Susan Sarandon

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Huffington Post

Susan Sarandon's Double Standards

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Susan Sarandon has expressed surprising unwillingness to denounce her support for the Israeli Billionaire, Lev Leviev, who has been criticized by a variety of NGOs including Adalah-NY for his involvement in building settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Inter Press Service News Agency

Israeli Magnate Draws Activists' Ire

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Having successfully lobbied the U.N. Children's Agency UNICEF to stop accepting donations from Israeli billionaire Lev Avnerovich Leviev, activists from Adalah-NY are urging celebrities who have made public appearances with Leviev to cut all ties with him.

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DIamond World

Sarandon asked to boycott Leviev

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Israel's Coalition of Women for Peace has called on US actress Susan Sarandon to publicly disavow connections with the businesses of Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev due to his companies' construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This follows similar requests to Sarandon by leading Palestinian civil society organizations, the Palestinian villages of Bil'in and Jayyous where Leviev is building settlements, the US group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and Adalah-NY.

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New York Post

Jeweler Foes Blast Sarandon

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Susan Sarandon outraged the Jewish Voice for Peace group when she crossed its picket line to attend a cocktail party last month in the new Madison Avenue jewelry store of Lev Leviev, a diamond-dealing real-estate mogul who owns the former New York Times building and the Apthorp building on the Upper West Side.

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IDEX

Activist Group Urges Susan Sarandon to Boycott Leviev

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Lev Leviev’s U.S flagship jewelry store recently opened in New York City in the midst of protests organized by activist group Adalah-NY. The organization also reported that they have sent a letter to actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Susan Sarandon, who attended the grand opening of the store, urging her to refrain from purchasing from Leviev.

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New York Post

Her Best Friends

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Susan Sarandon will cross a picket line - if there are diamonds on the other side. The actress waded through a throng of picketers from Adalah-NY to get to a cocktail party for the Leviev jewelry store launch on Madison Avenue this week.

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