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An anti-Israel advertisement targeting security firm G4S was plastered on the London underground on Monday, February 22, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
September 16, 2016, 11:43 pm
UK government warns local councils against Israel boycott
Secretary for local autorities says municipalities 'could face possibility of having power over investment decisions taken away'
By JTA
Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn responds to questions at a Home Affairs Committee hearing on anti-Semitism in the British Parliament on July 4, 2016. (screen capture: www.parliamentlive.tv)
August 26, 2016, 8:16 pm
UK Labour finds conference security after snub by company boycotted for Israel ties
Opposition party manages to bring in last-minute replacement; G4S, which it dropped 2 months ago, had declined to step in
By TOI staff
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn joins steel workers following a protest march through central London, May 25, 2016. (AFP/Leon Neal)
August 25, 2016, 11:34 pm
UK Labour parley at risk as Israel-linked security firm it spurned rejects plea for help
Main opposition party, led by Israel critic Jeremy Corbyn, may have to cancel flagship conference next month if it can't find last-minute replacement for G4S
By TOI staff
Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn makes his keynote address on the third day of the annual Labour Party Conference in Brighton, England, September 29, 2015. (AFP/Leon Neal)
August 10, 2016, 10:39 pm
UK Labour event drops Israeli-linked firm, loses security
Party dumps longtime contractor due to 'concerns about G4S contracts'; police could shut down event if no alternative found
By JTA
Paul Goldenberg (Courtesy SCN via JTA)
June 13, 2016, 11:52 pm
US Jewish official: Orlando highlights security flaws
Omar Mateen’s employment by security firm G4S points to weak spot in Jewish institutions' security plans, says Paul Goldenberg
By JTA
A protester holds posters against the G4S security company outside Israel's Ofer Prison in May 2013 (screen capture: YouTube)
March 10, 2016, 6:53 pm
Security firm G4S leaving Israel, denies BDS to blame
London-based company says 'commercial reasons' behind decision to sell its Israeli business, which employs 8,000 people
By Tamar Pileggi and AP
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 demonstrating against G4S in front of their offices in England. (photo credit: CC BY Stephen Sizer/Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Flickr)
April 22, 2013, 3:35 am
Facing backlash, British security firm to partially divest
G4S, which employs 6,000 people in Israel, says it will not renew contracts to provide security systems for West Bank sites
By Joshua Davidovich
The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel, Thursday, February 14. Sharaf served 9 years (1991-2000) in the Ayalon Prison prior to his furlough. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
From the WebFebruary 26, 2013, 11:39 am
British company drawn into row over Palestinian’s death in Israeli prison
Sky News reports that British security firm G4S under fire over services provided to the Israeli Prison Authority
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