Ashrawi calls Dutch firm to disengage from Israeli project in East Jerusalem

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 31, 2013 Gaza, Alray – PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi called on the Dutch engineering firm, Royal HaskoningDHV, to end its involvement in the development of an Israeli project in occupied East Jerusalem. “This project, allegedy a municipal wastewater treatment plant commissioned by Israeli authorities, will be built in […]

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Palestine solidarity activists censure G4S in London

PressTV | Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:29PM GMT Palestine solidarity activists have staged a protest outside the annual general meeting of G4S, the massive British-Danish private security company that heavily invests in occupied Palestinian territories and its colonial West Bank settlements. The activists joined anti-deportation and anti-austerity groups for a noisy demonstration outside the annual […]

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Gaza stands firm in face of occupiers

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec2011 Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh waves a Palestinian flag on the Turkish Mavi Marmara ship in Istanbul on January 2, 2012. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has said that Palestinians will never back down in their resistance against the Israeli […]

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The arms firm behind the suppression of #OccupyOakland and Palestine’s popular struggle ~ by @MaxBlumenthal

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute.  Max Blumenthal – 2011-10-26 12:36- Gadfly | Al Akhbar With the rise of the Occupy Wall Street, a new generation of mostly middle class Americans is learning for the first time about the militarization of their local police forces. And they are learning the hard […]

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Subaih calls for firm international position against Israeli war criminals

02/04/2011 – 07:26 AM CAIRO, (PIC)– Assistant secretary-general of the Arab League for Palestine affairs Mohamed Subaih reiterated the need for creating one firm international position against Israel for the serious crimes it committed during the winter of 2008 in the besieged Gaza Strip. In a news conference held on Friday in Cairo, Subaih welcomed […]

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ei: US promoting arms trade mission organized by settlement firm

Jimmy Johnson, The Electronic Intifada, 18 March 2011 The United States Department of Commerce and the US embassy in Tel Aviv are co-promoting the Israel Unmanned Systems 2011 trade mission from 27 March to 1 April. Their partner — and the primary organizer — is Airlift, inc., an aerospace and consulting firm based in the […]

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ei: Security firm G4S partly withdraws from W. Bank

Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 18 March 2011 Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) Danish-British security firm G4S recently stated its intention to withdraw from some of its contracts with Israeli companies in the occupied West Bank. However, the company intends to maintain its “security services” to illegal settlements in the West Bank […]

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Hamas Criticizes PA Over US Consulate Blackwater Contract

PNN – Palestine News Network – 17.01.11 – 10:50 Bethlehem – PNN – The Islamic movement Hamas expressed its objection to the American hiring of the infamous Blackwater contracting firm, now under the name Xe Services Worldwide, for security services in the West Bank. Hamas called the move “a suspicious step” to protect Israeli and Fatah security agencies […]

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Blackwater Related Firm to Provide “Protective Security” in West Bank

Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:36 Tania Kepler for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) The U.S. State Department has awarded a 5 year, $84 million contract to a security group formerly connected to the infamous Blackwater firm, to provide “protective security” in the West Bank. International Development Solutions, a joint venture that includes U.S. Training Center, […]

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US State Dept. hires Blackwater-linked firm for security in West Bank

[ 11/01/2011 – 11:02 AM ]   WASHINGTON, (PIC)– The US State Department signed an 84 million dollar a year contract with a company tightly affiliated with the infamous Blackwater security firm to provide security services in the West Bank over the next five years, the Washington Post said Monday. Blackwater was previously hired by […]

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ei: Security firm G4S confirms involvement in Israel’s occupation

Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 7 January 2011 The Danish-British security firm G4S recently confirmed in a letter its involvement in the Israeli occupation and violations of international law — reported on last month by The Electronic Intifada. After the publication of The Electronic Intifada’s report on 15 December 2010, the Business & Human Rights […]

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Palestinian Developer Intends To Buy Settlement Construction Firm – International Middle East Media Center

Wednesday December 29, 2010 05:52 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A construction firm headed by Palestinian businessman, Bashar Al Masry, intends to buy an Israeli Construction Firm that builds Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The news angered residents of Nuf Zion settlement neighborhood in Jabal Al Mukabber, in East Jerusalem, as the […]

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ei: Israeli arms firm to benefit from EU-funded research

David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 21 December 2010 BRUSSELS (IPS) – Arms traders are seeking to convince the European Union that publicly-funded scientific research grants should help develop weapons for future wars. In a series of secret discussions, Brussels officials and representatives of the arms industry are examining if the EU’s multi-billion euro “framework program” […]

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Obama uses Weekly Address to lobby for Israeli firm BrightSource – Ali Abunimah

October 2, 2010 2 hours ago In his Weekly Address today President Barack Obama had glowing words for a company called BrightSource and how a subsidized loan program established by his administration is helping BrightSource to create US jobs: I want to share with you one new development, made possible by the clean energy incentives […]

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