UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk urges the North London Waste Authority not to award multi-billion waste contracts to Veolia “due to its deep and ongoing complicity with Israeli violations of international law.” Read more about Richard Falk urges London waste authority to not award contracts to Israeli settlement profiteer Veolia
Human rights activists in north London campaign to exclude Veolia from a huge $7.5 billion waste contract. Read more about Activists roll out intensive campaign to keep settlement profiteer Veolia at bay in north London
A coalition of 22 European NGOs along with Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories have in the last week released significant reports on financial links with illegal Israeli settlements. Read more about New report by European groups highlights growing consensus for ban on Israeli settlement goods
Israeli control and major donors prioritizing their relationship with Israel prevent the delivering effective aid to Palestinians living under occupation. Read more about Why aid projects in Palestine are doomed to fail
An increasing number of organizations endorse the call to make 17 April a Day of International Action. Richard Falk and South African former political prisoners who resisted apartheid have added their weight to the call. Read more about Growing support for international action on Palestinian Political Prisoners Day
The US Congress has voted to freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority worth $200 million. The common theme of the freeze is the disruption of activities that might reinforce the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) drive for statehood. Read more about US aid freeze designed to further punish Palestinians
The Israeli government has been increasingly revoking Jerusalem residency IDs and using tax collection as a means of forcing Palestinians out of the city. Jillian Kestler-D’Amours reports. Read more about Palestinians silently transferred from East Jerusalem