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Israeli prison contractor G4S nominated for "worst company" award

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

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

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

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

"You can take action wherever you are:" G4S offices in London occupied over role in Gaza siege

Campaigners staged a sit-in demonstration at the central London offices of security company G4S yesterday afternoon to protest the company’s supply of services and equipment to Israeli prisons and checkpoints, including the Erez checkpoint that forms part of Israel’s siege on Gaza

New report by European groups highlights growing consensus for ban on Israeli settlement goods

A coalition of 22 European NGOs along with Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories have in the last week released significant reports on financial links with illegal Israeli settlements.

Activists in Europe urged to lobby MEPs to vote against new EU-Israel trade protocol

The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP), a network of solidarity groups and NGOs, is calling on supporters of Palestinian rights to lobby their MEPs to vote against a new EU-Israel trade protocol.

Israeli settlement products are illegal, says European Parliament's second biggest group

The Socialists and Democrats (S&D) grouping issued its statement in response to the narrow defeat of an effort to block a new EU-Israel trade pact

EU considering ban on settlement trade, Israeli media reports

Issues first raised by boycott, divestment and sanctions movement are now being taken up by European governments.

Energy firm ditches occupation profiteer G4S

Private security giant turns into a toxic brand in Britain.

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