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Palestine solidarity protesters supporting the BDS movement, 2010. (Photo by Stephanie Law/CC, cropped)

Latest boycott victories signify new momentum for BDS

That people are openly questioning whether policy changes by multinational corporations are the result of BDS is itself already a victory. Boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activists have had quite a bit to celebrate in recent months. High profile companies targeted by BDS like SodaStream, Orange, Veolia, and now Ahava and G4S have all moved…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man March 13, 2016

Construction of illegal settlement units at 'Elkana,' on the lands of the West Bank village of Masha, near Salfit, July 06, 2013. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Despite outcry, EU guidelines on settlements will have little effect

Not only do the EU guidelines do very little to affect the occupation economy, they may also bestow legitimization on commercial activities that, despite supposedly taking place within the Green Line, yield huge occupation-born profits. By Eness Elias, Rona Moran, Yara Saadi Contrary to confused press reports, the new European Union guidelines do not entail…

By Haokets August 17, 2013

Ahava: Tracking the trade trail of settlement products

This report investigates the business and trade of Ahava – Dead Sea Laboratories which is a private Israeli cosmetics corporation that operates from the occupied West Bank. Ahava Report – Who Profits Who Profits from the Occupation is a research project of the Coalition of Women for Peace. Initiated with relation to the Palestinian call for…

By +972 Resources August 19, 2012

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