“The Law is an ass. UK Supreme Court throws out case of BDS Ahava occupiers in an extraordinary ruling” writes Glynn Secker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLqda26Gr30 In an extraordinary ruling on last week (Feb 5th), the UK Supreme court threw out the defence of those who had occupied the Ahava store in Covent Garden. The court stated that …
John Lewis’s complacency and complicity in stocking occupation SodaStream products – despite their awareness of an international boycott campaign against the manufacturer – has been exposed. Read the EI article> This is John Lewis’ response so far: ” While I am sure a number of John Lewis’ customers may share these views, equally I am sure others …
Twitter action: Tell Oxfam to drop Scarlett Johannson over SodaStream role Hollywood actress Scarlett Johannson has agreed to be the public face of SodaStream, an Israeli drinks company that manufactures its products in the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim . Johannson is also a goodwill ambassador for Oxfam. Having the actress representing Oxfam conflicts with the …
Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international law. Sainsbury’s uses suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements. In April 2013, The Co-operative stated that in line with its ethical policy it would ‘no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements’. Please take action to pressure Sainsbury’s to …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes the joint statement from the Embassy of the state of Palestine to the Republic of South Africa and BDS South Africa. The statement is published in full below: Clarification regarding comments made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas whilst in South Africa on boycott of Israeli settlements and products Recent comments made …
PSC recently responded to the Methodists’ consultation on Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), explaining that the motivation behind the BDS movement is that all of humanity should be able to enjoy the same fundamental rights. Here you can read our response: What do you understand to be the motivation/inspiration behind the call for Boycott, Divestment …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has written to raise concerns about designjunction hosting SodaStream’s Play during the London Design Festival, and listing SodaStream as their partner. 18 September was the launch London Design Festival, an annual event, held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world, it will run for nine days until 22 …
Complain to your local shop about Sodastream #BoycottSodaStream You may have heard about SodaStream recently, it is a company which produces devices for home carbonating your drink. You may or may not have heard that the company is based in an illegal settlement in violation of international law. As ‘Trading Away Peace’ – a report …
You may have heard about SodaStream recently, it is a company which produces devices for home carbonating your drink. As ‘Trading Away Peace’ – a report by 22 NGOs – states: “The main factory is in the Mishor Adummim industrial zone in the West Bank. Mishor Adummim is part of Ma’ale Adummim, one of the …
The day before the PSC AGM unanimously passed a resolution of support for Red Card Israeli Racism campaign, a group of 40 mainly French supporters picketed the UEFA meeting in Nyon Switzerland, compelling Michel Platini to speak with them. In his press conference he was questioned about the protest – and you can see his …