Archive for the 'Boycott & sanctions' Category

NY Jewish Week: Protesting Leviev, From Here To Dubai

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Qalqilya Region, Bil'in Village, Boycott & sanctions

by Walter Ruby - Special to The Jewish Week. To view original article, click here

N.Y.-based Arab-Jewish group claims credit for UAE snub of diamond merchant; Leviev spokesman says stores will open under his name.

Leviev already operates two jewelry...

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Adalah-NY: Women worldwide call for Mother’s Day boycott of Leviev’s diamonds

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

To add your name, email: info@adalahny.org

To view the letter and signatures, click here

New York, May 2 – During the run-up to Mother’s...

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Ha’aretz: Senior official in Dubai government: Leviev has no license for opening a store in the Emirates

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Press clippings, Qalqilya Region, Bil'in Village, Boycott & sanctions

Senior official in Dubai government: Leviev has no license for opening a store in the Emirates

The Marker: Ha’aretz Daily’s Hebrew-language business magazine (Israel), click here to view

(Translated...

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Following boycott call, Dubai says Leviev has no license for planned jewelry stores

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, Boycott & sanctions

Adalah-NY Contact: info@adalahny.org, www.adalahny.org

New York, NY, April 30 – In a sudden reversal, just 16 days after Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev publicly announced plans to...

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Interview: Boycotting Israel at the Arab American University in Jenin

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Jenin Region, Boycott & sanctions

Aaron Lakoff is an independent journalist from Montreal, Canada. He is currently volunteering with the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, in Beit Sahour, Palestine. He previous reports can be found on his blog

Ashraf...

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Is Dubai helping ethnic cleansing in Palestine?

Monday, April 21st, 2008 | Posted in International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate. According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate...

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Adalah-NY: New Yorkers protest Leviev’s Israeli settlements, commemorating Palestinian “Land Day”

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, International Actions, Video, Photos, Boycott & sanctions

New York, NY, March 29 - Forty New Yorkers commemorated the Palestinian national holiday Land Day Saturday with the eighth protest at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev.

The protest included...

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Adalah-NY: 13 organizations demand Waldorf-Astoria cancel Friends of IDF fundraiser

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

TO: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY (sent by fax)

SUBJ: Cancel March 18 “Friends of IDF Fundraiser” over Israeli human rights violations

DATE: March 11, 2008

As thirteen organizations working for human rights, social justice, and peace, we demand that The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan rescind its agreement...

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Ma’ariv: Leviev’s Diamonds at the Oscars

Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

By Gal Karniel 2/24/08 | Ma’ariv on-line (Israel)
(Translation by Adalah-NY)

Human rights organizations around the world warn against wearing Angolan diamonds at the Oscar ceremony. Again Leviev is in the headlines.

Leviev is loaning Oscar nominees...

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THE SIEGE HAS BEEN BROKEN: MEPs IN GAZA STRIP IN SOLIDARITY WITH CIVIL POPULATION

Thursday, February 7th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Gaza Region, Boycott & sanctions

For Immediate Release

Jerusalem, 7th February 2008

A delegation composed of 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different political groups (see the list of participants below) and led by Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, broke the Israeli siege and travelled to the Gaza Strip on 5th February...

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