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Veolia's Dirty Business: London Demo

Boycott Veolia Demo in London (1)
Boycott Veolia Demo in London (2)

Veolia – Taking out Israel’s Trash

Veolia, possibly the international company providing the largest amount of services to Israel’s illegal settlements, has been observed picking up waste from the settlements of Tomer and Massua in the Jordan Valley. In 2009 Corporate Watch photographed Veolia garbage trucks picking up waste in Massua settlement. Last week we spotted a Veolia vehicle picking up rubbish from Tomer.

Organic Apartheid – Mehola Settlement

The settlement of Mehola is situated in the Northern Jordan Valley. It is comprised of a gated, fenced residential settlement and an agricultural area. The agricultural area is close to the Palestinian village of Ein al Beida and Palestinian workers, including child workers, work in the fields and packing houses.

“Produce of Israel”: British Company Mislabelling Settlement Goods

Despite increased publicity regarding the labelling of Israeli settlement produce, and the recent DEFRA guidance on the matter which states that produce from the settlements should be labelled as such, it only took us a few minutes inside the illegal Jordan Valley settlement of Mehola to find herbs bound for a British company being mislabelled.

Entrance to Onyx/Veolia landfill site at Massua' settlement

Veolia lorry collecting rubbish from the Israeli landfll site in Massua' settlement

Veolia’s dirty business: The Tovlan landfill

Ever since the first Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel in 2005, French multinational Veolia has been on campaigners’ list of boycott targets for its investment in the controversial East Jerusalem tram line and involvement in ’settlers only’ bus routes.

Brighton boycott protesters descend on Waitrose

Waitrose boycott action 1Sixteen activists held a supermarket invasion today at Waitrose in Brighton to protest at their continued sale of fruit, vegetables and herbs from illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank.