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Israel, the Palestinians and Apartheid: The Case for Sanctions and Boycott

On 4th December 2009, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and SOAS Palestine Society organised a public meeting putting forward the case for sanctions and boycott of Israel. Amongst the speakers were several from the South African struggle against apartheid including Ronnie Kasrils - former minister in Nelson Mandelas ANC government and Bongani Masuku - International Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Other speakers included Omar Barghouti from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), Steven Rose of BRICUP, Yasmin Khan from War on Want, and Tarek Mustafa from Egypt's first independent trade union.

The speeches, lasting 80mins, were followed by a lively 50mins of question and answer session. To view full video continuously and see report on the event with photos and mp3 podcast please visit

http://www.inminds.co.uk/case4boycott.4dec09.php

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• Israel
• Palestinians
• apartheid
• sanctions
• boycott
• inmindS
• BRICUP
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• COSATU
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• War on Want
• Tom Hickey
• Yasmin Khan
• Steven Rose
• Ronnie Kasrils
• Bongani Masuku
• George Mahlangu
• Omar Barghouti
• Tarek Mustafa

[basilcruncher]

A good and passionate speech by Ms Khan

[ButherLi55ett]

"A culture"? What culture, who's culture? The culture of what?

[paulkj]

Long live Israel.

[paulkj]

Long live Israel.

[EncompassedRunner]

historicrecord, great idea, I will go out of my way to seek out Israeli products to buy, thanks for suggestion.

[historicrecord]

BUYcot Israel everyone- go out of your way to buy Israeli produce which is not only excellent quality & value but you'll demonstrate your support for the only free democratic country in the ME