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| May 9, 2015
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Danish buses set ablaze after company removes anti-Israel settlements ad

Arson attack comes after removal of anti-Israel ads on 35 buses with picture of 2 women beside the quote: “Our conscience is clean! We neither buy products from the Israeli settlements nor invest in the settlement industry.”

By i24news

 

Four buses in Copenhagen were found on fire in a suspected anti-Israel arson attack Friday morning, the Copenhagen Post reported.

Our conscience is clear! We do not buy products from Israeli settlements or invest in settlement industry.” – Facebook

The attack, in which several other buses were covered in anti-Israel graffiti calling to “Free Gaza” and “boycott Israel” comes a week after a pro-Palestinian group was made to remove several advertisements on buses calling for the boycott of Israeli products.

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| April 30, 2015
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Copenhagen’s bus agency removes anti-Israel settlements ad

Danish propaganda campaign scrubbed for being ‘unnecessarily offensive’ by local authorities after public transport agency flooded with complaints from residents.

By The Associated Press

 

Copenhagen’s public transport agency on Thursday ordered the immediate removal of posters opposing Israeli settlements on the capital’s city buses after getting “a considerable amount of complaints.”

“Our conscience is clear! We do not buy products from Israeli settlements or invest in settlement industry.” – Facebook

 

Movia, owned by eastern Denmark local authorities, said the campaign by the Danish Palestinian Friendship Association was “unnecessarily offensive.”

The campaign that started Monday was calling for labels on goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Continue Reading »

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| February 15, 2015
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BREAKING NEWS with Copenhagen synagogue shooting – 2 cops shot, 3rd shot in head

One person shot in head and two police officers wounded in Copenhagen synagogue attack.
• Manhunt in progress as shooter flees on foot;  follows earlier shooting attack in Danish capital at debate attended by Mohammed cartoonist.

By Ynet & Reuters

 

COPENHAGEN – One person was shot in the head and two police were wounded when shots were fired at a synagogue in central Copenhagen a little after midnight Saturday, Danish police said, adding that it was too early to say whether the incident was connected to an earlier one at an arts cafe.

Copenhagen Synagogue – Photo courtesy Google maps

One policeman was shot in the arm and the other in the leg, local media reported. Continue Reading »

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