Tag: BDS

  • YNet: “Pro-Palestinian French group appeals to stop Jerusalem tram”

    by Ali Waked, March 16th Organization tries to obtain legal injunction stopping 2 French companies from building Jerusalem tram claiming project violates interests of Palestinians in ‘occupied Jerusalem’ A French-Palestinian organization is taking two French companies involved in the light-rail project in Jerusalem to court, claiming that “the project is aimed at connecting between occupied…

  • Trials against Connex/Veolia and Alstom in Egypt and France

    by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign The Egyptian public was outraged to learn from Le Monde Diplomatique February edition that Alstom company (which currently constructs Apartheid Railway in Jerusalem) won a $23 million tender from the Egyptian government for the new Cairo metro line. An Egyptian engineer decided to bring the Egyptian ministry of…

  • ACTION ALERT – Protest the Israel – England Euro 2008 Qualifier on March 24th

    Israel are playing against England in Tel Aviv on March 24th in a Euro 2008 qualifier. The Boycott Israeli Goods campaign is calling for this match to be cancelled as Israel is a racist Apartheid state. Sports boycotts are an effective tool for civil society to show their condemnation of Israel’s Apartheid policies where states…

  • Le Monde Diplomatique: “Jerusalem’s apartheid tramway”

    by Philippe Rekacewicz and Dominique Vidal Two French companies are involved in the construction and operation of a light rail system from the centre of Jerusalem to a northern terminus. It is promoted as a unifying project: in fact, it will be yet another way to isolate the Palestinians. THE tram will not operate before…

  • JPost: “Israeli flower exporters claim victory”

    by Jonny Paul, February 14th Israeli flower exporters claimed Valentines Day victory Wednesday following a two-day demonstration by anti-Israel activists attempting to disrupt Israeli produce from leaving the UK headquarters of Carmel-Agrexco. Last weekend activists gathered, some chaining themselves to the gates of the factory, to try and stop the distribution of fresh Israeli flowers…