View the full Call by Palestinian Civil Society For Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions in PDF form.
We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel. We also invite conscientious Israelis to support this Call, for the sake of justice and genuine peace.
Also, on Tuesday the Kenyan Anglican Church announced its support of divestment from Israel.
And here are some of the most recent evidence supporting the case for divestment: today an Israeli security guard shot and killed a Palestinian teenager who was throwing rocks; Israel is stealing the farm land of 50 Palestinian families (500 people) near Hebron to build the wall and expand a settlement; and the Israeli government has admitted that the route of the Apartheid Wall was determined not just by security, but also political, considerations (such a surprise...).
Palestinian organizations calling for a boycott of Israel. Holy hell Batman, this is such a rare occurence and a totally new concept!
Posted by: Barkovitch | July 09, 2005 at 05:02 AM
The Wall is actually an EXCELLENT idea -- it's just the route that's the problem ... The only thing is -- the Palestinian Civil Society (insert sarcastic joke here) groups don't actually say what their goal is by the boycott, at least in the excerpt you printed.
Posted by: An improved picture of Scott! | July 13, 2005 at 04:44 PM