Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • We Will Not Be Silent: Statement in Regard To Israeli Anti-Boycott Law

    Uploaded by

    Boycott Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from within
    1K views2 pages
    We Will Not Be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law July 11, 2011 We, Israeli citizens, members of Boycott!, hereby reiterate our support and promotion of the Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights. We declare this in spite of the new legislation by the Israeli Knesset, which aims to penalize our and our partners' activities, curbing freedom of speech and political organizing and most importantly – banning Israeli citizens from acting according to their conscience when it conflicts with the deplorable policies of the state.

    Original Title

    We Will Not Be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    We Will Not Be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law July 11, 2011 We, Israeli citizens, members of Boycott!, hereby reiterate our support and promotion of the Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights. We declare this in spite of the new legislation by the Israeli Knesset, which aims to penalize our and our partners' activities, curbing freedom of speech and political organizing and most importantly – banning Israeli citizens from acting according to their conscience when it conflicts with the deplorable policies of the state.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    1K views2 pages

    We Will Not Be Silent: Statement in Regard To Israeli Anti-Boycott Law

    Uploaded by

    Boycott Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from within
    We Will Not Be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law July 11, 2011 We, Israeli citizens, members of Boycott!, hereby reiterate our support and promotion of the Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights. We declare this in spite of the new legislation by the Israeli Knesset, which aims to penalize our and our partners' activities, curbing freedom of speech and political organizing and most importantly – banning Israeli citizens from acting according to their conscience when it conflicts with the deplorable policies of the state.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 2

    July 11, 2011

    We Will Not Be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law


    "Were going to arrest you, but its difficult with you because all you do is talk. - Israeli soldier to Palestinian organizer Mohammad Othman, 2009 [1]

    We, Israeli citizens, members of Boycott![2], hereby reiterate our support and promotion of the Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights[3]. We declare this in spite of the new legislation by the Israeli Knesset, which aims to penalize our and our partners' activities, curbing freedom of speech and political organizing and most importantly banning Israeli citizens from acting according to their conscience when it conflicts with the deplorable policies of the state. The anti-BDS law is not the first attempt at silencing the BDS campaign. Throughout the years, Israel has detained Palestinian leaders, activists, speakers and organizers under administrative detention and without charges, or at times under various draconian charges such as 'incitement' and the organizing of 'illegal demonstrations'. On September 22nd 2009, Mohammad Othman, 34, was detained at the Allenby Crossing upon his return to the occupied West Bank following a meeting with Norwegian finance minister Halvorsen. Earlier that month, minister Halvorsen had announced Norways divestment from the Israeli company Elbit due to ethical concerns[4]. Othman was arrested and held without charges or trial, under an unlawful administrative detention order and had spent much of the 113 days in detention under solitary confinement. Imprisonment of political activists is an almost routine practice against Palestinian human rights defenders. Like such repressive practices, the newly approved Israeli law, which specifies fines and the payment of 'compensation' by Israeli citizens or residents, who initiate or encourage a boycott of Israel is also bound to fail. We hereby support and promote the recent Palestinian call for an immediate and comprehensive military embargo on Israel[5] due to its consistent resort to violence and deadly attacks on Palestinians and Arab civilians; we stand with Jewish Voice for Peace in their campaign to bring TIAA-CREF to divest from the Israeli occupation[6]; and, we support and encourage all other BDSrelated divestment campaigns, such as the campaign to Derail Israels Unlawful A1 Train Project[7]. Lastly, we urge artists scheduled to perform in Israel to send a clear message that the Israeli occupation, the institutionalized discrimination of Israel's own Palestinian citizens and Israel's denial of the right of return and compensation of the Palestinian refugees - are neither okay nor normal, as Maxi Jazz from Faithless once put it[8]. Roxette, Ziggy Marley, Dream Theater, George Benson, Nino Katamadze, Paul Simon and John Cale we may risk persecution for saying this heed the Palestinian call for BDS and cancel your shows in Israel!
    [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] http://www.bdsmovement.net/2009/it-will-take-more-than-a-wall-to-silence-us-577 Our full name is: "Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within". Aka: "Boycott from Within". http://www.bdsmovement.net/call http://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-targeting-boycott-movement/8524 http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/military-embargo-call-7497 http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/blog/jvp-demand-tiaa-cref-divest-israeli-occupation-0 http://www.bdsmovement.net/2010/derail-a1-statement-4494 http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1337

    Signed, Elie Adelman Yonah Adelman Uri Agnon Daniel Atai Oshra Bar Yoav Bar Ronnie Barkan Elisha Baskin Roi Basha Ofra Ben Artzi Eitan Bronstein Alona Cohen Matan Cohen Alex Cohn Silan Dallal Yossi David Eran Efrati Hamutal Erato Naama Farjoun Tamar Freed Amir Gafner Amaya Galili Elyakim Genazzani Angela Godfree-Goldstein Rebekah Gomez Ohal Grietzer Mya Guarnieri Shir Hever Connie Hackbarth Nir Harel Lihi Joffe Liad Kantorowicz Yael Kahn Yonatan Kahn Amani Khalefa Assaf Kintzer Yana Knopova (Ziferblat) Abir Kopty Micha Kurtz Noam Lekach Gal Lugassi Emelia Marcovich Anat Matar Haggai Matar Eilat Maoz Edo Medicks Dorothy Naor Irene Nasser Ofer Neiman David Nir Noa Olchovsky Jonathan Pollak Leiser Peles Yaar Peretz Alison Ramer Renen Raz Maya Rotem Leehee Rothschild Aia Safadi Lizi Sagie Emily Schaeffer Ayala Shani Tal Shapira Yonatan Shapira Yuval Shtrool Stavit Sinai Kobi Snitz Sonya Soloviov Jonatan Stanczak Iris Stern Levi Tirtza Tauber Sarit Topaz Eran Torbiner Tamara Traubmann Sahar Vardi Itamar Weitzman Maya Wind Sergio Yahni Oren Yermiah Karen Zack Michal Zak Shimri Zameret Amal Ziada Adi Zlotogora

    On behalf of Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within http://boycottisrael.info

    You might also like