News type: In the News
34 European trade unions say European governments must ban settlement trade
34 European trade union organisations representing millions of workers across Europe have written to the European Commission and European governments...
240 Jewish and Israeli scholars to German government: boycotts are a legitimate and non-violent tool of resistance
June 3, 2019 - Mid-May, Jewish and Israeli scholars, many of whom specialized in anti-Semitism, Jewish history and history of the Holocaust, sounded...
European Federation of Public Services Unions calls to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement
(6 June 2019) Public Services unions from across Europe, gathered together in Dublin, have vowed to redouble their efforts to fight for gender...
Belfast councillors ban development boss from Israel trade trip
By Gareth Cross Belfast councillors have voted against sending a representative on a business and investment mission to Israel. Councillors...
More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid
More than one hundred associations, trade unions, movements, artisans, businesses and cultural, recreational and sports centers in Italy have...
Scientists Protest Holding International Physics Olympiad in Israel over Its Denial of Palestinian Right to Education
We the undersigned protest against the organization of the next International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Tel Aviv, Israel, from the 7th to...
Glasgow City Council ditch defence industry in new ethical events policy
By Ben Wray The ‘People Make Glasgow’ logo was removed before the arms conference in June last year after the Council came under pressure from...
Israel’s settler railway could be going nowhere fast
Ali Abunimah Trade unions and human rights organizations in France are celebrating as a victory the withdrawal of train manufacturer Alstom from the...
Alstom’s Withdrawal from Jerusalem Light Rail Project: A Victory for Law and Civil Society Mobilisation
Following an intense advocacy campaign, the undersigned organisations welcome the withdrawal of Alstom, a French transport company, from a planned...
Australian, Canadian firms pull out of Israeli settler railway
Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada can exclusively reveal that Canadian engineering giant Bombardier has pulled out of a bid to expand and...