During the bidding process for an eight-year, $4.5 billion dollar contract to operate Stockholm county's subway…Veolia came under heavy pressure in the Swedish media for its involvement in Israel's tramway project that links illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank to Jerusalem…Despite international actions against Veolia's participation in the tramway project, the company still refuses to take action…the Stockholm Community Council...received thousands of signatories from people demanding that the council choose an operator that was not associated with violations of international humanitarian law. On 20 January, the council announced that Veolia...had lost the contract...Last November, activists and lawyers in France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland have joined forces to campaign for the withdrawal of…Veolia and Alstom because of their involvement in the Israeli tramway…