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Shadmot Mehola Solar Field, in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. (Sofia Fani Gutman)

With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid

Israel’s self-branding as a pioneer in sustainability obscures how its ‘green development’ is fueling the takeover of Palestinian land and resources — and international corporations are helping to bankroll it.

By Sofia Fani Gutman, Carolina Pedrazzi and Andrey X February 20, 2026

JVP Boston activists protest the Veolia transportation company for operating bus lines serving settlements in the West Bank. November 14, 2012. (Tess Scheflan/ Activestills.org)

The quieter, more dangerous boycott

Three recent divestment cases indicate that even when there are no flashy headlines, maybe especially so, boycott and divestment efforts can have a major impact where it hurts. The largest supermarket chain in Luxembourg, Cactus, may be considering taking Israeli produce off its shelves unless suppliers can prove they do not come from occupied territory, Israeli news…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 3, 2015

Har Homa settlement, East Jerusalem (Anne Paq / Activestills)

Hiding from the boycott: An industry of settlement deceit

Despite their intentions, the new EU guidelines may serve as a boost for an already growing industry of lies and deceit, meant to hide away settlement products and other forms of occupation profiteering. Judging by the front pages of all Israeli newspapers today (Wednesday), the new European Union guidelines have nearly put the country in…

By Haggai Matar July 17, 2013

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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

Rightist blog’s discovery: Palestinians buy Israeli goods!

US-based blog Elder of Ziyon has posted a somewhat Orwellian piece: The latest installment in the “there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza” Hasbara-project actually celebrates the fact that a new Gaza supermarket sells Israeli goods. … if [passengers of the flotilla] do visit Metro [the new Gaza supermarket], they would be forced to protest the fact…

By Noam Sheizaf July 18, 2011

German company pulls out of Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train project

According to Ynet, German rail company Deutsche Bahn has pulled out of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv due to pressure by the feminist Israeli organisation Coalition of Woman for Peace. The coalition is responsible for the information project Who Profits, which tracks Israeli and international companies which operate in the West Bank. According to the Coalition, the proposed rail line…

By Joseph Dana May 10, 2011