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Search Results for: tourism
Occupation tourism: hiding the ugly truth
…Yeriho fields. Jericho Inn guest house located in the settlement Vered Yeriho in the occupied Jordan Valley. Another, less talked about but growing, source of income for settlements within close proximity to the Dead Sea, is tourism. As anyone who has visited the Jordan Valley will know, it really is a unique environment in a breathtaking landscape – something the settlers are doing their best to capitalise on. Vered Yeriho hosts three gue… Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Watch Research Blogs
Tagged Dead Sea, Jordan Valley, Tourism, Vered Yeriho
Psagot Winery: Winning awards while supporting the occupation
…om the West Bank. For a full report of all the facts around Israel’s settlement wine industry, read the excellent report by Who Profits? Forbidden Fruit: The Israeli Wine Industry and the Occupation. Occupier controlled tourism One way in which wineries in the West Bank and the occupied Syrian Golan try to attract custom is to make their vineyards into tourism attractions. This is the case with the Psagot ’boutique’ winery. Acti… Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Watch Research Blogs
Tagged Israeli Companies, Pisgat Ze'ev, Psagot, Psagot Wineries, Tourism, Wine
‘Charity’ and Ethnic Cleansing: Christian Friends of Israeli Communities
…of Israeli Communities is an ideologically Zionist charity which supports the settlements for religious reasons. Set up in 1995 in response to the Oslo Accords, it exclusively supports settler projects and actively encourages tourism to the settlements in the West Bank. Reading through the list of projects the charity is currently fundraising for, it becomes obvious that a lot of them are chosen for strategic reasons. For instance, there are a gr… Continue reading
Photo blog: ‘Organic’ Carmel Agrexco crops grown in the settlement of Kalia
…goods are certified by IBOAA suggests that they will be exported as organic despite the fact that they originate from an illegal settlement. The Northern Dead Sea coast is dominated by settlements, engaging in agriculture and tourism, while Palestinians are unable to engage in any economic activity in the area save for working in the settlements’ fields as labourers. Goods grown in illegal settlements such as Kalia do not conform to the IFO… Continue reading
Who profits from the E1 settlement expansion? A profile of Kfar Adumim
…is a relatively small settlement and most of the international companies present were involved in construction for settlement expansion, but other areas of interest for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement include tourism and relationships between foreign and Israeli companies such as telecommunications companies Bezeq and BT. As previously reported by Corporate Watch Bezeq operate in Kfar Adumim. Construction Companies JCB Vibromax a… Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Watch Research Blogs
Tagged Caterpillar, Construction, E1, Jahalin, JCB, Kfar Adumim, Khan al Ahmar, Psagot Wineries, Telecommunications, Tourism, Volvo, Wine
Open letter to venere.com
We are writing to ask you to stop providing online advertising services to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kibbutz Afik in the Israeli occupied Golan. The Syrian Golan was occupied by military force by Israel in 1967. Towns, villages and cities of the indigenous Syrian residents were razed and 131, 000 of the residents forcibly expelled. The area remains under military occupation and has been colonised by Israeli settlers who have established… Continue reading
Tourism, fruit picking and occupation ideology: Ein Zivan settlement in the Golan
…ore comfortable climate. It was also one of the first settlements in the Israeli occupied Golan. Established in 1968, it has a population of around 50 Israeli families and -like most Golan settlements- makes its money through tourism and fruit sales. Cherries, blackberries, strawberries, peaches, pomegranates, plums, apples and various herbs are all grown on the land occupied by Ein Zivan. The kibbutz runs a popular ‘pick your own fruitR… Continue reading
Tourism in apartheid Israel – a ‘unique’ experience
Israel tourism advert from G2 A few weeks ago the Guardian’s G2 supplement ran a series of adverts for tourism in Israel. One of them, shown above, describes a holiday in Israel as a ‘unique experience’. Damn right its a unique experience; interrogation by surly airport security, sharing buses with hordes of armed to the teeth Israeli adolescents and the chance to see the old city of Jerusalem policed by racist goons with a qu… Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Watch Research Blogs, Uncategorized
Tagged Dead Sea, Golan Heights, Media, Tourism
Empowering the occupiers: ELIN Seilbahntechnik
…anese sides of what Israel consider the border. This, of course, is something that Israel themselves are proud of and highlight as just another point of interest for visitors. As one of the web-sites dedicated to Mound Hermon tourism states: “The highest point of Mount Hermon is home to sophisticated and latest technology Radar and Tracking systems of the IDF who are part of our strategic advantage over Syria” ( http://www.hermon.com/mt_hermon/ )… Continue reading
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