Submitted by Amena Saleem on Sun, 02/03/2013 - 18:15
The Israeli government’s use of SodaStream to greenwash the occupation may have fooled politicians and mainstream journalists, but activists aren’t duped so easily.
Josh Ruebner of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation assess the victories and growth of the international boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.
The Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation has become the first US fund to divest from Hewlett-Packard and Veolia Environment, having already pulled investments from Caterpillar earlier this year.
The State Department is breaking US law by continuing to fund the Israeli military despite the human rights violations documented in its own annual report.
South Africa and Denmark make historic rulings to correctly label Israeli settlement products; and international Quaker churches fully divest from the Caterpillar corporation.
The United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA) will soon vote on major divestment initiatives. Palestinians are signing an open letter to voting delegates, asking them to support divestment from Caterpillar, Motorola and HP.
Between the years 2000 and 2009, the US transferred “more than 670 million weapons, rounds of ammunition and related equipment,” according to a new report.
