FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 October 2010

- Norway, Canada, Ireland, UK, Sweden, Iceland, Turkey and South Africa not present at OECD tourism conference

- Czech Republic only EU country to send political representation to „High-level roundtable‟

- Palestinian civil society coalition describes mass boycott as „a clear condemnation of Israel‟s continued ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem‟

- Boycott follows a statement made by Israeli tourism minister Stas Misezhnikov that the meeting signalled the OECD's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital.

Occupied Palestine – An OECD „High Level

Your Excellency Angel Gurría

Secretary General of OECD

Cc:OECD Member States

The PalestinianBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), a broad coalitionof the largest civil society political parties, mass organizations, networks,and trade unions, strongly condemns the decision by OECD to hold its annualTourism Committee Conference in October in Jerusalem-the first time theconference is held outside Paris.

The Palestinian Campaign of Boycott, Desinvestments and Sanctions against the State of Israel in the province of Valladolid (Spain)

Platform of Solidarity with Palestine-Valladolid

It has been now five years since 9^th of July of 2005.

Bibi van der Zee and Rob Evans [Guardian] 30 June 2010 - Five activists who caused £180,000 damage to an arms factory were acquitted after they argued they were seeking to prevent Israeli war crimes.

The five were jubilant after a jury found them not guilty of conspiring to cause criminal damage to the factory on the outskirts of Brighton.