Norway's pension fund divests from Israel's largest real estate firm
19 June 2012
A major victory for the campaign to boycott Israel has been achieved in Norway.
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Plunder of Palestinian natural resources is "corporate war crime," manual explains
15 June 2012
Companies involved in the extraction of natural resources from occupied Palestinian land and the Syrian Golan Heights risk prosecution for the war crime of pillage – better known as plunder. “Corporate War Crimes, Prosecuting the Pillage of Natural Resources” gives guidance to explore options to hold business representatives to account.
Palestinian labor expresses solidarity with European trade unions resisting austerity, supporting BDS measures
11 June 2012
The Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions has issued a statement of solidarity with European trade unions resisting public spending cuts and job losses and restated its support for proactive BDS campaigns and a boycott of the Histadrut.
Cultural boycott biting, but quietly, Israel Festival's classical music advisor admits
11 June 2012
The cultural boycott of Israel is beginning to bite, a prominent figure in Israel’s classical music world has admitted.
London activists protest G4S abuses, complicity in Israeli occupation
8 June 2012
Palestine solidarity activists on Thursday protested the annual general meeting of G4S, the massive British-Danish private security company heavily invested in Israel and its colonial West Bank settlements.
BDS roundup: Arizona State University student government votes to divest from Israel
6 June 2012
In this week’s BDS roundup, Arizona State University’s student government votes to divest from Israel; Evergreen State College’s student-run campus cafe boycotts Israeli products; and more!
Stop the bulldozers, Act now: end JCB's complicity in Israel's destruction of Palestinian communities
3 June 2012
British charity War on Want has launched the Stop the Bulldozers-campaign aiming to end British firm JCB’s complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.
Palestine solidarity activists tell Canterbury City Council to dump Veolia
1 June 2012
More than a thousand citizens have joined the campaign calling on Canterbury City Council to dump Veolia, including the former Bishop of Dover.
BDS roundup: Veolia contract spiked in The Hague
30 May 2012
In this week’s roundup of BDS news from around the world: Another Veolia contract spiked; more countries implement or consider proper labeleing of Israeli settlement products; and more!
Disruption of Israeli theater group in London, as BDS proves a win-win strategy
30 May 2012
Israel’s national theater company performed The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe in London yesterday and Monday. But Habima’s presence was fiercely contested for months in advance, and both performances were disrupted by Palestine solidarity activists in the audience.