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Sheffield University dumps Veolia, capping successful year for UK student Palestine movement

Submitted by Michael Deas on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 21:17
More than twenty student unions in the UK now support boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

Prisoners day marked with global actions against G4S as Scottish union congress endorses campaign

Submitted by Michael Deas on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 11:04
In at least 11 countries, actions and events focused on G4S, the British-Danish security company that is contracted to provide and maintain security equipment at Israeli prisons including control and monitoring systems

UN fact finding mission demands member states, private companies end support for settlements

Submitted by Michael Deas on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 11:24
Insisting Israel end all settlement activity “without preconditions,” a United Nations fact finding mission calls on member states to take tough measures against companies involved in settlements.

Mobilizations in Palestine and across Europe as activists call for boycott of Israeli agribusinesses

Submitted by Michael Deas on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 12:44
A day of action called for by Palestinian farmers spurred people in many countries to action.

UK supermarket sells fruit from illegal settlement as "made in Israel"

Submitted by Michael Deas on Thu, 02/07/2013 - 13:05
Israeli companies lie so routinely about the origin of their produce that EU plans to introduce new labeling guidance will probably prove unworkable.

Day of action to target Israeli settlement firms as new research reveals complicity with colonization

Submitted by Michael Deas on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 13:50
Palestinian agricultural organizations are calling for a worldwide campaign against trade with Israeli settlements.

Israeli prison contractor G4S nominated for "worst company" award

Submitted by Michael Deas on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 15:57
Please vote for the security company to shed light on its complicity in torture of Palestinian prisoners.

Israeli arms companies forced to pull out of major aerospace convention in France

Submitted by Michael Deas on Sun, 12/09/2012 - 15:31
Organizers tell media that Elbit Systems and Israeli Aerospace Industries pulled out of Toulouse business convention due to activist pressure.

University of Oslo to end G4S contract over support for Israeli apartheid

Submitted by Michael Deas on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 20:14
University’s decision to not renew contract a major victory for campaign against occupation profiteer.

Activists occupy roof of Scottish Parliament to condemn weak stance on Gaza, demand sanctions

Submitted by Michael Deas on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 21:01
Activists in Scotland today scaled and occupied the roof of the Scottish Parliament to protest the Scottish government’s failure to condemn Israel’s attack on Gaza and to demand sanctions be imposed on Israel

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