The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories has become a corporate grab of land and labour, with any claimed security, political or religious justifications nothing more than a smokescreen for profiteering. Penny Cole reports for A World to Win Palestinians face a “deadly political paradox”, explains Salwa Alenat of Kav LaOved (Workers’ Hotline) at a meeting in London to discuss who profits form the Israeli occupation.
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After the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre (High Court of Nanterre) has declared that it has jurisdiction to hear the legal claim brought by AFPS against Véolia transport, Alstom and Alstom transport regarding the construction and operation of a light railway in East Jerusalem, Alstom and Alstom transport contest this decision in front of the Cour d'appel de Versailles (Court of Appeal of versailles)
Nova and the catalan coordination committee working for a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East with "Palestine at heart" have launched a report titled "Apartheid against the Palestinian People" in English, Spanish and Catalan. You can download the report at: http://noviolencia.nova.cat/en/news/there-crime-apartheid-against-palestinian-people
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 2 December 2009 - The international campaign to boycott Ahava beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an Israeli peace group. During the past few months, activists in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Israel, the United States and the Netherlands have campaigned against the sale of Ahava products because of the company's complicity in the Israeli occupation.
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 2 December 2009 - The international campaign to boycott Ahava beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an Israeli peace group. During the past few months, activists in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Israel, the United States and the Netherlands have campaigned against the sale of Ahava products because of the company's complicity in the Israeli occupation.
RabbleTV - Montreal action inside "The Bay" store calling for the boycott of Ahava products. Members of Middle East solidarity groups Tadamon! , Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) and the Québec BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) Committee demanded The Bay to take products of Ahava Dead Sea cosmetics off its shelves.
[Press Release: 1 December 2009]
25 November 2009
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Report on the Week of Solidarity Against the Apartheid Walls in Palestine and the Siege of Gaza (9th – 16th November 2009) By Kevin Squires & Freda Hughes The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took part in this year’s International Week of Solidarity called by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (www.stopthewall.org).
[Press Release - 25 November 2009 // Click here for Spanish translation]
[Press Release - 25 November 2009 // Click here for Spanish translation]
Adri Nieuwhof [Electronic Intifada] 24 November 2009 - Despite mounting pressure to withdraw from the light rail project in Jerusalem designed to serve the needs of Israel's illegal settlements, the French transportation giant Veolia is set to be highly involved in the project for the next five years. The company needs to support its new Israeli partner, the Dan Bus Company, which lacks the experience to operate the light rail.