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Beware: Blood diamonds are funding Israel’s war crimes
Last week the 2025 chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, had an article published extolling the benefits of the scheme. He must have had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he sent the article for publication. Despite the bullish headline, integrity was missing from…
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The diamond industry’s calculated complicity in Israel’s genocide
Leading luxury brands De Beers, Forevermark, Tiffany’s, Bulgari, Harry Winston, Cartier, Signet Jewellers and others’ continued sale of diamonds processed in Israel demonstrates a calculated acceptance of reputational, financial and legal risks. This deliberate choice underscores the industry’s confidence in its ability to conceal its complicity in grave human rights…
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The diamond industry and multinationals are complicit in Israel’s genocide
As the peak Christmas diamond sales period approaches, the millions of people who have marched in city streets worldwide calling for an end to Israel’s genocide and apartheid should now call out the jewellery industry’s complicity in the genocide and demand reparations for its victims. Multinational corporations with operations in…
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Genocide in Gaza: Luxury at what cost?
With one decision these four people can significantly alter the financial ability of Israel to continue its genocidal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Palestine which has unleashed apocalyptic carnage and suffering on over two million people trapped in Gaza. The harrowing toll of death and destruction challenges everyone with influence…
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The Kimberley Process: Israel’s multi-billion dollar blood diamond laundry
Last week there was a callous, brutal attack on a sleeping family in their home in Gaza which killed a husband and wife, blowing their shredded bodies across a street; the ensuing bombardment killed 34 people including a family of eight. That this was all done by a leading member…
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Israel’s diamond exports crash as BDS and war crimes impact
Israel’s gross diamond exports have crashed by a staggering 45 per cent since the 2014 massacre in Gaza that resulted in the death of over 2,200 people, mainly civilians including over 550 children. The net value of Israel’s diamond exports has fallen even further, by 60 per cent from $11.25…
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EU urged to end trade in Israel diamonds
Human Rights Campaigners say Kimberley Process Must Suspend Israel and Ban Israeli Diamonds Exports, according to their press release. A global coalition of organisations working for justice and peace in Palestine have called on the EU to seek the suspension of Israel from the Kimberley Process and a ban on…
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Tiffany’s supplier funds IDF unit accused of war crimes: jewellery industry awash with blood diamonds
The hypocrisy and double standards that permeate the jewellery industry when it comes to blood diamonds is laid bare when one examines the ethical credential of Tiffany’s diamonds, one of the world’s most prestigious jewellers. Given Tiffany’s extensive corporate social responsibility endeavours, complete with reassuring soft-focus video, few would question…
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$83m diamond default: Sotheby’s and Israel war crimes
Last November, amid a fanfare of international publicity, Sotheby’s achieved a world record $83 million for a pink diamond auctioned in Geneva. Four months later, on February 27, Sotheby’s disclosed that they were forced to take the diamond, they then valued at $73 million, into their inventory when the consortium…