From: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 2:34 PM
To: miriam <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ACT: On Day 40 of #DignityStrike, Advocate for a Military Embargo of
Israel
Urgent Call: On Day 40 of Mass Palestinian Hunger Strike, Advocate for a
Military Embargo of Israel
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Dear supporter,
Hundreds of Palestinian political prisoners are now approaching their critical
sixth week on hunger strike, and they have made an urgent appeal for
international solidarity. As they hit Day 40 of their courageous Dignity Strike
this Friday, May 26, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) calls for
intensifying global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns to
amplify the prisoners’ legitimate and just demands
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ACT NOW. Click here <> or see below for some ideas on what you can do.
If you’re on Facebook, sign up to our Day 40 day of action
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, and invite your friends.
In particular, the BNC calls for immediate international action towards
implementing a comprehensive military embargo on Israel, similar to that
imposed against apartheid South Africa in the past. International bodies —
including banks, private military corporations, research centers, universities
and governments — must stop enabling Israel’s military and security apparatus,
and stop facilitating the development of Israeli military technology. As long
as military ties continue, the international community is effectively sending
Israel a clear message of approval to continue its severe violations of
international law, including its violations of basic prisoners’ rights.
This is a critical moment — with every passing hour, Palestinian hunger
strikers are risking death. Their health is rapidly deteriorating as they
maintain their commitment to assert their dignity and win their internationally
recognized rights. A comprehensive military embargo
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on Israel is long overdue and as urgent as ever.
Palestinians have come together in remarkably strong support of the Dignity
Strike. There have been two general strikes with mass participation across
historic Palestine. The general strike on Monday, May 22 was the largest since
the first Intifada (1987-1993). Rallies and creative actions are happening on a
daily basis in Palestinian refugee camps across the region. Those living under
Israeli military occupation are also demonstrating in the streets, shutting
down Jewish-only settlers’ roads,
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bringing work and traffic to a standstill and refusing the entry of Israeli
products into supermarkets. Across solidarity tents the slogan “boycott your
jailer” rings loud.
International action is needed to support and sustain these inspiring
grassroots mobilisations as Israel has responded with its predictable use of
brutal military force and repression. At least one demonstrator, 23-year old
Saba Abu Ubeid, has been killed
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by an Israeli sniper. A second young man at a solidarity march was shot
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in the head by an Israeli settler.
ACT to support the Dignity Strike. There are many ways. On May 26, Day 40 of
the Dignity Strike:
1. Join the #BDS4DignityStrike social media campaign. Share this image
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widely, using the hashtag #BDS4DignityStrike and sharing our call to action:
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2. Organize a banner drop or street action in your community or campus to
raise awareness about the Dignity Strike and call for a military embargo. Use
#BDS4DignityStrike to share pictures from your action.
3. Do your research and launch a divestment campaign. Your bank or pension
fund are likely to have collaboration with Israeli military companies. Pressure
them to divest.
4. Start a campaign for your university to cut all ties with Israel’s
military industry. Universities often conduct joint military or dual-use
research with Israel or with weapons companies that supply the Israeli military.
5. Write to your elected officials, multilateral bodies and the UN to
raise the issue of the Dignity Strike and build pressure to exclude Israeli
military companies from contracts and eventually impose a military embargo on
Israel.
6. Create your own BDS-related action. Don’t limit yourself to this list.
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) again
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and again
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reaffirms its full support for the Dignity Strike. We call on people of
conscience and citizen groups to take urgent action, mainstreaming and
escalating military embargo campaigns as an effective nonviolent means of
holding Israel accountable to international law and ending its fatal impunity.
Solidarity,
Mahmoud Nawajaa
BNC General Coordinator
Ramallah, Occupied Palestine
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