Illegal Israeli settlements should not be promoted as a form of sustainable architecture. The BNC sent the letter below to Beatriz Corredor Sierra (Minister of Housing, Government of Spain) and Javier UcedaAntolín (Rector, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) ---
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This decision is an enormous blow for Israel’s economy and foreign relations The Brazilian Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations and National Defense has recommended that the parliament should not ratify the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and the State of Israel until “Israel accepts the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders”. This decision is an explicit act of pressure on Israel to comply with international law, and a rejection of years of incessant Israeli lobbying, pressuring for a vote to ratify the agreement.
Ora Coren [Haaretz] 12 September 2009 -- The U.S. pension fund giant, TIAA-CREF, confirmed in statements to the media on Friday that it divested from Africa Israel Investments, owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, earlier this year. The statements came in response to a letter initiated by a pro-Palestinian group, Adalah-NY, and signed by TIAA-CREF clients.
By Ahmed Habib [Al-Jazeera] 12 September 2009 - Moviegoers who were hoping for world class cinema at this week's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) may find themselves at the centre of a growing controversy steeped in international politics.
IPSC 12/09/09 - As part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign today launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin.
Occupied Ramallah, September 10, 2009
European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza - Clare Short MP and the European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza have launched a legal action to require the European Union to uphold the human rights conditions entrenched in the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
Ilan Pappe, [The Electronic Intifada] 3 September 2009 -Today was a unique day in the history of media coverage and discussion in Israel. All the electronic agencies, radio and television alike, discussed the occupation and the oppression of the Palestinians and more importantly, the possible price tag attached to it.
[Norwatch] - The British fiduciary BlackRock refutes information from Norwatch that they divested from a West Bank firm after pressure from Norwegian investors. But the company does not wish to precise exactly what they think is wrong in the coverage. Norwatch wrote last week that the British fiduciary BlackRock had sold its investments which were placed in settlement construction on the West Bank.
Do not invite Israeli cultural ambassadors to the Catalonian Diada! Occupied Palestine, 6 September 2009