The European decision says that no Israeli institution or corporation which has any direct or indirect connection with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights will receive any contract, grant, prize or suchlike from the EU or any member state.
Britain’s largest supermarket chain Tesco boycotts products from occupied West Bank
The European Union has banned the import of poultry and eggs from israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including annexed East Jerusalem
A Dutch pension-fund manager, PGGM, and Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, have sold stakes in Israeli banks that finance settlement construction.
The Netherlands’ largest public water-supplier, Vitens, cut ties to Israel’s water company, Mekorot, which takes water from the West Bank and then sells it back to Palestinians.
Gill Scott Heron, Elvis Costello, Roger Waters from Pink Floyd, Massive Attack and hundreds of other artists have chosen to support the cultural boycott of Israel by refusing to play shows there. World-renowned physicist Steven Hawking canceled a scheduled appearance at an Israeli government conference after appeals from Palestinian academics.
SodaStream, which has its main factory in the West Bank and makes home carbonation products, has closed its EcoStream shop in Brighton and one of Britain’s biggest retailers John Lewis will no longer stock its products after two years of protests.
British security contractor G4S indicated it will end its role in Israeli prisons.
French multinational company Veolia this month announced that it is selling most aspects of its business in Israel after grass-roots campaigning in opposition to its provision of infrastructure services.
Danske Bank, Denmark’s biggest bank; Norwegian bank Nordea; and state pension funds in Norway and Luxembourg have all divested from Israeli military companies, banks or companies involved in settlement construction.
