[lbo-talk] Gar Lipow: Local action in protest of Israeli occupation is crucial

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Thu May 10 00:50:56 PDT 2012


Kudos to our own Gar on a nice introduction:

"As former President Jimmy Carter and South African anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu point out, Israel currently is an apartheid state. In Gaza, bombing of water and sewage and an Israeli blockade preventing rebuilding ensure that less than 10 percent of available water is safe to drink, leading to hepatitis, kidney disease and cancer. In the West Bank, Palestinian homes are bulldozed while illegal settler homes are subsidized. In Israel itself, many homes are subject to racially restrictive covenants that exclude Palestinians, like the similar covenants that once excluded African Americans in the United States. Beatings, window-breakings and other types of violence against Palestinians are often tolerated. These war crimes and other human rights abuses are well-documented by such groups as Amnesty International and Jewish Voices for Peace.

"In response to a universal call from Palestinian civil society, the international community seeks boycott of Israeli goods, divestment from Israeli businesses, and sanctions against the government of Israel until Palestinian rights are respected. BDS is the same tactic that helped bring down apartheid in South Africa ..."

Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/10/2099183/local-action-in-protest-of-israeli.html#storylink=cpy http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/10/2099183/local-action-in-protest-of-israeli.html

-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."



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