530 online
 
Most Popular Choices
Share on Facebook 80 Printer Friendly Page More Sharing Summarizing
OpEdNews Op Eds    H3'ed 1/17/24

[HumanRights] Talks and BDS Boycotts Divestments Sanctions

By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh  Posted by Peter Barus (about the submitter)   3 comments, In Series: Reports from Palestine
Author 6967
Editor

Peter Barus
Message Peter Barus

(Note every Thursday we fast from sunrise to sunset in solidarity with the starving people of Gaza)

Thursday 18 January 2024 3PM EST (10 PM Palestine) Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh Talk "Under the gun in Palestine: Genocide, ethnic cleansing, and resistance." The War Industry Resisters Network. Register here

Also For those who speak arabic: talk Thursday 18 January 11 AM Palestine time on environmental impact of war (email me for link) Saturday Jan 20, 2024 11:00 AM Arizona Time (8 AM Palestine time) Topic: Resistance in the time of Apartheid & Genocide with Drs. Mazin Qumsiyeh & Jeff Halper: Via Zoom or Zoom Meeting ID: 841 2243 5091 Passcode: 293496

Also please note we have our meeting/debriefing on the human rights issues every Sunday 7 PM Palestine time. Do let me know if interested

Gaza people being shot at as they desperately search for food [.youtube.com/shorts/Rh6-Dl-EODk](.youtube.com/shorts/Rh6-Dl-EODk)

and begging Egyptian soldiers to save them from starvation (Egypt enforces Israeli siege) [.youtube.com/watch?v=WiLIuUGLank](.youtube.com/watch?v=WiLIuUGLank)

----------------

Now on BDS (Boycotts, Divestments, Sanctions) This week, the world elites who think they run our lives and who make the poor poorer and the rich richer are meeting to again conspire about how to manage those of us who resist their hegemony while also enjoying skiing in Davos, Switzerland. In 2006 I managed to upset their system a bit by getting an article in their glossy magazine titled Boycott Israel. Read the interesting story here including my article on why all the world should boycott this apartheid state if they want peace.

When governments fail to act against apartheid/genocide (and in some cases like Germany, US, UK), then people have an obligation to engage in and push for boycott, divestments and sanctions (BDS). This is a moral, right, legal, non-violent strategy to effect a change in behavior of criminal governments. I urge you to spread the word. Here is the main website (see also and)

In the late 1990s in the US I and a few colleagues at universities started an effort for academic and cultural boycott of Israel that garnered thousands of supporters. That movement is still going strong. I highly recommend Omar Barghouthi's book on BDS.

There are BDS campaigns in different countries. For example in Canada and Australia [.cjpme.org/boycott](.cjpme.org/boycott) [australia.net.au/](australia.net.au/)

Stay Human and keep Palestine alive

Mazin Qumsiyeh A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director Palestine Museum of Natural History Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability Bethlehem University Occupied Palestine [siyeh.org](siyeh.org/) [estinenature.org](estinenature.org/) facebook pages Personal [.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9](.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9) Institute [.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH](.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH)

Must Read 1   News 1   Valuable 1  
Rate It | View Ratings

Peter Barus Social Media Pages: Facebook page url on login Profile not filled in       Twitter page url on login Profile not filled in       Linkedin page url on login Profile not filled in       Instagram page url on login Profile not filled in


I'm an old Pogo fan. For some unknown reason I persist in outrage at Feudalism, as if human beings can do much better than this. Our old ways of life are obsolete and are killing us. Will the human race wake up in time? Stay (more...)
 

Go To Commenting
The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.
Writers Guidelines

 
Contact EditorContact Editor
Support OpEdNews

OpEdNews depends upon can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
Daily Weekly     OpEd News Newsletter
Name
Email
   (Opens new browser window)
 

Most Popular Articles by this Author:     (View All Most Popular Articles by this Author)

Disinformed about the Disinformation Governance Board? Call Chertoff!

The Great Reset: Masters of the Universe are going to make it all ok

Sorry. We're toast. A failed experiment. Have fun, people.

The Thing About Lighting Rods

2007 LTE on upcoming 08 Election

Oil, or What? Life After Capitalism

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Tell A Friend