Steven Green, [Antiwar.com] - On May 9, Israel announced to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York that it would release a set of maps showing where cluster munitions had been dropped by the Israeli Defense Forces during the IDF military incursions into South Lebanon in July-August of 2006.
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ITL Optronics Ltd. announced that it has just landed a 8.2 million dollar contract for the delivery of electro-optical systems to the US Ground Forces. The deal was closed through its US subsidiary, Fraser-Volpe LLC. This follows another major US win, estimated at 14 million dollars, since ITL’s purchase of Fraser-Volpe in December 2007.
by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation MR Zine, Chicago, IL (June 3) -- For the sixth year in a row, members of Jewish, Christian, and human rights organizations will be present at Caterpillar, Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting to demand that Caterpillar end its complicity with violations of human rights and international law in the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.
Below - Saudi told to axe rail deal over Israel link (Maktoob.com) - Palestine urges withdrawal of rail contract (Gulf News) Saudi told to axe rail deal over Israel link Maktoob.com - May 30, 2009 France’s Alstom, part of consortium building Mecca-Medina rail link, involved in disputed Israel rail project.
[Globes] - Defense electronics developer Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) US subsidiary Elbit Systems of America was awarded a contract from the US Army to develop, produce, and integrate mortar fire control systems.
Amjad Barham The Guardian 26 May 2009 Palestinian academics have been heartened by the outpouring of solidarity with our people on the part of British academics and students – the latter attested to by the creative "student occupation movement" in the wake of the brutal Israeli war against the Palestinian people in Gaza last December and January. What does the Palestinian academic community expect from international colleagues?
A Call from Palestine Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) PSCABI-Gaza, Occupied Palestine 29 May, 2009 "Gaza today has become the test of our indispensable morality and common humanity." Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee, 27 December 2008 Statement
David Cronin, [IPS] - BRUSSELS, May 29 (IPS) - French arms sales to Israel are "in total contradiction" of European Union rules on the defence industry, the author of a new study has said. Between 2003 and 2007 France issued licences worth more than 446 million euros (623 million dollars) for arms exports to Israel. This made France by far the largest supplier of weapons to Israel in the EU.
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PACBI salutes the British Committee for Universities of Palestine, BRICUP, for its decisive role in the University and College Union Congress’s overwhelming endorsement of several motions unequivocally supporting Palestinian rights; condemning Israel’s occupation and apartheid; denouncing the complicity of Israel’s academic institutions in the state’s system of oppression against the Palestinians; and adopting the logic of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, despite intimidating legal threats.
[Globes] - Yokne'am-based Soltam is suffering liquidity problems. Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) is holding preliminary talks to acquire control of Soltam Systems Ltd. a manufacturer of artillery systems, ammunition and accessories for armies worldwide as well as kitchenware. Market estimates are that the deal could be worth tens of millions of dollars.
[Globes] - The company is a strategic partner with General Dynamics units on the project. Rafael Armament Development Authority Ltd. will share in a contract awarded to a General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) unit to protect Stryker military vehicles.