Tag Archives: settlements
Vermonters Call on Ben & Jerry’s To End Complicity with Israel’s Occupation and Settlements
Most everybody knows that Ben & Jerry’s makes premium ice cream and champions “Peace” and “Love.” What they don’t know is that this socially responsible business and strong supporter of Occupy Wall Street is making ice cream in Israel and selling it in illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine.
Palestinian civil society welcomes the findings and recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Israeli settlements
The BNC calls upon states, members of the Human Rights Council, to adopt the report, and on all governments and business enterprises to implement its recommendations. The BNC also calls upon conscientious citizens and civic organizations worldwide to use this report as a tool to intensity the global civil society BDS Campaign and put pressure on governments to implement its recommendations.
BNC submission to the International FFM on Israeli settlements in the OPT
The Palestinian BDS National Committee publishes submission made to International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli settlements in the OPT in November 2012.
Ikea attempts to dodge responsibility for Israel store’s discriminatory delivery practices
Ikea shows no intention of ending delivery of its products to Israel’s illegal settlement colonies in the West Bank, a 10 December letter from the furniture giant shows.
New Al Haq report says governments within their rights to sanction Israel over settlement enterprise
The report gives legal backing to governments wishing to sanction Israel, stating that ‘it is lawful for any injured party, including any affected State, to take “countermeasures”’.
New legal memo on State Responsibility vis-a-vis Israel’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise in the OPT
Endorsed by Palestinian and international scholars, this memorandum provides a legal framework for advocacy which aims at holding States accountable to their international legal obligations vis-à-vis Israel’s illegal settlement policies in the OPT.
Abigail Disney: “I cannot in good conscience profie from [Ahava's] ‘plunger’ or ‘pillage’”
Abigail Disney, a principal investor of Shamrock Holdings Incorporated, the Roy E. Disney family fund, announced today that she is disclaiming her share of Shamrock’s investment in Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories.
Sodastream’s reply fails to convince
The Italian Stop Sodastream campaign exposes the Israeli company’s deceptions
Scottish Green Party reject ‘green’ claims of charity involved in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
The Scottish Green Party, yesterday condemned the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a British charity implicated in human rights violations in Israel.
G4S retreat from settlements drags out
G4S announced that the company would end several activities in settlements on the West Bank. But this will first happen between 2012 and 2015. And it continues to provide security services in settlements and equipment to prisons.
