A Plea to the University of Trondheim, Norway, to boycott Israel
by Mohamed Khodr
(Monday, November 2, 2009)
“The academicians and experts invited to your university to speak on this issue know first hand the victimization at the hands of Pro-Israel forces. They have risked much for the truth and are honorable men and women.”
“Right and wrong are [...]

On 15 October 2009, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came to give the annual King Abdullah II Leadership Lecture at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. Outraged that a man responsible for war crimes in Palestine and Lebanon that killed more than three thousand people during his term of office, community members confronted Olmert inside the lecture hall effectively preventing him from delivering his speech. The Goldstone report, examining Israel’s attack on Gaza last winter, while Olmert was prime minister, called for Israeli leaders to be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Recording and photography were officially banned at Olmert’s request, but The Electronic Intifada had a camera anyway as protestor after protestor rose to make a statement before police forced them to leave. Watch this exclusive video.

The Noose Tightens
by Aluf Benn
Fri., October 16, 2009
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1121529.html
Operation Cast Lead in Gaza was perceived in Israel as a shining victory. Rocket fire from Gaza was brought to a halt almost completely. The Israel Defense Forces emerged from its failure during the Second Lebanon War and deployed ground forces with few casualties. “The world” let the [...]

Norway divests from Israeli company
September 3, 2009
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Norway divested from an Israeli company that supplies surveillance equipment for the security fence.
The Foreign Ministry summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Israel following the announcement of the decision Thursday to remove Elbit Systems, an optics and electronics manufacturer, from its pension fund. The pension fund is [...]