In Brazil the 15th of May – ‘Nakba Day’, that commemorates the expulsion of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands between 1947 to 1949 to make space for the founding of the State of Israel – was a day of active solidarity with Palestine and against Elbit Systems. Elbit is the Israeli […]
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NZ Super Fund cuts firms on ethical grounds
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has excluded three companies from its $20 billion investment portfolio on responsible investment grounds. All three companies – Africa Israel investments and subsidiary Danya Cebus, Elbit Systems Ltd, and Shikun Binui – are involved in constructing Israeli settlements or a separation barrier in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which have […]
218 signed Call for a Swedish academic boycott of Israel
Background: As a result of the EU-Israel Association Agreement (IAI), Israel is one of the view non-EU countries allowed to see its companies and institutions applying for Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) funding. This is a key financing instrument for IAI's and Elbit's joint research with European institutions and therefore Stop the Wall is campaigning against […]
Deutsche Bank: “We are out of Elbit”
Occupied Palestine – Germany’s biggest bank Deutsche Bank has divested the bank’s 2% stake in Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms company that supplies the Israeli military and provides components for the Apartheid Wall in Occupied Palestinian Territory that was found to be in violation of international law by the International Court of Justice.[i] The announcement […]
Norwegian Pension Fund divests from Elbit Systems!
The Norwegian Pension Fund has announced its decision to divest $6 million from the Israeli firm Elbit Systems. This is an important victory for the BDS movement, and Elbit has been the target of a long campaign. Elbit Systems is one of the largest Israeli security and defense firms, specializing in military electronics, surveillance systems, […]