[Norwatch] - The British fiduciary BlackRock refutes information from Norwatch that they divested from a West Bank firm after pressure from Norwegian investors. But the company does not wish to precise exactly what they think is wrong in the coverage.

Do not invite Israeli cultural ambassadors to the Catalonian Diada!

Occupied Palestine, 6 September 2009

An Open Letter to the Toronto International Film Festival [September 2, 2009] --As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv.

We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine.

Adri Nieuwhof [The Electronic Intifada] 2 September 2009 -- Israel's largest produce exporter, Agrexco, is once again under fire because of its dates produced in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

This year, the company's dates arrived in time for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, during which faithful Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset and traditionally break their fast by eating a date.