Palestinian civil society calls for freezing Israeli Knesset membership in Inter-Parliamentary Union in light of racist laws

Statement by the Palestinian BDS National Committee,  Occupied Palestine, 9 July 2013: The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) condemns the racist and colonial “Prawer Plan” which was adopted by the Israeli government as official policy and recently passed by parliament (Knesset) in the first reading. This plan calls for ethnically cleansing tens of thousands of Bedouin Palestinian citizens of Israel by confiscating hundreds of thousands of dunams [1] of land that they have owned for generations in the Naqab and destroying their homes and communities to expand Jewish-only settlements in the Naqab. On today’s 8th anniversary of the Palestinian BDS … Continue reading →

Posted July 9, 2013 in Apartheid, BDS, Bedouin, BNC, Boycott, Human Rights, Inter-Parliamentary Union, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Statements.