Israel’s continued expansion of settlements and destruction of Palestinian homes and farms must stop!
Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice, advocating Unitarian Principles, adopts a formal stance in favour of:
1) a boycott of products from companies, regardless of origin, that participate in Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories;
2) a cultural boycott in which performing artists refuse to perform in Israel until it ends the occupation; and
3) a ban on federal and provincial state-funded lending to for-profit companies operating in the Occupied Territories, and to any organization materially supporting the destruction of Palestinian homes or expansion of illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories.
Margaret Rao in Jerusalem seeing the archeological treasures of the Holy Land
The continued destruction of Palestinian homes and villages, and, since June 1967, the greatly increased expansion of Israeli settlements into the Occupied Territories–Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem–contravene international law. Thus, multinational and Israeli companies are violating international law by investing in or profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
On November 11th, 2015 the European Union issued new guidelines, requiring products from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to carry the word “settlement” on the label.
“The CUSJ cannot sit idly by,” said Bill Woolverton, CUSJ Board member from Nanaimo, B.C. “Peace will not be possible if Palestinian children have no hope for the future,” noted Andy Blair, board member from Halifax.
Thank you for the text .I agree with the resolutions.
Should one of us try to make a list
* of the Canadian /American companies directly working in the occupied territories
* of those who benefit from the State of Israel in an indirect way
In the title … ADD POSSIBLY and the daily associated violence against young Palestiniens must stop
Thanks for your suggestions, Genevieve. I will mention them to the CUSJ board at our next meeting.
Great idea Genevieve. If you have time , send Cym or I your suggestions. Thanks for the offer.