Footnotes
[2] As shown by SOMO’s analysis of EU trade and investment relations with Israel (“Economic Sanctions Now: The EU Is Israel’s Largest Investor”)
[3] Discussed in the report “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide” by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese’s to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.
[4] As shown in the many mentions of Elbit Systems in archives from the Dutch Defence Press.
[5] Think, for instance, about both companies’ roles monitoring US borders, or Lockheed Martin’s supply of weapons used directly on Yemeni citizens.
[6] In the article by Necva Tastan Sevinc, “Netherlands Bans Israeli Firms From Arms Fair Amid Gaza War,” the reasons of this retrieval are justified by fears of social unrest, and are not based on ethical grounds, nor on the Dutch Government’s new condemnation of the state of Israel.
[7] Here a short and descriptive take on Artwashing by writer Joanna Walsh.
[8] “Who We Are & What We Do - Mondriaan Fund,” Mondriaan Fund, April 7, 2025, https://www.mondriaanfonds.nl/en/about-the-fund/who-we-are-what-we-do/.
[9] Ibid.
[10] Ibid.
[11] See these overviews of 21st Century trends by the European Economic and Social Committee, Verso Books or Britannica.
[12] See for example the recruitment of soldiers into fascist movements in the US.
[13] Thinking, for example, about initiatives such as “Artists against Apartheid,” boycott pledges by figures of several cultural industries, or cultural workers directly addressing their institutions.