If Americans Knew I (Part 6)

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May 14 marks the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) and the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian people. The repressive occupation continues today, enforced through policies reflective of the social, political, and economic segregation founded on race that was characteristic of apartheid South Africa. Apartheid in South Africa was dismantled after the international community began to BOYCOTT, DIVEST, and SANCTION the country. Taking from this legacy, it is time for a new movement for a generation of socially conscious people it is time to BOYCOTT, DIVEST, and SANCTION Israeli Apartheid and its ILLEGAL OCCUPATION of Palestine.

Alison Weir is a freelance journalist and the founder of If Americans Knew, an organization that focuses on independent research and information distribution with a particular emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Middle East issues. Ms. Weir founded the organization after traveling independently throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2001, when she found the situation largely the opposite of what was being reported by the American media. In 2004, Ms. Weir was awarded with the title of Courageous journalist-lecturer on behalf of human rights, from the Phi Alpha Literary Society at Illinois College, becoming the first woman to ever receive this distinction. Ms. Weirs articles can be found on the If Americans Knew website, IfAmericansKnew.org.

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