Kuwait boycotts companies working with Israel
The government of Kuwait has announced that it will not deal with 50 companies due to their role in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in a move being welcomed by campaigners as a landmark success for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The blacklisted companies include some of the top corporate targets of the BDS movement, such as Volvo, Heidelberg Cement, Dexia, Pizzarotti, Alstom as well as Veolia. Veolia was recently excluded from a $750m contract, and “all future contracts,” by Kuwaiti authorities over its role in the illegal Jerusalem Light Rail project and other projects that serve illegal Israeli settlements.
The blacklisted companies are expected to be excluded from contracts worth billions of dollars, especially if other Arab countries take similar steps.
According to media reports, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry is also investigating the Kuwaiti operations of G4S, the British security company that secures Israeli military checkpoints and colonies and helps Israel run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are tortured, with a view to cancelling its license to operate if it does not terminate its participation in Israeli violations of international law.
Source : Alternative News
The Palestinian Ministry of Trade and Industry has opened a legal investigation to determine which companies deal with Israel in the occupied territories at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after it had been informed by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation that the British-based multinational security services company G4S, which works for Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, is suspected to have branches in Kuwait, Al-Quds newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, sources told the newspaper that Kuwait’s Ministry of Commerce has asked the relevant departments to check if G4S has a license to operate in Kuwait and to immediately notify it to stop dealing with Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, or else the company’s license will be cancelled and it will be prevented it from operating in Kuwait.
Sources also noted that Kuwait’s law number 21 of the year 46 states that Israeli products must be boycotted and prohibits dealing with Israeli companies, stipulating that any company that violates this law or deals with a banned entity will be punished.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce has recently ended its cooperation with 50 European companies because of their activities in the settlements built on the occupied territories of 1967. This decision reflects the official position of the specialised committees in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League, in response to the important popular and parliamentary pressures that have been pushing in this direction for four years in coordination with the National Boycott Committee. Recently, the opportunities for having similar positions in different parts of the Arab world have been increasing, which will strongly encourage the economic boycott of these companies on the global level.
Al-Quds reported that the Municipality of Kuwait decided earlier to exclude French company Veolia from a huge contract for solid waste treatment, valued at $750 million, because of its involvement in Israeli projects contrary to international law. It is also “excluding Veolia from any future projects,” following an appeal from the National Boycott Committee.
The committee appealed to the government and the National Assembly in Kuwait to exclude Veolia because “of its involvement in a number of Israeli projects including the infamous project ‘Jerusalem tram’, which connects the illegal settlements in Jerusalem, an act that is considered a flagrant violation of international law and Palestinian human rights. The Arab summit conference, which was held in Khartoum in 2006, condemned the project as part of Israel’s colonial scheme in Jerusalem, and called for taking punitive measures against the two French companies involved in the project: Veolia and Alstom.”
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Every religion and country has the right to do the same.
It won't be terror from man but from the One and Holy God Jehovah! He wishes that none perish however if you enemy of Isreal you have became an enemy of Jehovah. They are is Chosen nation to reveal himself to the World.
Good job kuwait
If no one bought from these companies then they'd have to close. Some people prefer their double cream vanilla lattes more than their professed hate for Israel.
If all muslims country in one hand No one can destroy In Shaa Allah
Well come good decision.we proud Kuwait government.
Govt should think about this also,
about Starbucks? McDonalds? Marks and Spencer? Coca-Cola? Victoria Osteena's Secret? Johnson and Johnson's? L'oreal? These products/stores and so many more (that deal with Israel) have been in Kuwait for almost a decade now. Why are they not being removed from the country? Or are contracts being struck down only if they don't serve a personal purpose?
fuck Israel and all it's allies and supporters
Please… we don't need any more terror. Dont act like terrorists!
What about Starbucks? McDonalds? Marks and Spencer? Coca-Cola? Victoria's Secret? Johnson and Johnson's? L'oreal? These products/stores and so many more (that deal with Israel) have been in Kuwait for almost a decade now. Why are they not being removed from the country? Or are contracts being struck down only if they don't serve a personal purpose? A lot of questions, no answers.
They rather support Hamas terrorists than the Israeli government looking for peace.
With Prophet Muhammad being a terrorist preacher, it is not surprising their ideas are messed up.
Warning to those who turn their backs on Isreal. You will see destruction.
wa ge wa……….kia baat ha baycot………go Nawaz go
yahud baycotts
Good