Support Palastine - Peace Meditation!!

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THE WORLD MUST KNOW!!! - NOW!! QUOTE FROM REVELATIONS (Christian Bible)
"And they shall say they are Jews & are not, they are in fact a synagogue of satan!"
The illuminoid/zionists are still hell bent on making this prophecy come to pass and claiming the whole world all to themselves... In another paradigm we prevent this from happening;-)
Not that I want to but I need to draw attention to the incredible evil that's been happening in Gaza for over 60 years... We must BOYCOTT ISRAEL (video below) and stop buying goods from there as the money quite simply goes towards paying for more bullets to kill more children! This Must Stop Now!

We must not overlook that the government may well be using the water supply to medicate the people & troops of Israel as the actions of the army & peoples is very questionable indeed, eventually the peoples of Israel & the army themselves will succumb to the horrific side effects themselves with all manner of new diseases popping up, this apparently has already started to happen.

>>QUANTUM VIGIL - PEACE MEDITATION.
We will also be holding a Peace Meditation for Gaza and the healing of Israel and bringing it back to the path of Compassion, Love, Light & Respect, so please join us if you can. Please click here for the Event... Thank you for your support!

This is an ancient war strategy that is still being used effectively to this day: Control or destroy their food supply, divide & conquer, this is clearly shown in the second video down.

Forgive me, I thought it was the Jews that were causing this suffering, I couldn't believe it but with the info the media gives out that's all that's left to think. I found out that it is the zionist nazi's/illuminati that are causing the problems (as usual), the real Jews obviously do not support this apartheid ridden ethnic cleansing and are not part of george bush's claims about helping the Jews, he is in fact in league with these israel zionist government/leaders/synagogue of satan that are causing this problem, they call themselves elite but are nothing more than blatant and cowardly liars.


Here's what our taxes have been paying for;

Here's what real Jews are saying about the zionist nazi illuminoids...

Here's what Muslims are saying about the zionist nazi illuminoids

Hmmm, I wonder if hitler did the same, there is after all billions being spent on a huge concrete wall...
Unity is happening, Peace be with all Human-kind & Sentient beings!

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Also, the timing of these attacks draws much suspicion. My heart goes out to so many suffering. And yes, a peace meditation for Gaza ... thank you.

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Free palestine

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It is heart wrenching for all this suffering and I agree Sun about the timing.
There is a definite need for a peace meditation to help restore the love and light in Gaza and to end the suffering.
Oneness we are

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Dear friends,

The BBC is refusing to show a charitable appeal for Gaza's civilians -- let's deluge its management with messages pressing them to change their minds and broadcast it:

Take Action Now
The BBC is refusing to show a charitable appeal for humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of civilians in Gaza -- their suffering is too "politically contentious" apparently.

As dozens of MPs, church leaders and journalists are saying, no fair or decent broadcaster should have to block a charitable appeal like this to protect perceptions of its impartiality. It is not taking sides to give food, shelter and medicine to the civilian victims of conflict -- and the Red Cross, Save the Children and the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) have an exceptional record of helping such victims impartially.

The BBC is funded by us, the British public, and it says it really cares about keeping our trust and its own reputation for impartiality -- but it risks losing both with this terrible mistake. We've got the email addresses of Director-General Mark Thompson and his colleagues: just follow the link below to send your own message urging the BBC to broadcast the appeal, and forward this email to friends and family -- let's deluge them with tens of thousands of messages this week:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/bbc_charitable_appeal

In an interview on the BBC's own Radio 4 Today programme this morning, Mark Thompson was clearly on the defensive, dodging questions from presenter John Humphrys. The number of complaints is being broadcast daily in the media, and this approach has made a big difference in getting the BBC to back down previously. Already over 10,000 complaints have been made -- if we act now and spread the word, we could more than double that by tomorrow.

The BBC's policy says, "Impartiality is an essential part of the BBC's contract with its audience, which owns and funds the BBC. Because of that, the audience itself will often be a factor in determining impartiality" -- in other words, by showing them the strength of support for this charitable humanitarian appeal, we could make them realise their mistake. Even if they refuse, keeping this story in the media through our campaign all week will help many people who were prevented from seeing the appeal to hear about it and donate.

The DEC has answered every question raised about whether and how aid can be delivered. There's a standing public service agreement to broadcast DEC appeals, and commercial terrestrial channels ITV, Channel 4 and Five are all doing so. If the BBC continues to refuse, it will set a terribly dangerous precedent -- implying that civilians in politicised conflicts shouldn't get humanitarian aid, that we have to stand aloof from their suffering to maintain some kind of amoral neutrality.

David Hind, the chief executive of the Charity Commission regulator, said the BBC's refusal would have a direct impact on the money raised, adding: "I can't see how members of the public will confuse a humanitarian appeal for people in desperate need in Gaza with unbalanced reporting."

We're providing links on our website so that you can give a donation yourself, make a phonecall to the BBC or contact your MP about this. But the first step is to send your own message to the BBC now at this link, using our special email tool, and forward this email widely:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/bbc_charitable_appeal

With hope,

Paul, Iain, Alice and the whole Avaaz team

(PS: You may want to personalise the message, e.g. to make a stronger point about your license fee.)

Sources:

1. The Guardian: "Clamour for BBC to show Gaza appeal intensifies", 26 January 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/26/bbc-gaza-appeal-mps-motion

2. Mark Thompson interviewed on the BBC's Radio 4 Today Programme:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7850000/7850617.stm

3. Disasters Emergency Committee responses to the issues of access and impartiality raised by the BBC are at this link, as well as in the Guardian story above:
http://www.dec.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?ap=1&id=320

The DEC's assessment of the situation in Gaza is below:

After an 18 month blockade of Gaza and three weeks of heavy shelling the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now completely overwhelming.

Thousands of people are struggling to survive with many having lost their homes and most down to their last supplies of food and only limited amounts of fresh drinking water.
Just £25 can buy warm blankets for 8 children
Just £50 can provide a food parcel for a family for one month
Electricity - supplies to Gaza are erratic at best with 75% of the area cut off completely. There is a significant public health risk arising out of the almost collapse of Gaza’s water and sewage system, the running of which is dependent on electricity.
Water - Around 500,000 people are without running water with 37% of Gaza’s water wells not working effectively and fuel reserves depleted due to restrictions on access and damage to pipes.
At least 412 Children have been killed and 1,855 injured
60% of the population is living in poverty
1.1 million people are dependent upon aid to survive.
Health - The capacity of the health system has been significantly reduced due to the damage of at least 21 clinics. Ten primary health care clinics are functioning as emergency clinics and hospitals and intensive care units continue to treat the mass casualties.

Please consider donating to the DEC after you have taken action to stop the BBC blocking the broadcast of their appeal at this link:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/bbc_charitable_appeal


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Boycott Israeli Goods
EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT ISRAELI GOODS AND SERVICES, MANY OF WHICH COME FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND THE GLOBAL COMPANY'S THAT SUPPORT THE ZIONIST STATE AND THE KILLING OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
THIS IS A THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED LIST OF COMPANY'S AND SHOPS WHICH EITHER SUPPLY ILLEGAL ISRAELI GOODS OR SUPPORT THE ISRAELI ECONOMY AND WORSE BY HELPING TO FUND THE MASSACRE.
"Raise awareness among consumers about the consequences of buying Israeli goods and services. Pressurise supermarkets and shops into removing goods with barcode 729 - denoting Israeli origin - from their shelves. Encourage companies who make use of Israeli technology and components to find alternatives and join the boycott. Focus the attention of the world on Israeli occupation and apartheid and expose those who bankroll the Israeli regime; and to foster an environment in which it is unacceptable to promote Israeli policies"
http://www.bdsmovement.net/
ETHICAL SHOPPING MEANS MORE THAN YOU THINK!
PS
This is in no way an anti-Semitic group as there are a lot of Jews and Israeli's who oppose the actions of Israel and the IDF.
ALL OF THE COMPANY'S LISTED HAVE HUGE SHARES OWNED BY ISRAELI WAR MONGER'S OR ITS SUPPORTERS, ARE PRODUCED, MANUFACTURED OR DEVELOPED IN ISRAEL, SELL ISRAELI PRODUCTS/PRODUCTS FROM WEST BANK OR OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ETC.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD OR MENTION ANY I HAVE FORGOTTEN!

Caterpillar Inc.
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Caterpillar (CAT) Clothing, Shoes etc.
Blount International, Inc. - Forestry Division (US)
Progress Rail (US)
Williams Technologies Inc (US)
Towmotor (us)
Solar Turbines (us)
Gremada Industries (US)
Barber Green (us)
Perkins Engines (uk)
Sabre Engines Ltd (UK)
Wealdstone Engineering Ltd (UK)
F.G. Wilson (Ireland)
Eurenov (France)
Krupp MaK Engines (germany)
Turbomach SA (Switzerland)
Hindustan PowerPlus Ltd (India)
Hindustan Motors Earthmoving Equipment Division (India)
Elphinstone (Australia)
Shandong Engineering Machinery (SEM) (China)
LOVAT (Canada)
Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi (Japan)
MGE Equipamentos & Serviços Ferroviários (Brazil)

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Since its inception over 80 years ago, Caterpillar has grown to be the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and Caterpillar bulldozers.
Caterpillar equipment, especially the D9 bulldozer, has been equipped with armor and military equipment by third parties, and used as a combat engineering vehicle. Caterpillar has been criticized for selling its equipment to Israel, which has used it in the destruction of Palestinian homes.
A shareholder motion to examine the issue has been brought repeatedly at Caterpillar's annual meetings by investors opposed to Israeli policy. In recommending a vote against the motion, Caterpillar's board stated, "Caterpillar shares the world's concern over unrest in the Middle East and we certainly have compassion for all those affected by the political strife. However, more than two million Caterpillar machines and engines are at work in virtually every country of the world each day. We have neither the legal right nor the means to police individual use of that equipment. We believe any comments on political conflict in the region are best left to our governmental leaders who have the ability to impact action and advance the peace process." The motion received 4% of shareholder support at the 2004 annual meeting.
The family of Rachel Corrie, an American who was killed by a Caterpillar tractor while protesting Israeli military action in Gaza, sued Caterpillar alleging it violated human rights and committed war crimes by knowingly selling its equipment to the Israeli army. Four Palestinians whose homes were bulldozed joined her as plaintiffs.

CARMEL AGREXCO:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Flowers, Fruit, Vegtables.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:
Carmel Agrexco (or in short Agrexco), established in 1956, is Israel’s largest exporter of agricultural produce, with the European Union one of its major markets. Agrexco is a state-owned company, with 50% of its stock held by the State of Israel, 25% by the Israeli Production and Marketing Boards, and 25% by Tnuva.
In August 2008, the Israeli government approved a privatization program for Agrexco, stipulating that at least 51% of Agrexco's stock should be tendered to private investors.[2] This decision follows in the wake of the recently completed transformation of Tnuva from a cooperative owned by Israeli farmers (kibbutzim and moshavim) to a private company owned by Apax Partners.
In 2007, Agrexco marketed 435,000 tons of fresh agricultural produce with a turnover of €653 million. This consisted mainly of vegetables (47%), cut flowers (19%), and fruits (14%). In addition to exporting the produce of Israeli farmers inside the Green Line and in West Bank settlements, Agrexco is the main export channel to Europe for Palestinian fresh produce from Gaza (carnations, strawberries, cherry tomatoes).
Agrexco has a global network of marketing branches operating in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Rotterdam, New York, Zurich, Vienna, Madrid, and Milan. Special sales offices in Israel deal with countries where Agrexco does not have representative offices, such as Eastern Europe, the Far and Near East. Carmel Agrexco's main UK depot is in Swallowfield Way, Hayes, Middlesex.
Carmel Agrexco is responsible for the export of two-thirds of all produce from the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories and violates international law by supporting settlements and engaging in persecution of Palestinian workers.

AOL:
PRODUCTS & Affiliated Companies:

AOL internet
Time magazine, Life magazine, Time-Life books
CNN
ICQ (internet chat program)

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

AOL allocates 30% of its investment portfolio in Israel.Over the last 10 years AOL has invested well over half a billion dollars in Israel.
The buy up of Israeli company Mirabilis, creators of ICQ (internet chat program), for $287m in 1998, and further payments totaling $120 million over a three-year period, forms part of AOLs investment in Israel.
In 1998, Mr. Ted Leonsis, CEO of AOL studios received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.
Also 1998, AOL invested $40m for a 20% share in Israeli company Picture Vision.
Israeli Wireless software company Niragongo Inc. received an investment from AOL in 2001.
2001, AOL was one of three US companies that was singled out and given an award by the America-Israel Friendship League.
In 2006, AOL increased its investment in Israel by aquiring Israeli startup company Relegence for between $50-100 million.


APAX PARTNERS & CO. LTD:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

UK:
Merlin Entertainment Group
- visitor attractions: Sea Life centres and dungeons
Stead & Simpson Group
- footwear retailing
Brands Hatch Leisure Holdings
- owns & operates motor racing circuits
easyEverything Limited
- A chain of megastore-sized internet cafes
Yell

US:
Jonny Rockets Group
- restaurant chain (100 units around us), aquired in 1995 - $35million
protection One
(the second largest company providing residential monitoring alarm services in the US) , 20% ownership
Sunglass Hut
(Nasdaq: RAYS) is an exciting, mall-based specialty retail concept selling a variety of fashion eyewear (2000 stores in US, Canada,Europe, Australia, Singapore and caribbean)
Greenbacks
Greenbacks is a chain of value-driven retail variety stores that sell a broad assortment of items at the dollar price point.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

In 2000, apax invested $100 million in to Israel with plans to invest another 600 million over the next three years.
In 1998 Mr Cohen, Chairman of Apax Partners & Co. Ltd, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy. Apax is a substantial investor of institutional venture capital in "Israeli" growth companies. According to Virtual Israel "The State of Israel recognizes the recipient as one of the visionaries who have done the most to facilitate Israel's integration into the global economy and to realize its world-class business
potential."


ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB:

BACKGROUND:

Arsenal Football Club has just signed (26th February) a sponsorship deal to promote Israel as a tourist destination.
The £350,000 agreement makes Israel Arsenal's "official and exclusive travel destination." Israel will be featured on digital perimeter boards and 450 high-definition LCD screens at the stadium on game days.[1] The tourism ministry will also have access to the club's official website Arsenal.com, database and magazine to promote Israel as a holiday destination
The televised ads will reach audiences of up to 700 million in an estimated 198 countries. The deal doesn't stop with promoting Israel but actually grants Israel a physical presence in the stadium.


Coca-Cola:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Dr Pepper
Fanta
Fruitopia
Kia Ora
Lilt
Sprite
Sunkist
Schweppes
Bacardi Mixers
Five Alive
Limca.
Mazza
Minute Maid
Nescafe
Nesta

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

From 1966 onward Coca-Cola has been an avid supporter of Israel.
In 1997 the Government of Israel Economic Mission honored Coca-Cola for its continued support of Israel for the last 30 years and for refusing ro join the Arab League of boycott Israel.
In 2001 the Coca-Cola World Headquarters hosted and was the main sponser of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala.
In February 2002, Coca-Cola teamed up with "Friends of Israel" and National Hillel to cosponser a lecture given by the infamous zionist correspondent Linda Gradstein at the University of Minnesota.
In 2002, it was announced that Coca-Cola, in return for millions of dollars in incentives from the Israeli, was to build a new factory on stolen Palestinian land at Kiryat Gat.
In 2005, Coca-Cola increased its investment in Israel by buying a 51 percent controlling interest in the Tavor Winery.

PEPSI:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:
Pepsi Soft Drinks.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:
Pepsi abided by the Arab League boycott of Israel which ended in May 1991 in contrast with Coca-Cola, after 1992 Pepsi restarted its trading in Israel!

DANONE:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Strauss dairy
Danone yogart
Jacob biscuits
HP foods
Evian, Volvic
Galbani
LEA & PERRINS
LU Biscuits

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

In 1998, Danone received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.
The Danone Institute, an R & D facility, was established in Israel in 1998.

Delta Galil Industries Ltd:
AFFILIATED COMPANIES & PRODUCTS:

Marks & Spencers
- biggest customer, supply everything from underwear, socks, babywear, leisurewear to rugs.
Hema
- [Dutch] supply ladies intimate apparel, men’s underwear and socks
Carrefour
- [French] supply ladies intimate apparel and socks
Auchan
- [French] supply ladies intimate apparel, men’s underwear and socks
Tchibo
- [German] supply socks
Victoria's Secret
- supply ladies intimate apparel
GAP
- supply ladies intimate apparel and men’s underwear
Banana Republic
- supply men’s underwear
Structure
- supply men’s underwear
J-Crew
- supply leisurewear
J.C. Penny
- supply ladies intimate apparel
Pryca - supply ladies intimate apparel, men’s underwear, socks and babywear
Lindex
- [Swedish] supply ladies intimate apparel

Brands selling Delta products:

DIM
- supply ladies intimate apparel, socks & fabric
Donna Karan / DKNY
- supply ladies intimate apparel & mens underwear
Ralph Lauren
- supply ladies intimate apparel & mens underwear
Playtex
- supply ladies intimate apparel
Calvin Klein (cK)
- supply mens underwear
Hugo Boss
- supply mens underwear

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Delta Galilis is Israel's largest producer and marketer of textiles and is one of the largest private-label underwear manufacturers in the world
Its founder, chairman and major stock holder Mr. Dov Lautman is a close associate of Israeli President Ehud Barak.
Sweatshop Watch has denounced Delta Galil for its exploitation of Arab labour.

Walt Disney:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Disneyland
EuroDisney
Disney Products

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Walt Disneys Millennium exhibition at the Epcot Centre in Florida depects Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Jerusalem is an illegally occupied city according to international law (UN resolution 242, 237 & 405) and can not be Portrayed as the capital of Israel. Of the 8 million dollars cost to set up the exibition, Israel contributed 1.8 million and worked with Disney to develop its content. Saudi Prince, Walid ibn Talal, who is a major shareholder of Euro Disney. It is estimated that nearly 200,000 Arabs visit Disney each year and the total Disney trade with the Middle East amounts to over $100 million per year.

Estee Lauder:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Aramis
Clinique
Prescriptives
Origins Natural Resources
MAC Cosmetics
La Mer
Bobbi Brown Essentials
Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries
Jane
Donna Karan Cosmetics (DKNY)
Aveda
Stila Cosmetics
Jo Malone (London)
Bumble and Bumble (Brand says Bb)
Kate Spade

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Estée Lauder's chairman, Ronald Lauder, also one time chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is the current president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) - a quasi-governmental agency whose main function is to legitimize Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Ronald Lauder is an ardent zionist. In fact his views are often more extreme then some israeli governments!

HOME DEPOT:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Home Depot retails stores
EXPO Design Centers
Villager’s Hardware stores
Apex Supply Company
Georgia Lighting
Maintenance Warehouse
National Blinds and Wallpaper

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States, with sales of $45.7 billion. Its founder, and Co-Chairman of the Board Bernard Marcus is an active zionist. He is on the board of directors of Emet, the Pro-Israel Media "War Room" whos function is to ensure that all media in the US stays biased in favour of Israel.

IBM:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

IBM invest heavily in Israel. IBM senior vice-president and general counsel, Lawrence Ricciardi, who noted that his company employs 1,700 people in Israel, said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post, "This wedge of land and the huge ideals it represents are very important to IBM.
IBM was one of three US companies that wase lauded at the America-Israel Friendship League Partners for Democracy Awards dinner (25th June 2001) hosted by Sharon.
In May 2002 the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce awarded IBM the Ambassador's Award "in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the development of the Israeli high-tech industry and to advancing trade between the U.S. and Israel. IBM established operations in 1949 and was the first large American company with a wholly owned subsidiary in Israel. IBM and its Haifa Research Laboratories, employ about 2,000 and are involved in extensive research activities, in cooperation with IBM in the U.S., including, over the years, considerable investment such as the construction of IBM House, the Haifa Labs, and in Israeli companies including start-ups and venture capital funds".

Intel:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Processors - Celeron, Pentium, Itanium, etc
Motherboards, Chipsets, Adapters, Controllers, Network Products, Wireless components, Embeded Products, Software Development Tools.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Intel are one of the biggest supporters of Israel. Their very first development centre outside the US was opened in Haifa in 1974. Since then they have continued pouring investment in to Israel. By 2000 they employed over 4000 israelis. Exports from their Lachish-Qiryat Gat plant in israel is a total $ 3 million a day at peak capacity - approximately $ 1 billion a year.
Al-Awda (Palestine Right to Return Coalition) have pointed out that the Intel plant at"Qiryat Gat" is built on land Israel confiscated from the Palestinian villages of Iraq al Manshiya. Iraq al Manshiya was a village of 2000 people living in 300 houses with two mosques and one school. Today the remaining population from Iraq al Manshiya is still not allowed to return. Legal action against Intel for building on looted land is being considered

Johnson & Johnson:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Baby Products

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Johnson & Johnson purchased Israeli company Biosense for $400 million
In 1998, Johnson & Johnson, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

KIMBERLY-CLARK:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

KLEENEX facial tissues
KOTEX products
HUGGIES disposable baby products
ANDREX products


RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Kimberly-Clark is one of the largest consumer companies in the world with a turnover of $14 billion.
In 1998 Mr. Robert P. Van der Merwe, chairman of Kimberly-Clark Europe received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

LEWIS TRUST GROUP LTD:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:


River Island clothing chain
Isrotel hotels in Palestine
Ibrotel hotels in Spain/Portugal
Britannia Pacific Properties
-a diversified international investment company, with headquarters in London, England. They said to be one of the largest real estate owners in the Sacramento Metropolitan area.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

It appears that the British based Lewis Trust Group is one of the companies developing hotels in the Aqaba Region. David Lewis the Chairman of the company is a prominent supporter of "Israel". Mr Lewis maintained that he is involved in the joint "Israel- Jordanian" tourist project "because Shimon Peres asked me to be".
Mr Lewis's activities have included the raising of money for the Jewish National Fund. He is also a member of the ISRAEL-BRITAIN BUSINESS COUNCIL.
In 1998 Mr. David Lewis, President of Isrotel Hotel Management Lewis Trust Group Ltd , received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

The Limited Inc:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Express (667 stores)
The Limited (389 stores)
Lerner New York (560 stores)
Structure (469 stores)
New York and Company (79 stores)
Mast Industries (apparel manufacturer)
Intimate Brands, Inc .
which includes:
Victoria's Secret
Bath & Body Works
White Barn Candle Company
Henri Bendel (Fifth avenue - single store)

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

The Limited, Inc. was founded by Leslie H. Wexner in 1963 in Columbus, Ohio. The Company has since grown to over 2,800 stores and five major specialty retail brands. The Limited also own approximately 84% of Intimate Brands, Inc. , the leading specialty retailer of intimate apparel, beauty and personal care products.
Its founder, president and CEO Les Wexner is a zionist. He is on the board of directors of Emet, the Pro-Israel Media "War Room" whos function is to ensure that all media in the US stays biased in favour of Israel.
In 1984, Les Wexner who is one of the world's 200 wealthiest people created the Wexner Foundation. Its mission statement is "strengthening Jewish Leadership in North America and Israel."
One of the programmes the Foundation runs is the Wexner Israel Fellowship Program which annually brings up to ten Israeli officials to Harvard for a year long MPA program coupled with intensive leadership development institutes. Over 135 Israeli officials have participated thus far.
Past beneficiaries of the fellowship program include Ambassador Avi Gil. A longtime confidant of Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres. Avi Gil has held a number of key government and public positions during the past decade, he was closely involved in Israel's policy-making during the Oslo Accords.
The Wexner Foundation sponsers "Birthright Israel" - a program that pays for young American Jews to take free indoctrination trips to Israel.
It is also a long-standing supporter of Hillel - the bastion of zionism on campus.
A document prepared by the PR firm Luntz Research for the Wexner Foundation which can be described as a "A zionists guide on how to manipulate the US public in to supporting Israel.

L'OREAL:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Giorgio Armani Perfumes
Redken 5th Avenue NYC
Lancome Paris
Vichy
Cacharel
La Roche-Posay
Garnier
Biotherm
Helena Rubinstein
Maybelline
Ralph Lauren Perfumes
Carson

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

After being fined $1.4 million by the US in 1995 for writing a letter to the Arab League claiming that they had stopped production in Israel, they have been engaged in actively courting Israel with investments and large-scale commerce.
American Jewish Congress has expressed "keen satisfaction that L'Oreal has become a warm friend of Israel".
L'Oreal has established Israel as its commercial center in the Middle East and has increased investment and manufacturing activities ranging from a new production line established in Migdal Haemek, to joint research and development projects with Israeli affiliates, as well as education and public service campaigns.
In 1998 Mr. Pascal Castres St Martin of L' Oreal, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

Marks & Spencer:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

M&S stores
St. Michaels

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

From is creation M&S has been linked to Zionism. In a book on M&S, Lord Marcus Sieff - long time Chairman of M&S - wrote that one of the fundamental objectives of M&S is to aid the economic development of Israel (Management: The Marks & Spencer Way, Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1990).
M&S supports Israel with approximately $233 million in trade every year (Jerusalem Report, 5 June 2000) .
The JTA reported that "The Israeli ambassador to England recently honored Marks & Spencer for the company's continued support of Israel." (JTA, 13 December 2000).
Marks & Spencer, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.
M and S recently asked to be removed from the boycott Israel list but wouldn't agree to the terms and conditions so there for are very much still on it.

Mc Donald's:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

McDonald's Restaurants

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

McDonald's is the largest and best-known global food retailer with more than 30,000 restaurants in 121 countries.
McDonalds chairman and CEO Jack M. Greenberg is an honorary director of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., of Metropolitan Chicago.
According to the Chicago Jewish Community Online (website of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago), McDonalds Corporation whose global headquarters is based just outside Chicago is a major corporate partner of the Jewish United Fund and Jewish Federation.
Through its Israel Commission, the Jewish United Fund "works to maintain American military, economic and diplomatic support for Israel; monitors and, when necessary, responds to media coverage of Israel".
McDonalds entered the Israeli market in 1993 and now has 80 resturants across Israel, providing employment to some 3000 Israelis.

NESTLE:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Nescafé
Perrier
Vittel
Pure Life
Carnation
Libby's
Milkmaid
Nesquik
Maggi
Buitoni
Crosse & Blackwell
Milkybar
KitKat
Quality Street
Smarties,
After Eight
Lion bar
Aero
Polo
Shreddies cereal
Felix - cat food
L'Oréal (important interest)

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

The swiss company owns 50.1% of israeli food maker Osem Investments. In 2000, it announced , it will invest millions of dollars to operate the new R&D centre
in israel.
In 1998, Nestle, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.


News Corporation:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Fox TV Network (85% share)
20th Century Fox Films, Fox Kids, etc
Sky TV Network
Star TV Network:
hindi channels, chinese channels (Phoenix), Granada (uk), CNBC
National Geographical
Weekly Standard Newspaper, TV Guide
News of the World (UK)
The Sun (UK)
The Times (UK), Sunday Times, Times Educational Suppliment (TES), etc
The Telegraph (Australia), Gold Coast Bulletin, Herald Sun, Independent Newspapers Ltd, Newsphotos, Sunday Herald, Sunday Mail ..etc... lots more Australian papers!
The New York Post (US)newspaper
Harper Collins Book Publishers, Ragan Books, Zondervan
Nursery World, Rawkus, NDS, Mushroom Records, ChinaByte.com, Festival Records.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

The News Corporation Limite is one of the world's largest media companies with total assets as of 2001 of approximately US $43 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$14 billion. News Corporation's diversified global operations include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television, satellite and cable broadcasting; the publication of newspapers, magazines and books; the production and distribution of promotional and advertising products and services; the development of digital broadcasting.
News Corporation is the world's leading publisher of English-language newspapers, with operations in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the US. The Company publishes more than 175 different newspapers.
Murdoch's New Corp. invests heavily in Israel.
Murdoch News Corporation was one of three US companies that wase lauded for their support of Israel at the America-Israel Friendship League Partners for Democracy Awards dinner (2001). Murdoch himself co-chaired the dinner.[1]
News Corp.'s digital technology company based in Jerusalem, called NDS, has grown from 20 to 600 employees in the past decade.

REVLON:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Revlon cosmetic products
New World Entertainment
Forbes

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Financier and cosmetics billionaire Ronald Perelman , who controls cosmetics maker Revlon, is a zionist. Also ownes New World Entertainment & Forbes. He supports zionist causes - for example he is a trustee of The Simon Wiesenthal Center which uses the holocaust to promote Zionism and Israel.

Selfridges & Co
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Selfridges Stores

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Selfridges are carrying a range of goods produced on Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. These are labeled "Made in Israel" in contravention of EU excise and customs regulations. They include:
Achva Halva - Barkan Industrial Zone, West Bank:
Ahava toiletries - Mitspe Shalem, West Bank:
Beigal and Beigal pretzels - Barkan Industrial Zone, West Bank:
Yarden Wines - Katzrin, Golan Heights:
These settlements have been built on land expropriated from the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. These are illegal under international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Starbucks:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Starbucks Coffee Stores (4,709 locations world-wide)
Starbuck coffee, chocolates, biscuits & ice-cream products
Seattle Coffee Company in the United Kingdom with more than 60 retail locations.
Pasqua Inc., a San Francisco based coffee retailer.
Hear Music, a San Francisco based music company.
Tazo®, a Portland, Oregon based tea company.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Howard Shultz, the chairman of Starbucks is an active zionist.
In 1998 he was honoured by the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah with "The Israel 50th Anniversary Friend of Zion Tribute Award" for his services to the zionist state in "playing a key role in promoting close alliance between the United States and Israel". The Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah funds israeli arms fairs chaired by the butcher of Jenin - General Shaul Mofaz, and the zionist propaganda website honestreporting.com
Whilst the Israeli army was slaughtering Palestinians in Jenin, Nabulus and Bethlehem he made a provocative speech blaming the Palestinians of terrorism, suggesting the intifada was a manifestation of anti- Semitism, and asked people to unite behind Israel.
At a time when other businesses were desperately pulling out of Israel, Starbucks decided to help Israel's floundering economy and invest in Israel - a joint venture with Israeli conglomerate Delek Group for Starbucks outlets in Israel ( Shalom Coffee Co). A bad business decision - Starbucks made heavy losses and in April 2003 Starbucks were forced to announced that all 6 Starbucks cafes in Israel will be shut down and its partnership with Delek end.
It has been revealed that Starbucks still continues to support Israel by sponsoring fund raisers for Israel.
Gideon Meir, the official in charge of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s PR effort said "The key to Israel’s long-term PR success is Wealthy Jews like Howard Schultz, the owner of the Starbucks chain, are helping with student projects, including seminars held in both Israel and North America, in which students hear Israeli presentations on the crisis...."
Oxfam has misguidedly partnered with Starbucks in return for £100,000!

NOKIA:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Nokia electronic products - mobile phones, tvs.etc

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Nokia have started to invest heavily in Israel.
Nokia general manager Lars Wolf said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post in 2001: "We are really focusing on Israel from all perspectives, because we have an internal project called 'Project Israel' which means we are looking at Israel from a networks perspective, from the perspective of Nokia Ventures Organization, and also from the perspective of Nokia Research Center".
Nokia Venture Partners, a branch of Nokia Ventures Organization, launched a new $500 million fund in 2000 and allowed that a "disproportionate" amount of it would go into Israeli companies. Nokia Research Center is on the lookout for Israeli start-ups with which it can cooperate.

SARA LEE:
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Hanes - Intimate apparel: hosiery, socks, knitwear, workwear, casualwear
Hillshire Farm - meat
Champion - Men's and women's athletic apparel and men's underwear
Jimmy Dean - meat
Douwe Egberts - Coffee and coffee systems
Leggs - Hosiery
Sara Lee Bakery
Bryan - meat
Dim - Intimate apparel, hosiery
Ambi Pur - Air fresheners
Ball Park - meat
Bali - Intimate apparel
Superior Coffee - Coffee and coffee systems
Just My Size - Intimate apparel
Kiwi - Shoe care
Maison Cafe - Coffee and coffee systems
Aoste - meat
Nur die - Hosiery
Pilao - Coffee and coffee systems
Lovable - Intimate apparel, men's underwear, socks
Outer Banks - T-shirts, sportshirts
Wonderbra - Intimate apparel
Sanex - Body care
Pickwick - Tea
Gossard - Intimate apparel
Body Mist - bodycare
Brylcreem - bodycare
Aqua Velva - bodycare
Radox - bodycare
Playtex - Intimate apparel

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Sara Lee owns 30% of Israels leading textile company Delta Galil. Sara Lee is the world's largest clothing manufacturer, this opens the worlds markets to Israel, with cloths originating in Israel being sold around the world under one of the many famous Sara Lee brands.
In 1998, Mr. Lucien Nessim of Sara Lee Personal Products received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

Timberland
PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:

Footwear: Hiking, Multi-Sport, Sandals, Casual, Office, Boots, PRO
Outwear: Leather Jackets, Waterproof Parka, Lightweight jackets
Clothing: Shirts, Polos, Sweaters, Sweat Shirts, T-Shirts, Pants, Shorts
Accessories: Belts, Hats, Backpacks, Luggage, Socks, Sunglasses, Wallets, Watches.

RESEARCH & FINDINGS:

Timberland is a $1.1 billion footwear, apparel & accessories company. Its President and CEO Jeffrey Swartz is an active zionist.
In a recent "solidarity visit" to Israel he advised how best to get Israel's propaganda acceptable to the US public. In an interview where he made it clear he was speaking as the CEO of Timberland, he suggested sending 100 IDF Soldiers to the US for a week as ambassadors for Israel.
Although Timberland is a publicly traded company, his family holds approximately 47% of the stock and has approximately 81% of the voting power.

PRODUCTS & AFFILIATED COMPANIES:
Budgens. (all fruit, veg, nuts & other goods from Israel)
Sainsbury's. (all fruit, veg, nuts and goods from Israel)
TESCO. (all fruit, veg, nuts & goods from Israel)
Waitrose. (all fruit, veg, nuts & goods from Israel)

INFO:
All of the above shops/supermarkets stock fruit & vegetables grown in Israeli, west bank and the occupied territories, some of which breaks international law.
Despite calls for a boycott and to remove Israeli produce from their stores.
They also stock various other items on the boycott list.

(( ANY FRUIT, VEGETABLES, NUTS AND GOODS MARKED FROM ISRAEL, WEST BANK. OR WITH BAR CODE 729))


Please feel free to add photos etc.
go to your local supermarket, fill your trolley with the Offending Israeli items and then leave it in an isle or at the check out with a note explaining your actions and post the photos here if you wish.
Any contributions for flyer printing etc are welcome.
i have been handing them out all over London, at protests, rallies and mosques etc.
If you want to get involved with any of my projects (any one from anywhere) please contact me.
You are welcome to use my flyer or any info in this group for constructive reasons.
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PETITIONS TO SIGN:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/reverse_bbc_decision?e

Gaza DEC appeal raises £1million despite BBC ban
Donations to an emergency fund for Gaza doubled after the broadcast of a charity appeal to over £1 million, despite the BBC decision not to broadcast it.

By Urmee Khan, Digital and Media Correspondent
Last Updated: 5:52PM GMT 27 Jan 2009

More than 4.5 million people saw the Disasters Emergency Committee's Gaza appeal screened by ITV, Channel 4 and Five.

The three minute clip showed images of bloodied children crying, devastated families and scenes of wreckage from bombs.

The voice-over said: "Today is not about the rights and wrongs of the conflict, these people simply need your help."

If the BBC had shown it ahead of the 6pm bulletin it might have attracted a further 3.1million viewers.

The DEC, an umbrella organisation for 13 humanitarian aid agencies, said today it was "delighted" with the response to its appeal.

Brendan Gormley, DEC chief executive, said: "We really do appreciate the support of the British public who have shown their generosity when confronted with scenes of a dire humanitarian emergency.

"Their donations will improve the lives of so many civilians caught up in a conflict that was not of their making. But there are many more people who need our help. I urge anyone who has not yet donated to give what they can afford.

"All the money raised will go directly to helping the innocent families in Gaza who have been left without basic everyday necessities that we take for granted such as food, shelter and healthcare."

More than 100 MPs from all parties have signed an early day motion criticising the decision taken by BBC and Sky News not to air the three-minute film. Both broadcasters have said it would raise questions about their impartiality if they aired the appeal.

Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC, said: "Inevitably an appeal would use pictures which are the same or similar to those we would be using in our news programmes but would do so with the objective of encouraging public donations.

"The danger for the BBC is that this could be interpreted as taking a political stance on an ongoing story. After consultation with senior news editors, we concluded that to broadcast a free-standing appeal, no matter how carefully couched, ran the risk of calling into question the public's confidence in the BBC's impartiality in its coverage of the story as a whole."

Demonstrators staged protests at the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London, burning their TV licences and occupying the building's reception until they were removed by police.

Several high profile actors including Peter Mullan and Samantha Morton have said they will never work for the BBC again, unless it agrees to screen the appeal.

MORE GOOD LINKS:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/27/rhodri-morg...

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23628970-details/The...

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/72052-gaza-protesters-breach-bbc-office...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/26/bbc-gaza-appeal-row-uni...

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/entertainment/We-will-never-work-fo...

Reverse the bbc choice not to air Gaza appeal:
IMPOSE AN ARMS IMBARGO. deadline to sign 27/1/09:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Arms-embargo/

Alarm spreads over use of lethal new weapons
Erin Cunningham, The Electronic Intifada, 22 January 2009

GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - Eighteen-year-old Mona al-Ashkar says she did not immediately know the first explosion at the United Nations school in Beit Lahiya had blown her left leg off. There was smoke, then chaos, then the pain and disbelief set in once she realized it was gone -- completely severed by the weapon that hit her.

Mona is one of the many patients among the 5,500 injured that have international and Palestinian doctors baffled by the type of weaponry used in the Israeli operation. High-profile human rights organizations like Amnesty International are accusing Israel of war crimes.

Mona's doctors at Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital found no shrapnel in her leg, and it looked as though it had been "sliced right off with a knife."

"We are not sure exactly what type of weapon can manage to do that immediately and so cleanly," said Dr. Sobhi Skaik, consultant surgeon general at al-Shifa hospital. "What is happening is frightening. It's possible the Israeli army was using Gaza to experiment militarily."

Both international organizations and human rights groups, including the UN, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have condemned Israel's use of unconventional weapons in civilian areas of the Gaza Strip.

Amnesty International's chief researcher for Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Donatella Rovera, told IPS in Beit Lahiya that Israel's use of white phosphorus and other "area weapons" on civilian populations amounted to war crimes.

"The kind of weapons used and the manner in which they were used indicates prima facie evidence of war crimes," she said.

Israel announced Wednesday it would be launching its own probe into reported use of white phosphorus, but has so far refused to comment further.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, said it would look into a claim made by the ambassadors of a number of Arab nations that Israel used depleted uranium in its recent attacks on Gaza.

Local doctors say a number of both widespread and unusual injuries may indicate that new types of weapons were used on the Gaza population during the war. Health officials are seeing wounds they have never seen before, or at least not on such a massive scale.

"There has been a significant loss of life here in Gaza for reasons that are unexplainable medically," said Dr. Skaik.

Mona's injury is characteristic of Dense Inert Metal Explosives (DIME). DIMEs are munitions that, packed with tungsten powder, produce an intense explosion at about the level of the knee, with signs of severe heat at the point of amputation.

"If you ask a patient how it happened, how their leg was removed, they won't know," Dr. Skaik said. "They'll say that a rocket or missile exploded and took only their lower limbs off."

Once in the body, tungsten is both difficult to detect and extremely carcinogenic, and can produce an aggressive form of cancer, according to both military experts.

Dr. Skaik says the al-Shifa hospital alone has seen between 100 to 150 patients with this type of injury. Over 50 patients at al-Shifa had two or more limbs severed, he says.

But because Gaza's hospitals are so poorly equipped, it has been nearly impossible so far to test properly for the substances and count accurately how many wounded Palestinians may have been hit with this weapon.

The Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert who worked at al-Shifa hospital during the siege confirmed to journalists that the injuries were aligned with those produced by DIME explosives.

Human rights groups say Israel used the weapon for the first time in Lebanon in 2006.

What is worrying health officials even more, however, is that some of the patients' organs are being ruptured with little or no sign of a shrapnel entry point.

This is something they have never seen before, they say, and also something they do not know how to treat.

"Normal shrapnel has a clear path, with both an entry and an exit point," said Dr. Mohamed al-Ron, another surgeon at al-Shifa hospital.

"But someone's entire abdomen will be ripped open, and only after searching will we find a miniscule hole in the skin. Then we will find small black dots all over the organ, but we don't know what they are."

It is an indication, he continued, that whatever is entering the body is exploding and doing the damage once it is inside. Multiple organs will fail, and will continue to fail even after surgery removes any shrapnel.

"We are consulting with international colleagues, and they are confirming that there is something unusual going on with these cases," said Dr. Skaik.

"We have seen plenty of nails, of metal shrapnel and foreign metallic parts, but there was never violence of this character or something that continued to damage even after the parts of the weapon were removed. What is being intentionally created is a population of handicapped people."

Some of the injuries, including multiple organ failure, mutilation and severed limbs, are so debilitating that Dr. Karim Hosni, an Egyptian doctor volunteering at the al-Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, says he wishes he could just end his patients' misery.

"Sometimes I wish my patients would just die," he said. "Their injuries are so horrifying, that I know they will now have to lead terrible and painful lives."

All rights reserved, IPS - Inter Press Service (2009). Total or partial publication, retransmission or sale forbidden. Jim Lobe in Washington contributed to this article.

Please circulate as widely as possible


DEMONSTRATON SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY

Buses will leave from central London at 11am for Agrexco HQ in Hayes Middlesex, returning approx 6pm

The Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign is calling for a day of mass action at Hayes and around the country against the Israeli national exporter Carmel Agrexco during one of their busiest periods.

Every year the company exports masses of flowers to the European market for Valentines day; it is a gift made possible through the exploitation of Palestinian people and the theft of their land.

Carmel Agrexco is one of the main exporters of fresh produce from Israel and the Occupied Territories., and Britain, including British supermarkets, is one of their biggest markets.

An international call to action for the week leading up to Valentine's Day has been circulated and February 7th will be the kick off for what could become a Europe/Israeli/Palestine-wide movement against the illegal practices of Agrexco.
Since 2004 there has been a growing campaign against the company in the UK and elsewhere with numerous blockades and pickets.

Agrexco has illegal packing houses on illegal settlement farms in the West Bank, making them a major player in the upholdng and expansion of the occupation.

In the Jordan Valley, where most of the company's settlement produce comes from, they have a packing house on every major settlement whilst the local Palestinians have their movementnts restricted and are prevented form growing and selling thier own produce. Many Palestinians whose land has been confiscated by the settlements are now forced to work for Agrexco for poverty wages on the land that used to belong to their families.

Make February a day for action and creative demonstrations at Hayes and at supermarkets around the country.
Email; [e-mail] or phone [phone] to book a bus place (£8, or £5 concs), by 2nd February.
Visit www.bigcampaign.org for further details, including directions by train and road, and planned local actions.


For Immediate Release
Tuesday, 20 January 2009

LAMBETH UNISON CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF "APARTHEID" ISRAEL

The Lambeth Branch of UNISON, the second largest trade union in the UK, has voted to condemn the recent slaughter of Palestinians and the ongoing occupation by Israel at a meeting of its Branch Committee this morning.

At its monthly meeting of representatives, the Branch called for, "an immediate end to the slaughter of defenceless people and the [ongoing] siege of Gaza." The Branch concluded that, "Israel is a terrorist and apartheid state," and has advocated academic, economic and cultural boycotts of Israel in an effort to delegitimise the Occupation of Palestine, and build international and domestic pressure against the state.

For over 6 decades Israel has carried out policies of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people.1.5 million people live in Gaza, which is now effectively open air prison. For years Israel has blocked the transport of food, medicine and vital supplies forcing the people of Gaza to live in inhumane conditions and the vast majority of people are unemployed.

Palestinian medical sources say at least 1,300 Palestinians have been killed and 5,500 injured as a result Israeli's latest military offensive. The United Nations states that some 50,800 people are now homeless and 400,000 are without running water. Staff in Gaza report that many more people could die as medical equipment runs out.

Nationally, UNISON has committed to send a donation of £10,000 to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Lambeth Branch is raising its own donations locally. The Branch voted to affiliate with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and to work towards submitting an emergency motion to the UNISON National Delegate Conference in July, demanding diplomatic sanctions and boycotts against Israel. The Branch also resolved to build links with Palestinians, Israelis and Egyptians who oppose the assault on Gaza and to send messages of solidarity to those students at British universities who have undertaken occupations demanding support from their institutions for the Palestinian right to education.

Lambeth UNISON's International Officer, Gurmeet Khurana, stated: "The British trade union movement played a crucial part in denouncing and delegitimising the racist ideology of Apartheid in South Africa, and now it must do the same for Israel. The only peaceful solution is one brought about by political and economic equality in the Middle East, and as such the policy of the Israeli state in carrying out ethnic cleansing needs to be condemned unequivocally."


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Under cover of announcing humanitarian relief for injured Palestinians, it is now emerging that


Israel is planning the transfer of tens of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt.
Evidence of the Israeli transfer plan has been sent to London based Islington Friends of Yibna** [IFY]. Earlier today, Sat 17 Jan 09, IFY received a photo of tents [see attached] outside the main hospital in Egyptian Rafah, near the border with Gaza.

The white tents with no markings are being erected by the Egyptian Army, starting last night, Fri 16 Jan 09. The photo was taken this morning [Sat 17 January 09]. The soldiers stated that 5,000 tents were planned for refugees from Gaza.

Further information is available from our contacts in the Egyptian side of Rafah [Rafah was divided by Israel after it occupied Gaza and Sinai in 1967; Israel divided Rafah when Sinai was returned to Egypt].

From our contacts in Yibna Refugee Camp in Gaza we have learnt that, in the north east of Rafah, near the Egyptian border, Israeli tanks have surrounded and sealed off the Al Sarayh neighbourhood, for more than the last 48 hours. There are many injured people trapped there, the Israelis are not allowing access for the Red Cross and many people are dying of their wounds, isolated and with no medical treatment.

We have grave concerns that Israel will target the Al Sarayh neighbourhood to be the first to be transferred and that this might be within the next 24h.

While Al Sarayh is completely isolated, with no access even to the Red Cross, Israel can prepare and carry out its plans without any witnesses from the aid agencies to alert the international community. While preventing Al Sarayh from accessing any medical treatment, Israel would portray a transfer as an Israeli humanitarian gesture to allow them access to medical treatment in Egypt. Given that Israel has been bombing Al Sarayh non-stop Israel would portray a transfer as a humanitarian gesture to allow them to escape the killing fields of the constant Israeli bombardment [thus claiming they will be safer in Egypt and giving them the "choice"].

Israel is NOT on a mercy mission. While presenting this transfer as a humanitarian gesture, allowing injured Palestinians and their families out across the Rafah border crossing for hospital treatment, the Israeli plan to ethnic cleanse Gaza and transfer Palestinians to Egypt is not new. This is an advanced stage in the Israeli plan to ethnic cleanse the 1.5 million Palestinians out of Gaza [e.g. see the video interview in English of the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, a year ago, on 18 Jan 08, calling for the Palestinians in Gaza to be transferred to the Sinai desert as a humanitarian gesture]. Those forced now to leave, under the pretext of a humanitarian gesture, will never again be allowed back [just like they have never been allowed back to the homes from which they were ethnic cleansed in 1948]. The Palestinian refugees, ethnic cleansed from Gaza, would continue to be hunted down by Israel, even if they would be later transferred further into the Sinai desert.

It appears that the ceasefire agreement with Egypt [part of the Israeli "unilateral" ceasefire due to start on 17 Jan, 2400 GMT] paved the way to the erection of the tents by Egyptian forces and that Egypt agreed to allow Israel to ethnic cleansed dozens of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt, under the pretext of a humanitarian gesture.

Earlier this afternoon, PM Gordon Brown announced that injured children would be taken out of Gaza for medical treatment and food aid would be stepped up. IFY spoke with medics in the Egyptian Rafah,and they said that today the Egyptian soldiers rejected ALL the food they provided for Gaza, while on other days they allowed some food in [though in no way proportionate to the needs of 1.5 millions]. As for the medical treatment, that could be the cover story for the ethnic cleansing of dozens of thousands, especially as the tents are near the hospital.

By last week, more than 40,000 people in Rafah have already been forced out of their homes by the day and night Israeli bombardment, making transfer easier as there is now no need to get them out of their houses, many of which are now bombed ruins. There's nothing left for the Palestinians in Gaza [even the cemetery in Rafah was bombed] and they have been terrorised for so long, that it is hard to estimate how much more violence Israel would need to exercise to force them to leave Gaza

It is not anticipated that Israel would immediately ethnic 1.5million Palestinians in Gaza, but that it would pursue its completion when it feels there are international circumstances that would allow it.


To see this story with its related links on the guardian.co.uk site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/17/gaza-israelandthepalest...

Words and deeds in the Middle East
Saturday January 17 2009
The Guardian


The leaders of the western world are wringing their hands in despair at the sight of the horrors inflicted on Gaza (Gaza crisis, 16 January). The UN general secretary, the French president and others are holding intensive discussions with some of the leaders of the Middle East in an attempt to put an end to the carnage in Gaza. Word, words, words.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinian civilians get killed, thousands are bleeding to death, tens of thousands are uprooted and wandering in vain in search of some shelter to protect them. The Israeli army bombs hospitals and Unrwa relief centres, and, defying international convention, it uses white phosphorus bombs against civilians. "What else can we do?" these leaders keep asking. Well, here is what you can do: move from words to deeds. Only immediate, decisive and strict sanctions against the state of Israel and its limitless aggression will make it realise that there's a limit.

We, as Israeli citizens, raise our voices to call on EU leaders: use sanctions against Israel's brutal policies and join the active protests of Bolivia and Venezuela. We appeal to the citizens of Europe: please attend to the Palestinian Human Rights Organisation's call, supported by more than 540 Israeli citizens ( www.freegaza.org/en/home/): boycott Israeli goods and Israeli institutions; follow resolutions such as those made by the cities of Athens, Birmingham and Cambridge (US). This is the only road left. Help us all, please!
Recent News

The Palestinians - and many Arab states - have sustained that belligerency ever since and in every forum: military, economic and diplomatic.
Prof Yoram Carmeli Haifa University
Prof Rachel Giora Tel Aviv University
Dr Anat Matar Tel Aviv University
Jonathan Pollak
Dr Kobi Snitz Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
And 17 other Israeli citizens

[Angelic Alien~]

Thanks Terra...I had no idea how deep this goes and what an outrage this is.
I did sign the petition and it will take lots of time to wade through all this info.
Peace and Oneness

[Suncatcher]

Thank you so much for all the information. I printed all of the information and WOW ... have some boycotting to do. It is overwhelming how deep this goes. Like Jaharra, I am wading through it all and yes I did sign the petition. Thanks again! Namaste!