Category: Press Releases

  • Ha’aretz: Senior official in Dubai government: Leviev has no license for opening a store in the Emirates

    Senior official in Dubai government: Leviev has no license for opening a store in the Emirates The Marker: Ha’aretz Daily’s Hebrew-language business magazine (Israel), click here to view (Translated by Adalah-NY) May 1, 2008 By Ora Coren and Michal Ramati The “Gulf News” reported yesterday that the Leviev jewelry chain has no license to open…

  • Following boycott call, Dubai says Leviev has no license for planned jewelry stores

    Adalah-NY Contact: info@adalahny.org, www.adalahny.org New York, NY, April 30 – In a sudden reversal, just 16 days after Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev publicly announced plans to open two new jewelry stores in Dubai this year, a high-level Dubai government official said that Leviev had no trade license to open a store in the Emirate. The…

  • New Yorkers & Palestinians call on Dubai to boycott Leviev jewelry

    New York, NY, April 18 – New York human rights activists, and representatives of the West Bank Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous called on the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates to boycott the jewelry stores of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements.…

  • CPT: Hebron orphanages and schools for 7,000 children ordered closed

    For more information about CPT’s work in Palestine click here Last night (April 1st 2008) approximately 300 women, including teachers, mothers and students, protested the shut down of their school and orphanages by the Israeli government. This is one of several schools and orphanages serving 7,000 orphans and students in the Hebron area. Internationals, including…

  • Israeli Army Invades Marda, Imposes Curfew, Arrests 2

    At about 10 AM today, Monday, March 31, 2008, the Israeli army invaded the village of Marda, in the Sulfiet region of the West Bank. After invading, the army immediately announced curfew on the entire village, thus prohibiting all residents from leaving their homes, opening their shops, or leaving the village. Marda lies at the…