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Disappointing French ruling on Veolia still paves way for suing occupation profiteers

Adri Nieuwhof,
Jeff Handmaker and
Daniel Machover
7 May 2013

Versailles court dismisses appeal over French corporations’ involvement in Jerusalem light rail project.

UN official calls for action, as Volvo machines used to demolish Palestinian homes

Volvo Group has not halted the use of its equipment in the demolition of Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank.

Ikea laments use of East German forced labor in past, but remains complicit with Israeli illegality in present

New study reveals Ikea representatives possibly knew that political prisoners were used in East Germany. Today, Ikea knows it is complicit with unlawful Israeli acts.

Richard Falk urges London waste authority to not award contracts to Israeli settlement profiteer Veolia

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.”

London lawyer takes on corporations abetting Israel's crimes

Adri Nieuwhof
1 June 2012
Simon Natas on the case of solidarity activists who blockaded Ahava’s London flagship store and the role of G4s in Israel’s occupation.

CEMEX tries to reason away complicity in Israeli violations of international law

In a statement to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre in London, CEMEX tries to reason away its complicity in various violations of international law by Israel in the West Bank and the Golan Heights.

French court decision on Jerusalem light rail must be challenged

Daniel Machover and
Adri Nieuwhof
27 June 2011
A French court ruling on the construction of a light rail network to service illegal Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem betrays a lack of understanding about how the project abets the Israeli occupation. Daniel Machover and Adri Nieuwhof comment.
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