Tovlan landfill

A latest roundup of news from the global boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.

Israel confirms that Veolia owns and operates Tovlan landfill contrary to claims by the company that it has sold its interest.

UN official’s letter to London waste authority not to award settlement profiteer Veolia heats up the discussion in the local media.

UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk urges the North London Waste Authority not to award multi-billion waste contracts to Veolia “due to its deep and ongoing complicity with Israeli violations of international law.”

French corporation says it has sold the Tovlan landfill in the Jordan Valley to the nearby Israeli settlement of Masua, but the company is still involved as a supervisor and consultant.

More than a thousand citizens have joined the campaign calling on Canterbury City Council to dump Veolia, including the former Bishop of Dover.

In this week’s roundup of BDS news from around the world: Another Veolia contract spiked; more countries implement or consider proper labeleing of Israeli settlement products; and more!

Pressure to deny a public transport contract to Veolia because of its role in Israel’s violations of international law increases in the Netherlands.

Palestinian and Dutch rights organizations call on the urban region of The Hague, to end its business with Veolia.

Recent research by Who Profits? shows that. Veolia Water Israel provides services to the illegal settlement of Modi’in Illit, and Veolia Transportation Israel operates a total of seven - instead of four - bus lines that run through Palestinian land.