BNC Statement

Take action to stop the ongoing removal of the Palestinian people from their homes and land

The Palestinian BDS National Committee, (BNC), the broadest Palestinian civil society coalition stands firmly with the Salahiya family and all Palestinians facing forced displacement in Sheikh Jarrah, Ramadin and beyond. Forced displacement is a fundamental feature of apartheid.

 

In the early hours of this morning, Israeli occupation forces detained the Salahiya family, forcefully displacing them from their home in the occupied Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Israeli police then created a barrier blockading dozens of Palestinian human rights defenders inside, before brutally assaulting them. Apartheid Israel prevented ambulances and journalists from entering in an attempt to hide their war crimes from the world. Later today, Israeli forces demolished another house in Ramadin town in Hebron belonging to the Erqeiq family, leaving them homeless in the cold.

The Palestinian BDS National Committee, (BNC), the broadest Palestinian civil society coalition stands firmly with the Salahiya family and all Palestinians facing forced displacement in Sheikh Jarrah, Ramadin and beyond. Forced displacement is a fundamental feature of apartheid.

From Al-Naqab to Jerusalem to the Jordan Valley, the role of complicit international companies is evident in the ongoing ethnic cleansing against our people. 

Israeli police trained in a facility partially owned by G4S/Allied Universal forcefully displaced Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah while Hyundai bulldozers were used to demolish homes in Sheikh Jarrah and Ramadin, Hebron. Volvo vehicles are used to displace Bedouin Palestinians in Al-Naqab and seize their lands. 

EU and other western diplomats claim to be ‘observers’ of the crimes while actively arming the Israeli aggressors.

We call on people of conscience to escalate BDS campaigns to hold Israel accountable; for on the International Criminal Court to move to prosecution in face of an abundance of evidence and for the urgent re-establishment of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid.

#SaveSheikhJarrah
#SaveAlNaqab
#UNinvestigateApartheid


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