Israeli company funding Top Gear Live
Bikes not bombs | 15.12.2011 09:29
Israeli defence manufacturer Elbit sponsor of Top Gear Live for 2012
http://www.elbitsystems.com/elbitmain/area-in2.asp?parent=326&num=342&num2=342
http://www.elbitsystems.com/elbitmain/area-in2.asp?parent=326&num=342&num2=342
Some activists in Germany opposed to the Top Gear programme have discovered links between the 'live show' of Top Gear and Israeli defence company Elbit systems. Elbit manufactures urban Sat Nav systems based on their military research and will be selling these through sponsorship of the Top Gear Live events around the world.
Elbit, run by extreme Zionist Joseph Ackerman , provides equipment to the Israeli Army in their persecution of the Palestinian people.
A BBC spokesperson confirmed the sponsorship saying,
"Top Gear Live is a wonderful fun family event supported by companies with links to the car industry. Elbit will be showcasing their new satellite based urban navigation system thought to be the most accurate in the world, we welcome them to Top Gear Live and look forward to a long relationship"
Elbit background
On September 3rd 2009, the Norwegian Pension Fund's ethical council decided to sell the fund's stocks in Elbit due to the corporations supply of surveillance systems for the Israeli Apartheid wall. At a press conference to announce the decision, Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen said "We do not wish to fund companies that so directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law".
In January 2010, Danske Bank added Elbit to the list of companies that fail its Socially Responsible Investment policy; a bank spokesman noted that it was acting in the interests of its customers by not 'placing their money in companies that violate international standards'. The Danish financial watchdog Danwatch has also placed Elbit on its ethical blacklist, and one of Denmark's largest pension fund administrators PKA Ltd announced it will no longer consider investing in Elbit, stating "The ICJ [International Court of Justice, the Hague] stated that the barrier only serves military purposes and violates Palestinian human rights. Therefore we have looked at whether companies produce custom-designed products to the wall and thus has a particular involvement in repressive activities."
In March 2010, a Swedish pension fund not wanting to be associated with companies violating international treaties, boycotted Elbit Systems for being involved in constructing the Apartheid Wall.
Elbit, run by extreme Zionist Joseph Ackerman , provides equipment to the Israeli Army in their persecution of the Palestinian people.
A BBC spokesperson confirmed the sponsorship saying,
"Top Gear Live is a wonderful fun family event supported by companies with links to the car industry. Elbit will be showcasing their new satellite based urban navigation system thought to be the most accurate in the world, we welcome them to Top Gear Live and look forward to a long relationship"
Elbit background
On September 3rd 2009, the Norwegian Pension Fund's ethical council decided to sell the fund's stocks in Elbit due to the corporations supply of surveillance systems for the Israeli Apartheid wall. At a press conference to announce the decision, Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen said "We do not wish to fund companies that so directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law".
In January 2010, Danske Bank added Elbit to the list of companies that fail its Socially Responsible Investment policy; a bank spokesman noted that it was acting in the interests of its customers by not 'placing their money in companies that violate international standards'. The Danish financial watchdog Danwatch has also placed Elbit on its ethical blacklist, and one of Denmark's largest pension fund administrators PKA Ltd announced it will no longer consider investing in Elbit, stating "The ICJ [International Court of Justice, the Hague] stated that the barrier only serves military purposes and violates Palestinian human rights. Therefore we have looked at whether companies produce custom-designed products to the wall and thus has a particular involvement in repressive activities."
In March 2010, a Swedish pension fund not wanting to be associated with companies violating international treaties, boycotted Elbit Systems for being involved in constructing the Apartheid Wall.
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Elbit - what they do
15.12.2011 10:07
One of those contractors is Elbit, a large Israeli arms/security company, whose technology can be seen all over the West Bank. People crossing Qalandiya from Ramallah to Jerusalem are monitored by Elbit CCTV cameras as they pass through turnstiles, carrying the brand or product name ‘Alarm’, to be barked at over a tannoy by soldiers inside a plate glass booth. The ‘Shamrad’ intercom system also bears the Elbit logo. Elbit received a contract to provide security systems for the the Jerusalem Envelope section of the Wall (Masu’a system).
Anybody attending a Top Gear Live event can assume their full details will be harvested by Elbit and consequently the State of Israel for future analysis.
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Other Sponsors
15.12.2011 11:01
Ford Motor Co - Suppliers of cars and vans to the Israeli police and Army
Square Melon UK - part of Coca Cola
Active Simulators - supply the Israeli Air force with training
RAF - war criminals
Supreme Sausages - sellers of dead animal flesh
Sponsor Monitoring
Good point
15.12.2011 11:05
All Israeli defence companies are in effect extensions of the State of Israel so sharing your details with Elbit IS sharing your details with Israel but what is worse registration for Top Gear Live requires an individual to supply details of their car giving organisations like Mossad an easy and simple way to organise attacks that are untraceable.
Spooks are everywhere