London Palestine Action, a Palestinian solidarity network based in London that thrives on creative action against Israeli apartheid, particularly through the usage of BDS campaigns, has organized a peaceful protest to be held on the 6th of July, 2015 at the Elbit factory in Shenstone near Birmingham. The protest will transform the area surrounding […]
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BDS France protests Elbit at Paris Air Show 2015
Saturday 20 June 2015, thirty activists of the BDS French campaign (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) activists carried out a non-violent protest today at the Paris Air Show, surrounding the stand of the Israeli company Elbit. This company is the principal supplier of killer drones to the Israeli army, which used these weapons during the massacres in the Gaza […]
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Life under occupation and apartheid – June 1-10 2015
This report gives a summary of growing colonization and ethnic cleansing and ongoing repression of Palestinian resistance during the first ten days of June. A particular increase in the use of 'flying' temporary checkpoints in order to disrupt Palestinian life is highlighted, along with 121 Israeli raids and operations in the West Bank. Summary […]
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Swiss Elbit deal moves on as opposition grows
BDS Switzerland condemns the Swiss approval to the purchase of Israeli drones amidst significant opposition inside and outside parliament. On June 16, 2015, a majority in the National Council of the Swiss parliament voted in favour of purchasing six Hermes 900 drones from Israeli company ELBIT for the Swiss army. A sum of CHF […]
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May: A month of grassroots resistance to Israel’s ethnic cleansing
Throughout May, Stop the Wall and the Land Defense Coalition have been working together to build resistance, support steadfastness and create information and awareness about Israel's ongoing policies of ethnic cleansing and colonization in the West Bank. May has been a month of heavy onslaught on the Palestinian people in the West Bank, with Israel […]
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Life under occupation and apartheid – May 2015
This report gives a summary of growing colonization and ethnic cleansing during the month of May as well as the human rights violations enacted by the occupation authorities during this period in order to repress popular resistance and hinder journalists from reporting about the reality of Palestinian life under occupation and apartheid. The report […]
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India: Call to oppose increasing military and trade ties with Israel
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 […]