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Pisgat Ze’ev, with a population of over 50.000, is the largest settlement in occupied East Jerusalem and an area that pops up frequently in debates about Israeli settlement expansion. One month ago the area made the headlines when Obama criticised the Israeli government’s plans for 600 new housing units there. Situated just east of the Palestinian Shu’fat refugee camp, Pisgat Ze’ev is a strategically important location for the Israelis in their attempt to maintain a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem. It is also the end stop for one of the branches of the controversial Jerusalem Light Railway, which will connect illegal settlements to west Jerusalem and the old city. However, international companies still seem happy to trade there, as Blockbusters and Pizza Hut both have franchises in the Pisgat Ze’ev mall and the surrounding area. There is also an Orange mobile phone shop there. Orange Israel is owned by the Israeli Partner Communications Company Ltd and not connected to Orange owned by French Telecom. However, the Orange brand name is used under licence, hence representing the endorsement of the mother company. (more…)
Corporations in the East Jerusalem settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev
Blockbuster franchise in Pisgat Ze'ev
Pisgat Ze’ev, with a population of over 50.000, is the largest settlement in occupied East Jerusalem and an area that pops up frequently in debates about Israeli settlement expansion. One month ago the area made the headlines when Obama criticised the Israeli government’s plans for 600 new housing units there. Situated just east of the Palestinian Shu’fat refugee camp, Pisgat Ze’ev is a strategically important location for the Israelis in their attempt to maintain a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem. It is also the end stop for one of the branches of the controversial Jerusalem Light Railway, which will connect illegal settlements to west Jerusalem and the old city. However, international companies still seem happy to trade there, as Blockbusters and Pizza Hut both have franchises in the Pisgat Ze’ev mall and the surrounding area. There is also an Orange mobile phone shop there. Orange Israel is owned by the Israeli Partner Communications Company Ltd and not connected to Orange owned by French Telecom. However, the Orange brand name is used under licence, hence representing the endorsement of the mother company. (more…)
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Walking the route of Veolia's Tramline in East Jerusalem
Veolia, a French multinational, are involved in several projects in occupied Palestine, providing services to Israel’s illegal settlements (see http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3433, http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3474 and http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3514). Veolia has come under intense pressure to pull out of the Citypass Consortium, the group of companies responsible for building the Jerusalem Light Railway. After years of […]
Caterpillar
Caterpillar’s complicity in Israeli war crimes: 2019 statistics
2019 statistics at a glance • Caterpillar military bulldozers were used in all of the 14 punitive demolitions carried out by the Israeli military, demolishing 11 homes and 3 water systems. • The Israeli military carried out 61 Israeli incursions into the Gaza strip. Caterpillar bulldozers are the equipment of […]
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Apartheid in the Fields: From Occupied Palestine to UK Supermarkets (2020 Update), Part 7.3: Waitrose
Waitrose has been obstinate in its stance on settlement produce and was unresponsive to the 2007 ITN and More 4 reports which led other supermarkets to label their goods more clearly. While campaigners have repeatedly tried to engage with the supermarket on the issue, the company has refused to enter […]
Arava
Apartheid in the Fields: From Occupied Palestine to UK Supermarkets (2020 Update), Part One
You can download a copy of Apartheid in the fields by clicking here. Or carry on reading the full report below. Introduction We have released this report as an update to our publication, Apartheid in the Fields. Originally published in 2016, Apartheid in the Fields examined the companies exporting food […]
Arms Companies & Weapons
The role of British universities in supporting Israel’s demolitions of Palestinian Homes
By Tom Anderson First published by Corporate Watch Palestinians are calling for people internationally to take action against the companies complicit in Israel’s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes. This article focuses on British university partnerships with JCB, Caterpillar, HSBC and Volvo – four companies which are complicit in the home […]
