G4S forced to announce pull-out from Israel's prison system - EU bans some exports from illegal Israeli settlements
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“Elbit out of Brazil!” – Protests in Porto Alegre target the Israeli military company
Trade unionists, students and solidarity activists in the Rio Grande do Sul region of Brazil have been holding blockades and occupations to demand an end to the presence of Israeli military company Elbit Systems in Brazil
EU bans poultry exports from illegal Israeli settlements
The EU has informed Israel that it cannot accept the Israeli Agriculture Ministry’s authority to certify products in Israeli settlements, which are illegally built in the occupied Palestinian territory, and therefore Israel is not allowed to export poultry and eggs from illegal settlements to Europe.
The decision is an implementation of the EU’s July 2013 commitment not to recognise Israeli sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory that came about following grassroots campaigning.
British security company G4S has announced that it will stop providing services and equipment to Israeli prisons at which Palestinians are held without trial and subjected to torture.
G4S was forced to make the announcement at a protest-hitshareholders meeting after the Bill Gates Foundation completely divested its $170m stake in G4S as a result of a huge international campaign and the UK goverment opened an investigation into the company's contracts with Israel.
The company had already lost millions of dollars worth of contracts as a result of BDS campaigning. On Thursday, it was announced that the US United Methodist Church was divesting its funds from the company.
However, Palestinian organisations have argued that the company has a track record of making empty promises and have called for thecampaign against G4S to conitnue until it completely ends its role in Israel's prison system, military checkpoints and other apartheid infrastructure.
Report: Germany cancels military subsidy deal with Israel
Germany has provided billions of euros of military aid to Israel but are now refusing to help pay for new gun boats for the Israeli navy over anger and continued Israeli violations of international law, according to media reports
DePaul Divest declares victory in student campaign
US student coalition DePaul Divest declares victory in campaign calling for student support to divest from corporations that profit from human rights abuses against Palestinians
Black Students conference of UK National Union of Students endorses BDS
The annual gathering passed Motion 402: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions by an overwhelming majority
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