Tag: Jerusalem tramway

  • Israel’s occupation, linked by rail

    Seth Freedman | The Guardian 26 November 2009 The architects of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank are highly skilled at the art of needlework, deftly stitching up land inside Israel proper and disputed territory over the Green Line as though it was the most natural thing in the world. According to their logic, it…

  • Palestinians to Arab states: You can stop Jerusalem light rail

    Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 17 November 2009 The chairman of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office, Dr. Rafiq Husseini, on Monday urges all Arab countries to cancel their business ties with two French companies – Veolia and Alstom – involved in the construction of a Jerusalem-based light railway which passes through the West Bank. Husseini spoke…

  • Plea to boycott firms with Israel link

    Abbas Al Lawati | Gulf News 17 November 2009 Group urges GCC states to shun Alstom and Veolia involved in Occupied Jerusalem projects Dubai: A pressure campaign targeted at Gulf states was launched in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday by a coalition of 170 Palestinian organisations urging Arab states to boycott companies complicit in Israel’s expansion…

  • Veolia loses another contract in Bordeaux

    The Big Campaign 14 April 2009 The transportation branch of the French multinational corporation Veolia loses a contract worth 750 million euros in Bordeaux. The Greater Bordeaux local government give a contract for the management of the biggest urban network in France to Keolis, a subsidiary of SNCF over Veolia. Veolia has been involved in…