National Committee Boycott (BNC / BNC) greets participants in the Global Day of Action for the BDS and the Israeli Apartheid Week
12 April 2011
by Palestinian BDS National Committee
occupied Palestine, April 12, 2011
The BDS National Committee (BNC), a coalition representing a large majority of society Palestinian civil warmly welcomes the participants in the Global Day of Action for the BDS by Earth Day, March 30, and 7th Israeli Apartheid Week (7 to March 13, 2011).
March 30, the day of the 35th celebration of Earth Day, a day of Palestinian resistance in memory of the 1976 protests against the confiscation by Israel, during which six Palestinians of Israel were killed and hundreds more arrested and injured, was marked by demonstrations throughout Gaza, West Bank and Israel . The BNC called a third Global Day of Action to mark the International Day. Of the more than 60 actions that were carried out in 21 countries, some of the most exciting were:
§ The official launch of the international campaign to stop the Jewish National Fund, a key pillar of the colonization of Palestine, which enjoys charitable organization status [nonprofit] in over 50 countries and operates worldwide as a fund raiser for Israeli colonization and apartheid. The Campaign was active and appeared in U.S., Britain and Italy.
§ An activity on the campus of Carleton University [Canada], consisting of closing of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the university who had refused to consider a motion on disinvestment, and the announcement of support from Archbishop Tutu to building a giant model of the apartheid wall at the University of Arizona
§ acividades, demonstrations and publicity campaigns in countries where the BDS is still in its early stage of development, as Poland, Czech Republic , Morocco, Brazil and Argentina .
§ Original and well-organized flashmob, meetings and demonstrations in support of BDS in cities around the world.
§ A Critical Mass cyclist Brussels to highlight the complicity of the European Union and international law violations by Israel.
§ Presenting a new report Stop the Wall to denounce Brazil's military relations with Israel.
can be videos, pictures and reports of all actions on an interactive map located on page Action Day, BDSmovement.net the new website.
Since 7 March onwards, students and solidarity organizations from more than 95 cities around the world participated in the 7th Week against the Apartheid Israeli (SAI / IAW), a series activities and educational events annually, coordinated worldwide in support of the appeal Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and Sanctions. To date, this has been the Israeli Apartheid Week more successful, in North America, Europe, Latin America and Australia, most cities that have never hosted the week's activities. It is encouraging that also have held events UPS / IAW in places like Israel, the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, in a record nine cities, and for the first time in Beirut, Tripoli and Amman.
BDS Movement has achieved important victories in this period. South Africa University of Johannesburg voted to end the relationship with the University Ben Gurion, a move that undoubtedly will have repercussions throughout the world. London United Kingdom, BDS activists knew that as a result of their campaigns, the infrastructure provider Veolia has been ruled out for a contract waste worth 1,630 million pounds, Ahava, manufacturing company cosmetics, will not be renewed the lease of its headquarters in London shopping.
strength, variety, creativity, size and scale, both the BDS as World Day of the Week of Action Against Israeli Apartheid, is a true source of encouragement. Our undeniable global movement is growing, spreading to new countries and areas of policy, developing new tactics and new, original promotional tools, and achieving concrete successes. This period of global coordination of the mobilization has been an important step towards the progressive isolation of Israel and to liberty, justice and equality for the Palestinian people.
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