Press and independent media
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Boycott this Israeli settlement builder
28/04/2009
[Guardian] The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office must be commended for its decision to cancel renting premises for the UK embassy in Tel Aviv from the company Africa-Israel, owned by Israeli businessman and settlement builder Lev Leviev. This is an encouraging step that should now be backed by stronger sanctions against the building of the separation wall and the building of illegal settlements by Israel. Furthermore, the governments of Norway and Dubai should emulate the example set by the UK and sever their relationships with Leviev’s companies.
Norway gov't, banks investing in settlement construction company
28/04/2009
[Electronic Intifada] As the pressure on companies to pull out from business facilitating Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip grows, it has been recently revealed that in Norway three private banks and the state pension fund invested in one such company.
Bil’in Nonviolent Resistance Conference: Between Rhetoric and Action
27/04/2009
[AIC] From 22-24 April 2009, the village of Bil’in hosted the Fourth International Conference of Popular Nonviolent Resistance. Hundreds of Palestinian, Israeli and international participants attended the event, a number that greatly increased in the last day of the program, which coincided with the weekly nonviolent demonstration. This year the conference was held in honor of the pacifist member of the Bil’in popular committee, Bassem Abu Rahma, who was shot dead by a tear gas canister on 17 April 2009. The intensive conference program consisted of three days of activities: political and grassroots speeches about the complexity of the Palestinian issue and its possible resolutions; workshops and field trips which gave a direct and pragmatic knowledge of different examples of nonviolent resistance; drawing up of the conference closing statement and participation in the weekly demonstration.
Non-violent protests against West Bank barrier turn increasingly dangerous
27/04/2009
[Guardian] It began calmly enough with a march down the high street after midday prayers at the mosque. Palestinian villagers were surrounded by dozens of foreigners singing and waving flags. They turned and headed out to the olive-tree fields and up towards the broad path of Israel’s West Bank barrier. There, behind a concrete hilltop bunker, the Israeli soldiers looked down on them.
New Bil'in barrier route reduces Modi'in Illit expansion
26/04/2009
[Jerusalem Post] It took the death of a Palestinian at Bil’in last week and the threat of another contempt of court petition to the High Court of Justice, but the state has finally come up with a new proposal for the route of the West Bank security barrier that apparently complies with the original court decision of 19 months ago, attorney Michael Sfard said on Sunday.
