Updates from the palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights
BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, AND SANCTIONS (BDS)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Un an après que l'avis consultatif historique de la Cour Internationale de Justice (CIJ) qui a jugé illégal le mur qu'Israel construit sur le territoire palestinien occupé, Israel continue sa construction du mur colonial au mépris total de la décision de la Cour.
Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights - 9 July 2005
We strongly urge you to extrapolate your Call to
reach the logical next step:
Calling upon Israeli academics to conscientiously
object to service in the occupation army. As you know, most Israeli academics do
serve in the reserve forces, thereby witnessing in silence or directly participating in
Israel's crimes against the civilian Palestinian population.
The collusion of
Israel's academic institutions in the violation of international law and basic human rights
of Palestinians is
multi-faceted and entrenched.
Durante años, académicos israelíes han servido en el ejército de ocupación,
participando o al menos siendo testigo de los cotidianos crímenes cometidos sobre la
población civil palestina. Apenas han denunciado públicamente la ocupación de Israel,
ni su sistema de discriminación contra sus propios ciudadanos palestinos, ni su
imperturbable rechazo al derecho internacionalmente reconocido de los palestinos
para volver a sus hogares y propiedades.
Boycotting Israeli institutions due to their complicity in
Israel’s racist and colonial policies against the Palestinians remains formidably on the
agenda. We may not get tangible results this year, but the prospects for success next
year or the following one are much greater now. Many more years separated the ANC’s
call for boycott of apartheid -- issued in 1956 -- and the actual implementation of
meaningful sanctions. What matters most is that the taboo has indeed been shattered.