Translated by Adalah-NY from the Hebrew-only edition.

". . . .The British embassy’s decision to rent its new embassy building in Tel Aviv from Lev Leviev’s Africa-Israel sends a message from Britain about its position regarding settlements. So wrote the Guardian journalist Abe Hayeem in an op-ed published today (Tuesday) in the Guardian’s internet edition.

The journalist recalls that British prime minister Gordon Brown was quoted as saying to Abu Mazen during his last visit to Ramallah: 'We want to see a freeze on settlements. Settlement expansion has made peace harder to achieve. It erodes trust, it heightens Palestinian suffering, it makes the compromises Israel needs to make for peace more difficult.' According to Hayeem, locating the embassy in Leviev’s building sends the opposite message. . . ."

The Rapaport International Diamond Conference 2008 held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City, turned out to be a collective platform for retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers to discuss current trends of the diamond industry and engage in knowledge sharing. The Adalah-NY came forth with strong protests against the billionaire diamantaire Lev Leviev, at the venue of the conference, hading out flyers outside the hotel.

Hundreds of jewelry industry players gathered at New York City's classic Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Monday for a modern view of the state of the diamond industry. Adalah-NY continued its campaign against billionaire diamantaire Lev Leviev, handing out flyers outside the hotel urging diamond industry players to "steer clear" of Leviev's businesses.