Palestijnse vakbonden vragen om boycot-acties, februari 2007

Uit de oproep door

- General Union of Palestinian workers: Haidar Ibrahim (General Secretary)

- Palestinians General Federation of Trade Unions: Amneh Rimawi, for Shaher Sa’ad (Steering committee)

- Coalition of Independent Democratic Trade Unions: Muhammad al Arouri (Coordinator)

- General Union of Palestine Labor Vocational Associations: Hassan Sharake (General Secretary)

- Palestinian Farmers Union: Adel Abu Ne’meh (General Secretary)

Call to:
* Boycott and divest from Israel;
* Work towards sanctions upon Israel.

Until Israel stops its crimes against our people and implements international law safeguarding human rights for all. This call from the Palestinian workers movement is part of our struggle against the Occupation and for Freedom, Self-determination, the Right of Return, Social Justice and a Palestinian independent state with its capital as Jerusalem and to end the racism against our people inside the Green Line.

It is imperative to recognize that since its inception, the Histadrut has supported the Occupation and enacted racist policies against our workers, denying them their rights. It has kept silent in front of Israel’s crimes against our people throughout the decades of occupation. We are thus asking the international trade unions to boycott the Histadrut to pressure it to guarantee rights for our workers and to pressure the government to end the occupation and to recognize the full rights of the Palestinian people.

Since July 2002, the Occupation is creating a new reality on the ground via construction

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