Dexia excluded from ethical investment fund
Belgian bank Dexia has been excluded from the Triodos sustainable investment universe because of its ongoing financing of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In a statement,...
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Dexia looking for buyer for its Israeli subsidiary
“The Belgian-French financial group Dexia gave a mandate to the Rothschild merchant bank to find a buyer for its Israeli subsidiary. The decision follows several takeover proposals for the bank. The...
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Belgian-French bank Dexia considers selling Israeli subsidiary
The arcane world of finance is not something I normally turn to for hope or inspiration. Yet to my surprise, I was filled with both at the annual general meeting of Dexia, a Belgian-French bank. No...
View ArticleAfter the break up, Dexia Group is still involved in financing the occupation
On Sunday 9 October the Board of Directors of the Dexia Group voted to sell Dexia Bank Belgium to the Belgian government, and Dexia Municipal Agency to the French government. Terzake asked the...
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Short history of BDS in France
As 2012 begins, a French activist looks at the short history of the French BDS movement, which mobilized in the wake of the Israeli assalt on Gaza, Operation Cast Lead. French BDSers on the march The...
View ArticleBDS Successes against Corporations: A response to Anshel Pfeffer
On February 22 Anshel Pfeffer, writing about Corporate Watch’s recent book Targeting Israeli Apartheid in Ha’aretz, claimed that “while the movement has managed to mobilize thousands of supporters...
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Kuwait to boycott 50 companies over role in illegal Israeli settlements
Direct action by Palestinian activists in the Sha’ar Binyamin settlement, West Bank The government of Kuwait has announced that it will not deal with 50 companies due to their role in illegal Israeli...
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