Israeli settlements

Energy firm ditches occupation profiteer G4S

Michael Deas 9 August 2012

Adri Nieuwhof 1 August 2012

French corporation says it has sold the Tovlan landfill in the Jordan Valley to the nearby Israeli settlement of Masua, but the company is still involved as a supervisor and consultant. Read more about Veolia remains active in garbage dump for Israeli settlers

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Jerusalem 20 July 2012

Israel’s push to erect walls and fences around itself doesn’t end in the West Bank. Read more about Walls being built on all sides of Fortress Israel

Jonathan Cook Nazareth 18 July 2012

Despite its laughable conclusion that Israel is not occupying the West Bank, downplaying the significance of a recently published report by an Israeli judge may prove unwise. Read more about Is Israel preparing to annex most of West Bank?

Nora Barrows-Friedman 12 July 2012

This week on the podcast, the global BDS movement celebrates 7 years of victories: we’ll interview two leading BDS organizers in Palestine and in Europe about the significance of the movement; and much more! Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Samia Botmeh and Michael Deas - 12 July 2012

Ali Abunimah 11 July 2012

Ali Abunimah debates Jonathan Tobin of the far-right anti-Palestinian publication Commentary on Democracy Now today about Israel’s settlements and Jim Crow. Read more about WATCH: Ali Abunimah and Commentary's Jonathan Tobin debate Israel's settlements, Jim Crow on Democracy Now

Nora Barrows-Friedman 6 July 2012

“This very close divestment vote and the successful boycott vote, along with several other recent watershed victories, makes clear that Israel can no longer count on being singled out for special treatment.” Read more about Divestment vote fails, but Presbyterian Church (USA) resolves to boycott Israeli settlement products

Nora Barrows-Friedman 6 July 2012

In this week’s podcast: A report from Jalal Abukhater on the Palestinian Authority police’s violent attacks on Palestinian protesters in Ramallah – “They tried to do this without anyone seeing them on camera.” Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Jalal Abukhater on PA repression - 6 July 2012

Asa Winstanley 5 July 2012

Update 2 appended: Foreign office (FCO) minister Alistair Burt yesterday dropped the strongest hint yet that the UK may be moving towards a ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements. Read more about UPDATED: Minister hints at UK, EU move towards ban on Israeli settlement goods

Ben White 27 June 2012

Protests by Israeli academics to the proposed upgrade of Ariel’s college to university status highlights hypocrisy about complicity in human rights abuses. Read more about Uproar over Ariel settlement university highlights Israeli academia's hypocrisy