Mother of murdered activist launches Caterpillar boycott call
heather on April 18th, 2005Cindy Corrie, the mother of the activist Rachel Corrie who was killed by a Caterpillar bulldozer in Gaza, joined War on Want and Caterkiller yesterday in order to meet with store managers and urge them to stop stocking Caterpillar goods as they contravene the stores’ ethical sourcing and corporate social responsibility policies.
See press release and today’s Independent
Trade Justice Week
saleh on April 16th, 2005Unison, the Trade Union body have done included Zaytoun in a feature on Trade Justice week
Struggling to be self-reliant in Jenin
heather on April 14th, 2005Why are so many children born with mental and physical disabilities in Jenin? It is this question the staff
of the Local Committee for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (LCORD) set out to answer after more than a
decade of working with such children and their families.
Full article and an appeal for support
Zaytoun Secures finance !
saleh on April 13th, 2005Yesterday we got a call from Triodos bank to say they’ve agreed to loan us £50,000 ! This is fantastic news for Zaytoun as we pay the Palestinian farmers for their Olive Oil before each shipment leaves Palestine.
We’ve been trying to secure finance from many sources since last year hence the Triodos loan offer is very exciting news. The loan was made possible because of the many individuals who stepped forward and guaranteed a small portion of the Tridos loan.
We’d like to thank everyone, including Triodos bank, who’ve made the finance offer possible.
‘Let me fight my monsters’
heather on April 10th, 2005Two years ago Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American protester, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. Since then she has become a potent symbol for both sides of the conflict. But who was the real Rachel? Katharine Viner, who has edited her writings for a new play, on an ordinary woman with an extraordinary passion
My Name Is Rachel Corrie is at the Royal Court, Sloane Square, London SW1 until April 30. Box office: 020-7565 5000.
Israel ships its rubbish to West Bank
heather on April 5th, 2005Israel is planning to dump 10 000 tonnes of waste onto Palestinian land
every month as this is 25% cheaper than it would be on the Israeli side
of the 1967 “green line” (Independent). The quarry near Nablus in the West
Bank will, according to Israeli officials, benefits both the Israelis and
the Palestinians, but critics are concerned it will damage underground
water supplies and vital Palestinian olive-growing land. Legal experts say
the landfill could violate international law (Times).
See article on line at - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1555236,00.html
