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28 January, 2010 The divestment report urging Carleton University to divest from companies implicated in Israel’s occupation and grave violations of human rights is a true gem for the BDS movement. The research, argumentation, corroboration and writing style are impeccable and deeply impressive. In making the case for divestment from Israel, the SAIA report combines [...]

Tesco’s position was that their fundamental responsibility is to provide choice to customers. They stressed that they comply with the law, they do not make it, but at the same time their core value is “to treat people as we would like to be treated”. We made little progress when we pointed out the gross injustice of the treatment of Palestinians, who had been dispossessed and whose land and water resources are being illegally exploited while their own economy had been throttled. They did not want to address any political questions.