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Targeting Israeli Apartheid: a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Handbook – Corporate Watch
Targeting Israeli Apartheid examines the Israeli economy and details the Israeli and international companies complicit in Israeli state repression.
“Targeting Israeli Apartheid is the guide many of us in the movement have been waiting for. This forensic, clear and systematic account details the where, who, how and why of the flows of capital and contracts which enable the colonisation of Palestine to continue.”
Ewa Jasiewicz – Coordinator of the Free Gaza movement
The Palestinians’ Inalienable Right to Resist
Extract from a design by Ismail Shammout
https://www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/the-palestinians-inalienable-right-to-resist?s=09
Break the fear barrier and speak up for Palestine
Saying the Palestinian issue is ‘complex’ is no excuse for not speaking up against Israeli crimes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/11/break-the-fear-barrier-and-speak-up-for-palestine
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New Zealand state pension fund divests from Israeli banks | The Electronic Intifada
New Zealand’s $33 billion national pension fund has excluded five Israeli banks from its portfolio because of their role in financing Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
It’s not the first time a Palestinian dies this way during a nighttime Israeli army raid – Israel News – Haaretz.com
A 69-year-old Palestinian woman suffered a fatal heart attack in her
home when Israeli soldiers arrived in the middle of the night to arrest a
relative – who wasn’t present. Last year IDF troops invaded some 2,500
homes in the West Bank
Jonathan Kuttab reports on his recent trip to Palestine and the upcoming launch of his new book.
Jonathan Kuttab is a co-founder of NVI. As a well known international human rights attorney, Mr. Kuttab has established himself as a prominent speaker on nonviolence. In this video, he speaks on his October 2020 trip to Palestine, as well as the launch of his new book Beyond the Two State Solution.
If you want to get on the list for Jonathan’s new free (PDF) booklet called Beyond The Two-State Solution, go to this page and sign up.
Jonathan Kuttab is also the Co-founder of Al-Haq and an internationally renowned human rights attorney.
Nonviolence International
http://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/
Urgent Call to Help Families Affected by COVID-19
Free Palestine Melbourne has a friend in Hebron who is raising money, alongside some partners in the US, for families struggling in Hebron.
If you feel like donating, please do.
You probably all know that Hebron was the hardest hit by COVID cases. It has also been badly hit economically – being the largest Palestinian city and the economic hub, as I understand it, there is this perception, even within the West Bank, that Hebron is ok, and the PA isn’t helping much. A few rich families are doing very well, but many families are seriously struggling without tourism – especially domestic tourism from Palestinians within ’48/Israel.
Happy if people have questions too.
Campaign: As UN meets, urge investigation of Israeli apartheid
from bdsmovement.net email:
Representatives of governments from around the world are meeting this week at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the UN’s 75th General Assembly (UNGA). Palestinians and supporters of their rights need your help to ensure that the UNGA responds to the Palestinian demand for freedom, justice and equality.
Today, more than 450 global civil society organizations – unions, movements and political parties from tens of countries around the world – released a letter calling on the UNGA and its Member States to launch international investigations into Israel’s apartheid regime over the Palestinian people, and to impose targeted sanctions by all States to stop Israeli apartheid and illegal annexation of Palestinian land.
Apartheid is a crime against humanity, and States are responsible for bringing the illegal situation to an end. The United Nations investigated apartheid in South Africa and imposed sanctions on the apartheid regime there, contributing to ending it. It’s past time for the UN to do the same with Israel.
Make sure UNGA President Volkan Bozkir hears the demand that the UN investigate Israeli apartheid by sharing it on social media
Palestinians and supporters of human rights are organizing a week of action to give visibility to this civil society call opposing Israel’s regime of colonialism and apartheid, and we hope you can join in.
- Tuesday, September 22nd: Launch of the week of action. Share the open letter to the UNGA and spread this global call for the UN to investigate Israeli apartheid
- Wednesday, September 23rd: Knowledge is power! Stay tuned and check out the list of resources we will be sharing on social media, and #EducateAgainstApartheid.
- Thursday, September 24th, 4-6 PM Palestine time: Join a twitterstorm highlighting corporate and government complicity in Israeli apartheid. We will email the tweets with images that day.
- Friday, September 25th: Launch of video: “Lives under apartheid.”
- Monday, September 28th: Launch of video “Global Response to Israeli apartheid: Together we prevail.” Look for an email from us that day.
Join us and take action against racism, discrimination and apartheid. Save the date for the Thursday twitterstorm, from 4-6 PM Palestine Time.
In solidarity,
Palestinian BDS National Committee and Free Palestine Melbourne
Did Israel Violate International Humanitarian Law During Operation Protective Edge?
by Pat Andriola
An essay from the Emory International Law Review journal.
“On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had launched “Operation Protective Edge,” a military intervention into the Gaza territory. The IDF stated that the goals of Protective Edge were “aimed to retrieve stability to the residents of southern Israel, eliminate Hamas’ capabilities and destroy terror infrastructure operating against the State of Israel and its civilians.” Less than two months later, at least 2,131 Palestinians had been killed, 1,473 of whom were civilians and 501 children.”