ISRAEL FRUIT & VEGETABLES are one of Israel’s biggest exports and all Israeli agricultural exporters are complicit in Israel’s violations of international law as they operate on stolen Palestinian land.
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CATERPILLAR bulldozers are regularly used in the demolition of Palestinian homes and farms and in Israel’s massacres in Gaza.
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HP - Hewlett Packard helps run the ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement. For more information, see bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp
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PUMA sponsors the Israel Football Association, which includes teams in Israel’s illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land. For more information, see: bdsmovement.net/boycott-puma
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SODASTREAM home drinks machines are one of Israel’s best known exports.
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AHAVA cosmetics are another of Israel’s best known export companies.
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SABRA hummus is a joint venture between PepsiCo and the Strauss Group, an Israeli food company that provides financial support to the Israel Defense Forces.
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One problem the Pashinyan government faces is that all of the institutions and legal mechanisms at its disposal for making AZ release the POWs are being deployed at the moment with little effect for the time being. 1/6
The reason for this is that the power relationships which guarantee such 'contractual' agreements (such as the HR treaties to which AZ is also subject) are not in favor of the Armenian state:
AZ has a history of ignoring the ECHR and getting away with it.
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Generally speaking there are two direct ways of turning that around: either by military means or economic means.
Given that the first isn't an option at the moment, the Armenians cause is left with the second. 3/6
1. "The Azerbaijani Laundromat is a complex money-laundering operation and slush fund that handled $2.9 billion over a two-year period through four shell companies registered in the UK."
2. "Between 2012 and 2014, Azerbaijan’s kleptocratic ruling elites pumped the money through the companies’ Estonian bank accounts.
The companies’ true owners were hidden behind unknown offshore shareholders."
3. "Even as the Azerbaijani government arrested activists and journalists wholesale, members of the country’s ruling elite were using a secret slush fund to pay off European politicians, buy luxury goods, launder money, and otherwise benefit themselves.