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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 492

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A Caterpillar tractor clearing land for Israeli homes in the West Bank, in 2012. (Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
January 31, 2018, 5:20 pm
UN omits ‘blacklist’ from report on firms doing business in settlements
Rights body says not enough resources to contact all 206 companies yet, as Israel vows to keep fighting publication of database
By Joshua Davidovich
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein gestures as he delivers a press conference on a report on Venezuela at the UN Offices in Geneva on August 30, 2017. (AFP/ Fabrice Coffrini)
September 29, 2017, 12:02 pm
US Jewish leaders slam UN rights chief over West Bank blacklist
Conference of Presidents says Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein misuses his authority by threatening firms operating in settlements
By ToI Staff
The Israeli drug company TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries, in Jerusalem, on August 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 27, 2017, 9:09 pm
150 companies said to get letters from UN threatening to add them to blacklist
Human Rights Council asks for response from West Bank settlement-friendly firms as some businesses say they won’t renew contracts
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on October 6, 2016. (Flash90)
September 12, 2017, 10:24 pm
Coca-Cola, Teva on UN blacklist of settlement-friendly firms — report
Channel 2 says Human Rights Council to publish full list in December; other firms named include Egged bus company, largest banks in country
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A United Methodist Church in Pennsylvania. CC BY-SA Brad Clinesmith, Flickr)
May 17, 2016, 10:02 am
Methodist church meeting votes down BDS resolutions
Proposals urging Protestant denomination to adopt divestment measures over Israel’s treatment of Palestinians ‘went down in flames,’ delegate to UMC confab says
By Tamar Pileggi
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters during a rally at La Escuelita School in Oakland, California, May 6, 2016. (AFP/Gabrielle Lurie)
May 9, 2016, 9:35 pm
Ahead of vote by her Methodist church, Clinton slams Israel boycott
In response to appeal from pro-Israel Jewish groups, Democratic presidential hopeful pens emphatic condemnation of BDS
By JTA and ToI Staff
The Student Union and university library at Northwestern University (photo credit: CC BY-SA Amerique, Wikimedia Commons)
February 19, 2015, 10:56 am
Northwestern students vote in favor of divestment
Student senate passes resolution 24-22 recommending administration cut ties with six firms that do business with Israel
By ToI Staff
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
February 9, 2015, 7:06 pm
U Cal student body urges divestment from Israel, US
Governments of both countries, as well as several others, are engaged in ‘violation of human rights,’ resolution says
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo: Pro-Israel students at UCLA. (Hasbara Fellowships via JTA)
November 19, 2014, 3:15 pm
UCLA students pass Israel divestment resolution
Newspaper says only students who supported motion, brought by Students for Justice in Palestine, spoke in debate
By JTA
A Caterpillar tractor clearing land for Israeli homes in the West Bank, in 2012. (Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
June 21, 2014, 12:04 pm
‘We cannot profit from the destruction of homes and lives,’ Presbyterians say
Church leaders explain decision to divest from 3 US companies they say profit from Israeli occupation, as Jewish leaders condemn vote
By ToI Staff, Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and AP
Several attendants of the Presbyterian General Assembly in Detroit form a prayer circle and sing for Israeli-Arab peace. Two are seen wearing shirts which read: 'Another Jew supporting divestment.' (screen capture: YouTube)
June 21, 2014, 5:48 am
Presbyterian Church votes in favor of divestment
Jewish leaders condemn vote pulling funds from 3 firms — Caterpillar, Motorola, and Hewlett-Packard — deemed profiting from Israeli occupation
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Rabbi Rick Jacobs (photo credit: URJ via JTA)
June 19, 2014, 9:29 pm
Reform head urges Presbyterians not to support BDS
Rabbi Rick Jacobs warns church before vote: ‘BDS undermines two-state solution’; invites leaders to meet Netanyahu
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Students on the University of Michigan campus (screen capture: YouTube)
March 26, 2014, 10:11 am
Divestment resolution shot down at U of Michigan
Student assembly votes 25-9 against shunning companies which Palestinian supporters say violate human rights
By Itamar Sharon
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
March 20, 2014, 7:43 am
Loyola U. student senate passes divestment measure
University of Michigan and Arizona State student governments said to postpone consideration of divestment bills
By JTA
Sadia Saifuddin, candidate for student regent in the University of California system. (Photo credit: Facebook/Sadia Saifuddin)
July 16, 2013, 11:40 pm
Student BDS movement leader up for regent post in California
Sadia Saifuddin of UC Berkeley co-sponsored an Israel divestment resolution, accused companies of ‘profiting from occupation’
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