
October 17, 2016
By: 
BDS Norway
Open Letter

Open Letter to Pia Maria Roll and Marius von der Fehr from the Palestinian Arts Community

Palestinian Arts Community sends an open letter to Pia Maria Roll and Marius von der Fehr on Norway's brilliant "National Apology" efforts.

Cultural Boycott
October 3, 2016
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Norway’s pension fund divests from Israel’s largest real estate firm

Norway’s finance ministry has excluded Shikun & Binui from the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the largest pension fund in Europe, over its construction of illegal Israeli colonies in East Jerusalem. Analysts have described the company as Israel’s largest real estate business.

The Norwegian government has previously divested from Israeli military company Elbit, as well as Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus, two other

Stop G4S
June 19, 2012
By: 
Michael Deas on Electronic Intifada
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Israeli Company is Excluded from Norwegian Pension Fund

Israeli Company is Excluded from Norwegian Pension Fund
Photo : Justin McIntosh | Norway had deplored the Israeli Government’s decision to build 851 new housing units in settlements in the West Bank last week.

The decision to exclude the company follows an exclusion recommendation from the Council on Ethics to the GPFG.

June 16, 2012
By: 
The Nordic Page
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Major Norwegian retail chain stops sales of occupation products from Ahava

Norwegian retail chain VITA made public on Friday their decision to stop all sales of products originating from settlements in occupied Palestine. VITA will therefore stop selling products from the cosmetics brand Ahava. VITA has been the main retailer of Ahava products in Norway, and this decision will be a serious blow to the sales of Ahava products in Norway.

The principled decision by VITA not to buy products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank is based on a position of not wanting to contribute to violations of international law.

March 27, 2012
By: 
Norwegian People’s Aid and the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (Fagforbundet)