Results for: Divestment

BNC Statement

Veolia and Alstom feel the heat – BNC calls for intensifying pressure!

Veolia and Alstom feel the heat – BNC calls for intensifying pressure!

Occupied Palestine, November 2010 - Veolia and Alstom, the two French companies involved in the construction and management of a tramway linking west Jerusalem with illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory, described by the UN Human Rights Council as a “clear violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions,”1 have both recently been reported to be selling their shares in the consortium that manages the project.

November 25, 2010
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Palestinian BDS National Committee
BNC Statement

TIAA-CREF: Divest from Injustice

Occupied Palestine, October 4th 2010 - The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, calls upon the US non-profit pension fund TIAA-CREF to live up to its motto of providing "Financial Services for the Greater Good" by divesting its funds from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and violation of Palestinian rights.

October 4, 2010
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BNC Secretariat
BNC Statement

Open letter to UK Trades Union Congress General Secretary

4th October 2010

Brendan Barber General Secretary Trades Union Congress Congress House Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LS

Dear Mr Barber,

The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), of which all of Palestinian trade union federations are members, warmly welcomes the recent passing of a motion at the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) that sets out plans for boycotting the products of and divesting from Israeli and international companies that are implicated in Israel's occupation and colonial settlements.

The global trade union movement has consistently demons

Trade union solidarity
October 4, 2010
By: 
BNC Secretariat
Analysis

Divestment: from the campus to the streets

Image credit: http://www.hsjp.org/Mohammad Talaat, The Electronic Intifada

Following a sharp increase in divestment efforts across North American college campuses last spring, this academic year promises an even greater number of in

September 15, 2010
By: 
Mohammad Talaat
In the News

California divestment initiative launched in Los Angeles

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/c4gSLqQW-iI?fs=1&hl=e

Local governments
September 11, 2010
In the News

Norwegian government pension fund excludes more Israeli companies

[caption id="attachment_2553" align="aligncenter" width="520"]Maaleh Adumim, one of Africa Israel's settlement projects Maaleh Adumim, one of Africa Israel's settlement projects[/caption]

The Norwegian Govern

August 23, 2010
In the News

IKEA contributes to a better everyday life for the many settlers

IKEA delivers goods to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
IKEA’s answer to the critique is that "IKEA stores have existed in Israel for the many
people since 2001" and that "IKEA’s vision is to contribute to a better everyday life for
the many people."
They are certainly many, the settlers. Half a million more exactly, who live on stolen
Palestinian land.

July 20, 2010
Analysis

US: TIAA-CREF, divest from Injustice

This article was written in 2010 as a contribution to a BNC e-magazine commemorating the 5th anniversary of the BDS call in July 9th 2005.

July 9, 2010
By: 
Pamela Olson
In the News

British firm RedRat cuts ties with Israeli company

Meirav Crystal [YNet] 11 June 2010 - British company RedRat announced to Israeli company Disk-In Pro that despite years of cooperation, it would no longer work with the Israeli company because of Israel's policy in the Gaza Strip.

 

June 11, 2010
In the News

Britain's Largest Trade Union (UNITE) Unanimously Calls for BDS

Jonathan Kalmus [The JC] June 4, 2010 - Britain's largest union, Unite, has unanimously passed a motion to boycott Israeli companies at its first policy conference in Manchester on Wednesday.

 

The motion, which passed unanimously, called the union "to vigorously promote a policy of divestment from Israeli companies", while a boycott of Israeli goods and services will be "similar to the boycott of South African goods during the era of apartheid".

June 4, 2010