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> The Gaza Freedom March has come to an end, but before the protesters > dispersed > they agreed on the following statement: > > End Israeli Apartheid > Cairo Declaration > January 1, 2010 > > We, international delegates meeting in Cairo during the Gaza Freedom March > 2009 > in collective response to an initiative from the South African delegation, > state: > > In view of: > > o Israel’s ongoing collective punishment of Palestinians through the > illegal occupation and siege of Gaza; > o the illegal occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and > the > continued construction of the illegal Apartheid Wall and settlements; > o the new Wall under construction by Egypt and the US which will > tighten > even further the siege of Gaza; > o the contempt for Palestinian democracy shown by Israel, the US, Canada, > the EU > and others after the Palestinian elections of 2006; > o the war crimes committed by Israel during the invasion of Gaza one > year > ago; > o the continuing discrimination and repression faced by Palestinians > within > Israel; > o and the continuing exile of millions of Palestinian refugees; > o all of which oppressive acts are based ultimately on the Zionist > ideology > which underpins Israel; > o in the knowledge that our own governments have given Israel direct > economic, > financial, military and diplomatic support and allowed it to behave with > impunity; > o and mindful of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of > Indigenous > People (2007) > > We reaffirm our commitment to: > > Palestinian Self-Determination > Ending the Occupation > Equal Rights for All within historic Palestine > The full Right of Return for Palestinian refugees > > We therefore reaffirm our commitment to the United Palestinian call of July > 2005 > for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to compel Israel to comply with > international law. > > To that end, we call for and wish to help initiate a global mass, > democratic > anti-apartheid movement to work in full consultation with Palestinian civil > society to implement the Palestinian call for BDS. > > Mindful of the many strong similarities between apartheid Israel and the > former > apartheid regime in South Africa, we propose: > > 1) An international speaking tour in the first 6 months of 2010 by > Palestinian > and South African trade unionists and civil society activists, to be joined > by > trade unionists and activists committed to this programme within the > countries > toured, to take mass education on BDS directly to the trade union > membership and > wider public internationally; > > 2) Participation in the Israeli Apartheid Week in March 2010; > > 3) A systematic unified approach to the boycott of Israeli products, > involving > consumers, workers and their unions in the retail, warehousing, and > transportation sectors; > > 4) Developing the Academic, Cultural and Sports boycott; > > 5) Campaigns to encourage divestment of trade union and other pension funds > from > companies directly implicated in the Occupation and/or the Israeli military > industries; > > 6) Legal actions targeting the external recruitment of soldiers to serve in > the > Israeli military, and the prosecution of Israeli government war criminals; > coordination of Citizen’s Arrest Bureaux to identify, campaign and seek to > prosecute Israeli war criminals; support for the Goldstone Report and the > implementation of its recommendations; > > 7) Campaigns against charitable status of the Jewish National Fund > (JNF). > > We appeal to organisations and individuals committed to this declaration to > sign > it and work with us to make it a reality. > > You may view the latest post at > http://www.maxajl.com/?p=2798 > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
