By Lisa Stallard Published: 7 December 2008 ScanOnline Lancaster University’s Friends of Palestine Society has proposed a campus-wide boycott of Eden Springs mineral water over the company’s trading activities in the Golan Heights, an Israeli-owned territory, legally belonging to Syria. The Israeli-owned water company is responsible for supplying water for drinking fountains all across campus,…
Informational material posted on front of Lloyds TSB St Vincent Street Branch, Glasgow by supporter December 2008 Lloyds TSB faces threats of direct action The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is set to protest outside Lloyds TSB, Hanover Street, Edinburgh and St Vincent Street, Glasgow every Saturday from 12-2pm Following a recent meeting of activist organizations…
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By Mick Napier 25 Nov 2008 Israeli water cooler company Eden Springs has closed its East of Scotland depot after losing ‘hundreds of contracts across Scotland’. Among the major losses in recent months are contracts with East Lothian and West Lothian Councils, Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries, and Heriot–Watt University. The Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, Scottish trade…
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18th November 2008Israeli Pirates kidnap British citizen at gun pointGaza City, 10 a.m.18th November 2008 – Andrew Muncie, 34, from Spean Bridge in the Highlands of Scotland has been arrested while accompanying Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip.Muncie was taken this morning with fifteen Palestinian fishermen and 2 other international Human Rights…
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Yes. Ben & Jerry’s (ice cream) has a reputation as an ethical brand. In June 1998 however the company concluded an agreement with Eden Springs Ltd (Mayanot Eden/Mei Eden) to use only Eden Springs water in its sorbet products. A campaign was launched by New Yorkers for a Just Middle East Peace (NYJMEP) and in…
Yes. Gush Shalom, the Israeli peace activist group, campaigns for the economic boycott of all settlement products. They have been campaigning for a boycott of Eden Springs for 10 years. Read Gush Shalom’s letter of support for our campaign to boycott Eden Springs
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