Upcoming Palestinian National Conference on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Boycott is a crucial means of struggle fpor Palestinian rights

The Israeli policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [is] a colonial regime that is constructing an apartheid regime in the area.  Accordingly, BDS is one of the most crucial means on which the Palestinians should focus in their struggle against the occupation. 

 In preparation for the Palestinian National Conference on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) that will be held in Hebron later this year, a preparatory workshop was conducted yesterday (22 September) in the city and attended by over 50 activists and representatives of numerous grassroots civil society organizations. The workshop was initiated by the Occupied Palestinian and Syrian Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative (OPGAI), a coalition of progressive Palestinian civil society groups which also advocated that the upcoming conference be held in the city of Hebron.

Full report at AIC (Alternative Information Centre) 23 Sept, 2008

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