Narendra Modi is all set to be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel. This is what this “first” really means: closer military and trade ties with Israel. Closer military ties with Israel make India complicit in Israel’s war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli military industry, the largest industry in the […]
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Israel’s experience of repression goes global
The case of Brazil: Israel’s experience of repression of the Palestinian people goes global – In a globalized world, any analysis of militarization and repressive ideologies, methodologies and technologies has to take into account the dynamics of import and export of these concepts and tools across borders. One of the world’s most prominent exporters of ideology […]
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War drones: Activists Block Entrance of Military Base in Switzerland
Thun, Switzerland – Since 9:30am on Tuesday 25th May, activists have been protesting against the purchase of war drones from the Israeli company Elbit Systems. The activists have blocked the entrance to one of Switzerland's biggest military bases, where members of the Swiss parliament planned to watch the Hermes 900 drone. Since 9:30 AM, activists […]
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Denmark: Elbit deal is postponed, but not yet cancelled
Report Elbit Systems Denmark – May 24, 2015 From Boykot Israel Denmark (Note: This report is primarily based on info-mails from Christian Juhl, MP for the Red Green Alliance in the Danish Parliament). The Danish Ministry of Defense had planned to buy Israeli high tech weapon systems at an amount of half a billion […]
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Report: Israeli Repression and Apartheid – April 2015
During the month of April, the Israeli Occupation continued to accelerate the construction of its illegal settlements and increased repression of the people resisting the colonization. The implementation of the settlement project, and the destruction of Palestinian farms and properties that comes with it, is part of the systematic policy of ethnic cleansing and population […]
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Nakba protests face massive repression
At least 22 people have been seriously injured during the Nakba protests that have been organized all over the West Bank by the Higher Committee to Commemorate the Nakba, which includes various political forces and grassroots forces, including Stop the Wall. 67 years after the start of the Nakba when 700 thousand Palestinians where ethnically […]
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Palestine to EU: Stop funding Elbit Systems
Palestinian civil society organizations have written an open letter to the EU asking for an end to EU funding to Elbit Systems and other Israeli military and security companies. They argue that: Considering the repeated and systematic acts of aggression, war crimes and violations of international law committed by Israel, the exclusion of Elbit Systems […]
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Letter to EU – Act now on Israeli military training
Today, May 4 2015, the Land Defense Coalition and the Jordan Valley Solidarity has submitted a letter to the EU Commission and diplomatic missions of member states asking for urgent action and denouncing the military exercises that Israel is holding to an unprecedented length and extent in the Jordan Valley occupied Palestinian territory. The organizations […]
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NOW: Israeli military operation ongoing in Twayyel
Since Sunday morning at 4 am Israeli military is operating in a large area around Twayyel, in Aqraba area in the Jordan Valley. Large swaths of agricultural land and a good part of the people's harvest has already been destroyed while the operations defined by Israel as 'military training' are still ongoing. Since a week, […]