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London Dump Veolia! Protest at the Natural History Museum

Chris | 10.04.2010 15:43 | Culture | Palestine | Sheffield | World

Protesters leafleted people visiting the Natural History Museum on 10th April 2010 regarding the "Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition" -- Veolia supplies services to the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine -- they run tramway and bus services linking settlements to Israel and a the landfill site taking settlement refuse.



















This protest was advertised here:  http://www.ism-london.org.uk/1240

And for more information see the Why Boycott Veolia? page here:  http://www.bigcampaign.org/index.php?page=veolia

Chris
- Homepage: http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/

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Zionist counter demo

10.04.2010 16:25

Zionist Hoffman vs someone from J-Big - JBig won
Zionist Hoffman vs someone from J-Big - JBig won

Richard Miller - Harrassed a woman
Richard Miller - Harrassed a woman

Also at the demo were two zionist counter-protestors - Jonathon Hoffman who has a long history of attempting to disrupt pro-Palestinian events, and Richard Miller who almost got a slapping after sexually harrassing a woman.....

Free Palestine!


Why boycott Veolia and what its got to do with the Natural History Museum

11.04.2010 11:21

Why Boycott Veolia? building a tramline to Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank

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. As a result of high profile boycott campaigns around the world, Veolia last year attempted to abandon its part in the tram line project (see previous articles: 1 | 2). But Veolia’s shameless facilitation of settlement infrastructure does not end there. On a recent visit to the area, Corporate Watch investigated the impact of Veolia’s other big operation on occupied land: the Tovlan landfill.

Why Boycott Veolia? dumping settlement rubbish on Palestinian land

Established in 1999, Tovlan is situated deep inside the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, on land cleansed of Palestinians after the occupation of the area in 1967. According to Veolia, operating the landfill can not be considered unethical or in breach of their guidelines as the dump allegedly provides services to both Palestinians and Israeli settlers. The company sign of Veolia’s subsidiary ONYX proudly advertises its business at the front gate. However, the Tovlan site is managed by the Israeli settlement regional council of Biqat Hayarden, which covers 21 illegal settlements, and the land is leased from the occupier: Israeli’s civil administration. There is little evidence of the much-talked-about benefits for the surrounding Palestinian communities, as a meeting with an ex-Tovlan employee confirms.

What's it got to do with the Natural History Museum?

This year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is being sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services, which is accused by campaigners of profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine (see  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10909.shtml). The international showcase for the “very best” nature photography is owned the Natural History Museum and the BBC Wildlife Magazine. The award is no stranger to controversial sponsorship deals; recent years saw fossil fuel giant, Shell, acting as sponsor.

To find out more see  http://corporateoccupation.wordpress.com/tag/veolia/

Sarah Cobham
mail e-mail: scobham@gmail.com


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Richard Miller?

11.04.2010 16:15

Both faces are well known disrupters of pro-Palestinian events. Jonathon Hoffman is from the zionist federation and board of deputies, but who is Richard Miller?

not Richard Miller


Richard Millett

16.04.2010 11:53

It's Millett, not Miller! I'm not sure what groups he is in but he has written for the Jewish Chronicle and has a blog on its website. He is not disruptive like Hoffman but asks silly questions and has this smug assurance that he is right. He can sit through a whole talk about the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, remain completely unmoved and then ask a question about anti-Semitism..... Typical and predictable.

I set the trend for putting stickers on Hoffman's behind of which he was completely oblivious.Then someone stuck the pole of a Palestinian flag in the top of his bag while he was being interviewed! The way we were decorating him, it was like he was on his stag night!'

What was equally amusing, was the way he unwittingly joined in our chants! We would stay silent while he chanted 'One ,two, three, four' and then drown out the rest of his slogan with 'Occupaion no more'...Then he'd chant, 'five, six, seven, eight' and we'd continue, 'Israel is a terrorist state'.

I would like to take ths opportunity once again, to thank Hoffman for livening up our demos!

Debbie
Operatic counterpart to Hoffman's rant!

Deborah Fink
mail e-mail: debopera.fink@btopenworld.com


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