Irish Trade Union Congress calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

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Irish Trade Union Congress calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Jul 13, 2007 at 03:46 PM

The largest civil society organization in Ireland, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, is the latest union to pass a boycott, divestment and sanction motion against Apartheid Israel.

The 770, 000 member-strong organization, which represents trade unions and trade councils across Ireland, condemned the Israeli government in two motions for its oppression of the Palestinian people. Despite the strong wording of the motions, neither was opposed by any speakers, proving that the Irish working classes are sick of the Irish and UK governments’ pandering to Israel and are taking matters into their own hands.

The Congress has vowed to ‘actively and vigorously’ promote a boycott of Israeli goods amongst its members, citing the example of a previous boycott against apartheid South Africa. Affiliated organizations have been told to divest from Israel, and withdraw holdings in companies complicit in the occupation such as Caterpillar, and encourage employers to do so as well. They will also lobby their government and the EU to demand an appropriate response to the illegal actions of Israel.

The motions condemned Israel’s policy of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians, the continued building of the illegal Apartheid wall and expansion of settlements in the West Bank, the horrific assaults on Gaza and the enforced bankruptcy of the Palestinian Authority. They drew attention to the appalling murder of Houda Gallia’s family by the occupation forces as they sat on the beach of Gaza.

The motions were also highly critical of the Irish and British governments and the European Union for failing in their obligations under International Law and standing up to Israel.

Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, July 11th, 2007 see full article

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Toward the Establishment of a Palestinian Civil Society Defragmentation Strategy

Final Statement of the Palestinian Civil Society Conference,
Cyprus, 16–18 October 2007

As part of the effort by the Palestinian civil society organizations to overcome the state of forced Palestinian fragmentation and consolidate the national role of the Palestinian NGOs in all their places of residence, a conference titled "Toward the Establishment of a Palestinian Civil Society Defragmentation Strategy" was held in Agros, Cyprus, between 16 and 18 October 2007 at the initiative of Ittijah-The Union of Arab Community Based Associations. Forty-four participants representing a broad sector of Palestinian civil society networks, coalitions, and associations in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Kuwait, in addition to a number of international partner organizations supporting Palestinian rights, attended the conference. The Israeli occupation authorities banned the travel of a delegation representing civil society organizations in Gaza.

The conference discussed a number of issues, notably: The Palestinian situation and Palestinian, regional, and international developments, including the Annapolis conference; the collective Palestinian strategy against the forced fragmentation; the endeavors to rebuild terms of reference and assert the constant Palestinian principles; the strategy of collective Palestinian advocacy; Palestinian media strategies; and local and international coordination on the Palestinian question.

The participants in the conference set bases that would help strengthen the overall Palestinian struggle for liberation in all its contexts: the occupation, the displacement and uprooting, and the assault on Palestinian existence in the 1948 areas.

A draft of a collective organizational structure and an action plan were also devised, and a follow-up committee to implement this plan and lead the agreed process was set up.