Israeli 'blood diamond' Australia protest
Australia House, London. Fri 8 Dec 2017
The campaigners put up banners in front of Australia House
and one on the pavement
A man comes to argue with the protesters
And they have two Palestinian flags on a tall pole
in front of the Australian flag on the High Commission
One with the message 'Free Palestine' and the other 'Boycott Israel'
Israel's largest industry is diamond cutting, with a 26% share of
Israel's manufacturing exports
and the Israeli diamond industry contributes about $1 billion annually
to the Israeli military and security industries
One company, BSG (Beny Steinmetz Group), used to boast on the web
of its contributions to the Givati Brigade
accused of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by the
United Nations Human Rights Council.
BSG was renamed Diacore shortly after these allegations were made
public.
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