Leviev

No Business as Usual with Apartheid Israel

by Haitham Sabbah December 5, 2009

At Leviev Store, Protesters Tell Business Leaders “No Business as Usual with Apartheid Israel” New York, NY, December 4, 2009 – 25 New York City human rights advocates caught the Israel Business Leaders Delegation to the United States by surprise this morning with a noisy protest outside their “breakfast reception amidst the Leviev jewelry collection” [...]

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New Yorkers protests for freedom for Palestinian activist who opposes Leviev’s settlements

by Haitham Sabbah October 18, 2009

New York, NY, October 17, 2009 – On Saturday forty New York human rights advocates rallied on a cold fall day at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli settlement mogul Lev Leviev to demand that Israel release jailed Palestinian boycott activist Mohammad Othman. Othman, held without charges and in solitary confinement since September 22nd, [...]

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Dubai False Promise: Leviev Alive!

by Haitham Sabbah November 22, 2008

Despite Ban, Leviev to Sell Jewelry at Grand Opening of Atlantis Hotel in Dubai Unconfirmed Report says Leviev to Attend Atlantis Opening Adalah-NY has learned that the jewelry of Israeli billionaire and settlement-builder Lev Leviev will be on sale at this week’s gala opening of the luxury hotel Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai. Despite Leviev’s [...]

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UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire, Leviev

by Haitham Sabbah June 20, 2008

Some good news: Adalah-NY – UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire Known for Constructing Settlements on Palestinian Lands Diamond Mogul, Lev Leviev, Facing Increasing Pressure for Human Rights Violations A senior advisor to UNICEF’s Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. [...]

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Is Dubai helping ethnic cleansing in Palestine?

by Khalid Amayreh April 21, 2008

The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate. According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev is preparing to open [...]

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Call on Dubai to boycott Leviev’s stores over Israel settlements

by Haitham Sabbah April 19, 2008

New York human rights activists, and representatives of the West Bank Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous called on the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates to boycott the jewelry stores of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements. According to a flurry of recent [...]

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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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