News type: In the News
17 EU members take action against corporate complicity with Israeli crimes
- Measures are welcome but Israel's persistent human rights violations must be met with more impactful consequences At least 12 more European...
Largest US Protestant Church divests from Israeli prison contractor G4S
The largest mainline Protestant church in U.S has divested from British security company G4S over the key role it plays in Israel's military...
G4S "to end" Israel prison contracts as pressure mounts over torture complicity
British-Danish multinational security and prison profiteering firm G4S is to pull out of Israeli prisons completely, the Financial Times reports this...
Human Rights Groups Accuse NBC of Deceit About DIG Filming Locations in Occupied East Jerusalem
Washington, DC- As Palestinians mark 47 years of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, human...
Fifth University of California campus passes divestment motion
UC Santa Cruz’s student government passed a divestment resolution on Wednesday. (Logo courtesy of UCSC Committee for Justice in Palestine) The...
Gates Foundation sells down its shares in G4S
In the face of worldwide pressure, the Gates Foundation has sold down its shares in the world’s largest Private Military and Security Company, G4S. ...
Black Students conference of UK National Union of Students endorses BDS
The UK's National Union of Student's Black Students conference has endorsed the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) at their...
“Elbit out of Brazil!” - Protests in Porto Alegre target the Israeli military company
In Brazil the 15th of May - ‘Nakba Day’, that commemorates the expulsion of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands between 1947 to 1949...
DePaul Divest declares victory in student campaign
Student coalition DePaul Divest declares victory in campaign calling for student support to divest from corporations that profit off of human rights...
EU bans poultry exports from illegal Israeli settlements
Palestinian civil society has today welcomed reports that the EU will no longer allow poultry and eggs from illegal Israeli settlements to enter the...