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Stars’ Photos Removed from Leviev Website as Celebs Seek Distance from Rights Abuser

by Haitham Sabbah December 19, 2008

After letters from Adalah-NY to Eight Stars, Leviev Removes Celebrity Photos New York, NY, December 19, 2008 – Following complaints by at least four major Hollywood stars whose photos were posted on Israel diamond mogul Lev Leviev’s website, Leviev staff removed the entire celebrity photo section from his website www.leviev.com this week. The photos’ removal [...]

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Protest call for Valentine’s boycott of Leviev

by Haitham Sabbah February 10, 2008

New York & London protesters call for Valentine’s boycott of Leviev over Israeli Settlements London joined New York in the campaign to boycott Leviev By Adalah-NY New York, NY, Feb 9, 2008 – Forty-five protesters called on Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott the jewelry store of Israeli billionaire and settlement magnate Lev Leviev this Saturday, [...]

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Screening in front of Lev’s shop

by Haitham Sabbah January 24, 2008

Adalah-NY: Film screened in front of Leviev New York about Palestinian village protesting Leviev’s settlements. Twenty-five New York protesters and dozens of Madison Avenue passers-by braved sub-freezing temperatures Monday evening to watch the award winning documentary “Bil’in My Love” on the sidewalk 20 feet from the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli diamond magnate Lev [...]

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Bil’in protests Wall, Leviev, army shoots popular committee member in the head

by Haitham Sabbah January 12, 2008

Bil'in protests Wall, IOF shoots in headAbdullah Abu Rahme from the Popular Committee of Bil’in was shot in the head by a rubber-coated steel bullet yesterday at the weekly Bil’in demonstration.

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Stealing Lots o’ Palestinian Land, Caroling against Leviev

by Haitham Sabbah December 23, 2007

New York Human Rights Carolers Debut Songs Protesting Lev Leviev’s Israeli Settlements New York, NY, Dec 22 – Fifty New York human rights carolers sang parodies of holiday tunes today in front of LEVIEV New York to protest Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev’s destruction of communities in Palestine, Angola and in New York City. This [...]

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Second Leviev Protest

by Haitham Sabbah November 22, 2007

NYC Rights Activists Escalate Protests Against Leviev Over Palestine Land-Grab (first protest here!). The Madison Ave jewelry store LEVIEV NY was again the site of protests by human rights activists. In a loud, festive protest this evening, 40 New Yorkers chanted, danced Palestinian Dabka and performed street theater. Protesters were faced by a cordon of [...]

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No Diamonds for Occupation, Mr. Leviev

by Haitham Sabbah November 15, 2007

Lev Leviev, a diamond dealer and one of Israel’s richest men, faced protests from Palestinian rights advocates in New York Tuesday evening. The protesters were challenging Leviev’s funding of Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land in contravention of international law. Glitterati at Leviev’s New York Gala Stunned by Palestinian Rights Protest Over 100 well-dressed, well-heeled [...]

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