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Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS

Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government to deal with what the Israeli company called “a wave of protests...that is threatening the future of Eden Springs UK”.

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The contract cancellations had created a “pressing situation” for the subsidiary of the giant Israeli multinational water cooler company.

April 8, 2012
By: 
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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Scottish council reaffirms boycott policy in face of smear campaign

West Dunbartonshire council has reaffirmed its support for BDS following false allegations made about the implementation of its boycott policy.

The statement read:

Over recent days there has been some highly misleading publicity in the national and international press concerning West Dunbartonshire Council’s policy on the boycott of Israeli goods.

Local governments
June 6, 2011
By: 
West Dunbartonshire Council
Analysis

The BDS movement in Scotland

This article was written in 2010 as a contribution to a BNC e-magazine commemorating the 5th anniversary of the BDS call in July 9th 2005.

July 9, 2010
By: 
Mick Napier