Veolia became a target for activists due to its involvement in various projects serving illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, such as buses, landfill and wastewater treatment, and the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR), which links settlements to West Jerusalem.
Two years after the boycott Veolia campaign was first launched in 2008, the company had already lost "important contracts" in the words of one official. In 2012, Veolia Israel's CEO admittedthat many in the group believed "the company lost many contracts because of [the Jerusalem Light Rail]."
According to campaigners, 10 local authorities in Ireland and the UK barred Veolia from public contracts, while councils in at least 25 cities around the world opted not to award or renew contracts with Veolia following public campaigns.
In addition, its role in settlements also prompted investors such as the Dutch ASN Bank and the Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation to divest from Veolia.
While Veolia has confirmed it is "stepping back from Israel as a marketplace", the company continues to be a shareholder in the JLR through Veolia Transdev. Nawajaa said the campaign against Veolia would continue until it fulfils its stated intention of selling its holding in the railway.
Nice!
May those Israelis lose even more business interests. Companies supporting the homicidal activities of a racist nation like Israel should not have access to the civilized world and its markets.
The Jews work more effectively against us than the enemy's armies... It is much to be lamented that each state, long ago, has not hunted them down as pests to society...
-- George Washington