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London session of the Russel Tribunal on Palestine. ” Corporate Complicity in Israel’s violations in international human rights law and international humanitarian law”. On the jury are Gianni Tognoni, Pr. Pierre Galand, Lord Anthony Gifford QC, Mairead Corrigan, John Dugard, Ambassador of France Stephane Hessel, Ronald Kasrils, Michael Mansfield QC, Cynthia McKinney. The jury listen to experts giving evidence. Ambassador of France Stephane Hessel. (Kristian Buus/Russel Tribunal)Many of the present felt that the official and legalistic proceedings of The Russell Tribunal gave the ongoing civil society struggle formal legitimacy and could possibly open another avenue for direct action against the illegal Israeli Occupation. Moreover, the recorded proceedings, which are now available online, can also be Thrust Bearing used and deployed as an activist resource and tool. The consensus being that action is the way forward but that action has to be strategic and concentrated and localised.

Throughout the two days many other witnesses who are actively involved in civil society campaigns and struggles against the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories submitted statements against corporate complicity and the corporate aiding and abetting of Israel’s illegal policies against the Palestinians, which include restrictions on freedom of movement, land confiscation, resource exploitation, and arbitrary military brutality.

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine sat its second international session on 20-22nd November 2010 at the Law Society Building in Central London. Over two days the people’s tribunal examined evidence of international corporate complicity in Israel’s violations of International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and War Crimes. This sitting followed The Tribunal’s session in 2009 in Barcelona, Spain-Catalonia, which examined EU member state’s omissions and complicity in Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights.

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The increase of sealed bearing use in the bike industry has been a nothing short of a quiet revolution. The weight advantage, smoothness, cost effectiveness, decreased drag and ease of application have been the catalyst for significant leaps in performance and design in the past decade. A sealed, or ‘cartridge,’ bearing (cartridge being the proper nomenclature and a better description) is light, smooth and fast, but by their very nature far from sealed. It has moving interfaces that, in the case of cycling, need to produce as little drag as possible and struggle to create an impenetrable barrier.

A combined Needle Roller Bearing is a combination of a radial and an axial bearing operating at 90º to each other on a common hub. The radial bearing carries the main load and the axial roller resists “crabbing” or side thrust. Both being cylindrical roller bearings of “cageless” design, the bearings offer maximum load for size. Both bearings are sealed with hybrid rubber/metal seals.