[Defense Industry Daily] - Elbit Systems in Haifa, Israel received a contract valued at EUR 17 million ($24 million) to provide Finland’s Ministry of Defence with high speed radio and data transmission communication systems to be delivered between 2010 and 2012.
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by Omar Barghouti Jerusalem Quarterly - Issue 38, Summer 2009
If your own suffering does not serve to unite you with the suffering of others, if your own imprisonment does not join you with others in prison, if you in your smallness remain alone, then your pain will have been for naught.
Faris Giacaman The Electronic Intifada 20 August 2009 Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various activities that they have participated in that promote "coexistence" and "dialogue" between both sides of the "conflict," no doubt expecting me to give a nod of approval.
Neve Gordon [Opinion - LA Times] 20 August 2009 - Israeli newspapers this summer are filled with angry articles about the push for an international boycott of Israel.
The British bank BlackRock has divested from Lev Leviev settlement projects on West Bank. The divestment follows pressure by three Norwegian banks marketing BlackRock funds. BlackRock was second biggest shareholder in the controversial Israeli firm.
New York, NY [PACBI / USACBI] August 18 – Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement in the Leonard Cohen concert in Tel Aviv and will not be party to any fund that benefits from the concert's proceeds.
Nadia Hijab [Agence Global] 10 August 2009 - The American administration is hoping that this week’s Fatah conference will strengthen their peace partner, but Palestinian reactions have been mixed.
Asa Winstanley, [The Electronic Intifada], 14 August 2009 - The international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel has won several important victories in recent months. At this summer's trade union conferences in Britain, BDS activists have made significant progress.
[Globes] - As Western armies grapple with the changing nature of warfare against terrorists, business is booming for Israeli lighweight armored vehicle makers.
[The Real News Video Below] - Boycotted by activists, the Israeli company AHAVA is backed by one of Israel's most powerful families
Hannah Fisher [Jerusalem Post] - More than 100 Jews and Israeli Arabs are calling on Madonna to call off her Tel Aviv concerts, scheduled for September 1 and 2. The group has formed an organization called Boycott! Support the Palestinian BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) Call from Within, and on Sunday sent a letter to Madonna asking her not to perform at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds.