By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--June 24, 2015
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"We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel ... We appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel ..." "These non-violent punitive measures should be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:The BDS campaign regards the ending of all trade and economic relations with Jews living in Judea and Samaria as just the "first step" in its campaign of racial vilification, denigration and delegitimisation designed to ultimately dismantle the Jewish State. The EU appears to be readying itself to help the BDS campaign achieve this "first step"--as the foreign ministers of 16 of the EU's 28 member states have urged EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini to introduce the labelling regulations--stating in a letter dated 16 April that they:
- Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall
- Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
- Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194."
"remain of the view that this is an important step in the full implementation of EU longstanding policy, in relation to the preservation of the two-state solution. The continued expansion of Israeli illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and other territories occupied by Israel since 1967 threatens the prospect of a just and final peace agreement."These foreign ministers conveniently ignore that:
(a) Britain in 1923
(b )the Peel Commission in 1937
(c) the United Nations in 1947
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com