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.

Defense News - TEL AVIV - The Israel Air Force (IAF) is negotiating with St. Louis-based Boeing to buy up to six more AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters, which the service plans to arm with locally made Spike missiles and U.S. Hellfires.

Scotland today joined Ireland and South Africa when the Scottish Trade Union Congress, representing every Scottish trade union, voted overwhelmingly to commit to boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

Nicholas Watt, [The Guardian] Wednesday 22 April 2009 - Britain announced last night that it is to review all its military exports to Israel in the light of the recent offensive in the Gaza Strip which killed around 1,400 Palestinians.

• Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Welcomes Galway City Council Motion Against Veolia

• Second such motion in recent months, all Councils should push for similar motions

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel's defense minister wants to buy a U.S. military system to protect its southern towns and strategic facilities from Gaza-fired rockets.

Ehud Barak will ask the Pentagon to sell a Vulcan-Phalanx cannon and radar system to Israel at a cost of $25 million, Israel's daily Ha'aretz reported Tuesday.