Results for: Derail Veolia and Alstom

In the News

Adri Nieuwhof [The Electronic Intifada] 5 February 2010 - French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem.

 

February 5, 2010
Analysis

John Pilger [New Statesman] 14 January 2010 - A new global movement is challenging Israel's violations of international law with the same strategies that were used against apartheid

 

January 14, 2010
In the News

[La version française suit] AFPS, 22 December 2009 -- The Court of Appeal of Versailles confirms the jurisdiction of the Tribunal of Nanterre regarding 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.

 

December 22, 2009
In the News

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)

 

December 3, 2009
Analysis

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.

 

November 24, 2009
In the News

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.

 

November 24, 2009
BNC Statement

Information sheet released by the Palestinian BDS Campaign National Committee (BNC) at the Press Conference held in Jerusalem on 16 November 2009.

 

November 19, 2009
In the News

Information sheet released by the Palestinian BDS Campaign National Committee (BNC) at the Press Conference held in Jerusalem on 16 November 2009.

 

November 19, 2009
BNC Statement

Jerusalem Press Conference:
Time:     Monday, 16 November 2009, 10:00 am
Place:     Mount Scopus Hotel in Jerusalem  


The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)* invites you to a press conference calling for on all Arab governments to exclude the French companies, Veolia and Alstom, from all public contracts, due to their complicity in the construction and management of the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR), an Israeli project that gravely violates international law and Palestinian rights.

November 14, 2009
Analysis


Adbusters
| 09 Nov 2009 -- The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign was launched in July 2005 by the Palestinian BDS National Committee and is endorsed by over 170 Palestinian organizations from the occupied Palestinian Territories, from Palestinian citizens of Israel and from the vast diaspora of Palestinian emigrants and refugees.

 

November 14, 2009