Dear Cdes As a South African based in the West Bank, I fully support what the commitment made the Britain tarde unions. It is about time that the world wakes up and rally their support to the Palestinian community. I am based in thw West bank village of Jayyous where almost all the villagers are depending on their farm land which is unfortunately on the Israeli side of the Wall, therefore it is usually difficult for them to access their farmland due to the permit system imposed by the Israeli government.
Jayyous has about 3800 people with 80% unemplyment rate, their source of income is through agricultural products from their farmland that they are denied access to, as a result they cannot get their products to the market let alone import some of their produce atleast because I srael has made the situation to so difficult for them to do that. So basically a huge percentage of the agricultural products that Israel is importing, comes from the stolen Palestinian land and farms.SO FORWARD WITH THE BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI PRODUCTS. I wish South Africans can also join such initiatives and start boycotting Israeli products and COSATU should also make a review or survey on all South African companies that have trade agreements with Israel, because any relationship with Israel is basically a contributory factor to the ongoing abuse of Palestinian rights by Israel. PHANSI NGE-ISRAEL PHANSI. PHAMBILI NGOMZABALAZO WAMA-PALESTINIANS. If the world was able to impose sunctions to the Apartheid regime in South Africa, why can't we do the same with Israel. VIVA VIVA PALESTINE !!!! Yours in Solidarity of the Palestinians Mandla HK Mndebele In Jayyous -WestBank On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Moses <[email protected]> wrote: > > Press release – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > 17 September 2009 > > > > Britain’s unions commit to a mass boycott movement of Israeli goods > > In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly > to > > commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on > > Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. > > > > The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today > > (17 September), by unions representing 6.5 million workers across the UK. > > > > Hugh Lanning, chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: ‘This > > motion is the culmination of a wave of motions passed at union > conferences > > this year, following outrage at Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, and reflects > > the massive growth in support for Palestinian rights. We will be working > > with the TUC to develop a mass campaign to boycott Israeli goods, > especially > > agricultural products that have been produced in illegal Israeli > settlements > > in the Palestinian West Bank.’ > > > > The motion additionally called for the TUC General Council to put > pressure > > on the British government to end all arms trading with Israel and support > > moves to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement. Unions are also > encouraged > > to disinvest from companies which profit from Israel’s illegal 42-year > > occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. > > > > The motion was tabled by the Fire Brigades Union. The biggest unions in > the > > UK, including Unite, the public sector union, and UNISON, which > represents > > health service workers, voted in favour of the motion. > > > > The motion also condemned the Israeli trade union Histadrut’s statement > > supporting Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed 1,450 Palestinians in three > > weeks, and called for a review of the TUC’s relationship with Histadrut. > > > > Britain’s trade unions join those of South Africa and Ireland in voting > to > > use a mass boycott campaign as a tool to bring Israel into line with > > international law, and pressure it to comply with UN resolutions that > > encourage justice and equality for the Palestinian people. > > Sent via my BlackBerry Device from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
