Why did Agrexco go bankrupt?
Shir Hever on the connections between the demise of a company that exports settlement produce and the international boycott and divestment campaign.
Agrexco is a well-known company founded by the state of Israel to help Israeli farmers export their goods to the rest of the world.
Shir Hever is an Israeli economist and commentator who researches the economic aspects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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The OECD has lost 4 million Palestinians
The OECD’s recent report on the statistics of Israel shows that the Israeli government succeeded in manipulating the organization into accepting Israel’s perspective - according to which Palestinians simply do not exist.
In May 2010, Israel was Shir Hever is an Israeli economist and commentator who researches the economic aspects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. This article may be reproduced on condition that JNews is cited as its source This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Israeli anti-boycott bill approved for vote by Knesset plenary
A bill (translated in full below) prohibiting a boycott of products, persons and activities connected with Israel and with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has passed another legislative stage.
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International intervention is needed to save the two-state solution
As Israel flaunts new settlement plans, it is evident that Palestinians will not accept any deal that robs them of a viable, independent state
On Monday, as Netanyahu embarked on yet another official visit to the US, the Jerusalem District Building and Planning Committee once again used this questionable opportunity to
Samer Makhlouf is executive director of OneVoice Palestine.
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What Netanyahu means when he says 'two states'
Sunday’s approval of a discriminatory loyalty oath requiring non-Jews seeking naturalization to swear a loyalty oath to ‘the Jewish state’ adds to growing fears that for this Israeli government, a ‘peace deal’ might involve a mass transfer of Israel’s Arab citizens.
In June 2009, shortly after he was elected, Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu surprised many by declaring in a public
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Loyalty oath adds to gathering threat to Arab citizens of Israel
As Knesset reconvenes, the ‘peace process’ is seen as just another term for excluding Israel’s Arab-Palestinian minority from the state
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has decided to back a proposed amendment to Israel’s citizenship law, raised in July by Justice Minis
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Settlement trade in the spotlight
When BDS activists target companies that profit directly from the occupation and are prosecuted, the illegality of the settlements will become an issue
The acquittal this week of four London-based activists for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) raises profound issues for traders in products which origin
Simon Natas acted for the defendants in the “Ahava Four” case. He is a partner and solicitor advocate at Irvine Thanvi Natas solicitors, specialising in criminal defence and human rights law.
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Crunchtime for Silwan
New clashes between Jewish settlers and Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem this week throw into relief a long running conflict in the hol
Abe Hayeem is the Chair of Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine.
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New bill seeks to outlaw boycott - both of settlements and of Israel
If passed, the bill will lead to heavy sanctions on Palestinian authorities and individuals, as well as Israeli and foreign activists
A new bill (full translation below), the third in a series of proposed laws seeking to restrict the activities of peace activists and human rights organizations in Isra
*sic - The Law of Associations (HaTasham) is from 1981.
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A land for all its people?
Ran Greenstein examines a new civil initiative that looks beyond the one-state/two-states paradigm
In the last decade, political debate on the Left has focused on the one-state/two-states issue.
Ran Greenstein is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa. He has written extensively on the genealogies of the conflicts in Palestine/Israel and South Africa.
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