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CAIRO
Gaza Freedom Marchers approved today a declaration
aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid.
Roughly 1400 activists from 43 countries converged in
Cairo on their way to Gaza to join with Palestinians
marching to break Israel's illegal siege. They were
prevented from entering Gaza by the Egyptian authorities.
As a result, the Freedom Marchers remained in Cairo.
They staged a series of nonviolent actions aimed at
pressuring the international community to end the siege
as one step in the larger struggle to secure justice for
Palestinians throughout historic Palestine.
This declaration arose from those actions:
END ISRAELI APARTHEID CAIRO DECLARATION
January 1, 2010
We, international delegates meeting in Cairo during the
Gaza Freedom March 2009 in collective response to an
initiative from the South African delegation, state:
In view of:
- Israel's ongoing collective punishment of
Palestinians through the illegal occupation and siege
of Gaza;
- the illegal occupation of the West Bank, including
East Jerusalem, and the continued construction of the
illegal Apartheid Wall and settlements;
- the new Wall under construction by Egypt and the
US which will tighten even further the siege of Gaza;
- the contempt for Palestinian democracy shown by
Israel, the US, Canada, the EU and others after the
Palestinian elections of 2006;
- the war crimes committed by Israel during the
invasion of Gaza one year ago;
- the continuing discrimination and repression faced
by Palestinians within Israel;
- and the continuing exile of millions of
Palestinian refugees;
- all of which oppressive acts are based ultimately
on the Zionist ideology which underpins Israel;
- in the knowledge that our own governments have
given Israel direct economic, financial, military and
diplomatic support and allowed it to behave with
impunity;
- and mindful of the United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous People (2007)
We reaffirm our commitment to:
Palestinian Self-Determination
Ending the Occupation
Equal Rights for All within historic Palestine
The full Right of Return for Palestinian
refugees
We therefore reaffirm our commitment to the United
Palestinian call of July 2005 for Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions (BDS) to compel Israel to comply with
international law.
To that end, we call for and wish to help initiate a
global mass, democratic anti-apartheid movement to work
in full consultation with Palestinian civil society
to implement the Palestinian call for BDS.
Mindful of the many strong similarities between
apartheid Israel and the former apartheid regime in
South Africa, we propose:
1) An international speaking tour in the first 6
months of 2010 by Palestinian and South African trade
unionists and civil society activists, to be joined by
trade unionists and activists committed to this
programme within the countries toured, to take mass
education on BDS directly to the trade union membership
and wider public internationally;
2) Participation in the Israeli Apartheid Week in
March 2010;
3) A systematic unified approach to the boycott of
Israeli products, involving consumers, workers and
their unions in the retail, warehousing, and
transportation sectors;
4) Developing the Academic, Cultural and Sports
boycott;
5) Campaigns to encourage divestment of trade union
and other pension funds from companies directly
implicated in the Occupation and/or the Israeli
military industries;
6) Legal actions targeting the external recruitment
of soldiers to serve in the Israeli military, and the
prosecution of Israeli government war criminals;
coordination of Citizen's Arrest Bureaux to identify,
campaign and seek to prosecute Israeli war criminals;
support for the Goldstone Report and the implementation
of its recommendations;
7) Campaigns against charitable status of the
Jewish National Fund (JNF).
We appeal to organisations and individuals committed to
this declaration to sign it and work with us to make it a
reality.
Please e-mail us at cairodec@gmail.com
Signed by:
(* Affiliation for identification purposes only.)
1. Hedy Epstein, Holocaust Survivor/ Women in
Black*, USA
2. Nomthandaz-Sikiti, Nehawu, Congress of South
African Trade Unions (COSATU),
Affiliate International Officer*, South Africa
3. Zic-Tamela, Satawu, Congress of South African
Trade Unions (COSATU) Affiliate
International Officer*, South Africa
4. Hlokoza Motau, Numsa, Congress of South African
Trade Unions (COSATU) Affiliate
International Officer*, South Africa
5. George Mahlangu, Congress of South African Trade
Unions (COSATU) Campaigns Coordinator*, South Africa
6. Crystal Dicks, Congress of South African Trade
Unions (COSATU) Education Secretary*, South Africa
7. Savera Kalideen, SA Palestinian Solidarity
Committee*, South Africa
8. Suzanne Hotz, SA Palestinian Solidarity Group*,
South Africa
9. Shehnaaz Wadee, SA Palestinian Solidarity
Alliance*, South Africa
10. Haroon Wadee, SA Palestinian Solidarity
Alliance*, South Africa
11. Sayeed Dhansey, South Africa
12. Faiza Desai, SA Palestinian Solidarity
Alliance*, South Africa
13. Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada*, USA
14. Hilary Minch, Ireland Palestine Solidarity
Committee*, Ireland
15. Anthony Loewenstein, Australia
16. Sam Perlo-Freeman, United Kingdom
17. Julie Moentk, Pax Christi*, USA
18. Ulf Fogelström, Sweden
19. Ann Polivka, Chic-Peace and Justice Center*, USA
20. Mark Johnson, Fellowship of Reconciliation*, USA
21. Elfi Padovan, Munich Peace Committee*/Die
Linke*, Germany
22. Elizabeth Barger, Peace Roots Alliance*/Plenty
I*, USA
23. Sarah Roche-Mahdi, CodePink*, USA
24. Svetlana Gesheva-Anar, Bulgaria
25. Cristina Ruiz Cortina, Al Quds-Malaga*, Spain
26. Rachel Wyon, Boston Gaza Freedom March*, USA
27. Mary Hughes-Thompson, Women in Black*, USA
28. David Letwin, International Jewish Anti-Zionist
Network (IJAN)*, USA
29. Jean Athey, Peace Action Montgomery*, USA
30 Gael Murphy, Gaza Freedom March*/CodePink*, USA
31. Thomas McAfee, Journalist/PC*, USA
32. Jean Louis Faure, International Jewish Anti-
Zionist Network (IJAN)*, France
33. Timothy A King, Christians for Peace and Justice
in the Middle East*, USA
34. Gail Chalbi, Palestine/Israel Justice Project of
the Minnesota United Methodist Church*, USA
35. Ouahib Chalbi, Palestine/Israel Justice Project
of the Minnesota United Methodist Church*, USA
36. Greg Dropkin, Liverpool Friends of Palestine*,
England
37. Felice Gelman, Wespac Peace and Justice New
York*/Gaza Freedom March*, USA
38. Ron Witton, Australian Academic Union*,
Australia
39. Hayley Wallace, Palestine Solidarity Committee*,
USA
40. Norma Turner, Manchester Palestine Solidarity
Campaign*, England
41. Paula Abrams-Hourani, Women in Black (Vienna)*/
Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East*,
Austria
42. Mate-Bernal, Industrial Workers of the World*,
USA
43. Mary Mattieu, Collectif Urgence Palestine*,
Switzerland
44. Agneta Zuppinger, Collectif Urgence Palestine*,
Switzerland
45. Ashley Annis, People for Peace*, Canada
46. Peige Desgarlois, People for Peace*, Canada
47. Hannah Carter, Canadian Friends of Sabeel*,
Canada
48. Laura Ashfield, Canadian Friends of Sabeel*,
Canada
49. Iman Ghazal, People for Peace*, Canada
50. Filsam Farah, People for Peace*, Canada
51. Awa Allin, People for Peace*, Canada
52. Cleopatra McGovern, USA
53. Miranda Collet, Spain
54. Alison Phillips, Scotland
55. Nicholas Abramson, Middle East Crisis Response
Network*/Jews Say No*, USA
56. Tarak Kauff, Middle East Crisis Response
Network*/Veterans for Peace*, USA
57. Jesse Meisler-Abramson, USA
58. Hope Mariposa, USA
59. Ivesa Labben. Bremer Netzwerk fur Gerechten
Frieden in Nahost*, Germany
60. Sheila Finan, Mid-Hudson Council MERC*, USA
61. Joanne Lingle, Christians for Peace and Justice
in the Middle East (CPJME)*, USA
62. Barbara Lubin, Middle East Children's Alliance*,
USA
63. Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children's
Alliance*, USA
64. Anna Keuchen, Germany
65. Judith Mahoney Pasternak, WRL* and Indypendent*,
USA
66. Ellen Davidson, New York City Indymedia*, WRL*,
Indypendent*, USA
67. Ina Kelleher, USA
68. Lee Gargagliano, International Jewish Anti-
Zionist Network (Chicago)*, USA
69. Brad Taylor, OUT-FM*, USA
70. Helga Mankovitz, SPHR (Queen's University)*,
Canada
71. Mick Napier, Scottish Palestine Solidarity
Campaign*, Scotland
72. Agnes Kueng, Pas-Basel*, Switzerland
73. Anne Paxton, Voices of Palestine*, USA
74. Leila El Abtah, The Netherlands
75. Richard, Van der Wouden, The Netherlands
76. Rafiq A. Firis, P.K.R.*/Israel, The Netherlands
77. Sandra Tamari, USA
78. Alice Azzouzi, Way to Jerusalem*, USA
79. J'Ann Schoonmaker Allen, USA
80. Ruth F. Hooke, Episcopalian Peace Fellowship*,
USA
81. Jean E. Lee, Holy Land Awareness Action Task
Group of United Church of Canada*, Canada
82. Delphine de Boutray, Association Thèâtre Cine*,
France
83. Sylvia Schwarz, USA
84. Alexandra Safi, Germany
85. Abdullah Anar, Green Party - Turkey*, Turkey
86. Ted Auerbach, USA
87. Martha Hennessy, Catholic Worker*, USA
88. Louis Ultale, Interfaile Pace e Bene*, USA
89. Leila Zand, Fellowship of Reconciliation*, USA
90. Emma Grigore, CodePink*, USA
91. Sammer Abdelela, New York Community of Muslim
Progressives*, USA
92. Sharat G. Lin, San Jose Peace and Justice
Center*, USA
93. Katherine E. Sheetz, Free Gaza*, USA
94. Steve Greaves, Free Gaza*, USA
95. Trevor Baumgartner, Free Gaza*, USA
96. Hanan Tabbara, USA
97. Marina Barakatt, CodePink*, USA
98. Keren Bariyov, USA
99. Ursula Sagmeister, Women in Black - Vienna*,
Austria
100. Ann Cunningham, Australia
101. Bill Perry, Delaware Valley Veterans for Peace*,
USA
102. Terry Perry, Delaware Valley Veterans for
Peace*, USA
103. Athena Viscusi, USA
104. Marc-Viscusi, USA
105. Paki Wieland, Northampton Committee*, USA
106. Manijeh Saba, New York / New Jersey, USA
107. Ellen Graves, USA
108. Zoe Lawlor, Ireland - Palestine Solidarity
Campaign*, Ireland
109. Miguel Garcia Grassot, Al Quds - Malaga*, Spain
110. Ana Mamora Romero, ASPA-Asociacion Andaluza
Solidaridad y Paz*, Spain
111. Ehab Lotayef, CJPP Canada*, Canada
112. David Heap, London Anti-War*, Canada
113. Adie Mormech, Free Gaza* / Action Palestine*,
England
114. Aimee Shalan, UK
115. Liliane Cordova, International Jewish Anti-
Zionist Network (IJAN)*, Spain
116. Priscilla Lynch, USA
117. Jenna Bitar, USA
118. Deborah Mardon, USA
119. Becky Thompson, USA
120. Diane Hereford, USA
121. David Heap, People for Peace London*, Canada
122. Donah Abdulla, Solidarity for Palestinian Human
Rights*, Canada
123. Wendy Goldsmith, People for Peace London*,
Canada
124. Abdu Mihirig, Solidarity for Palestinian Human
Rights-UBC*, Canada
125. Saldibastami, Solidarity for Palestinian Human
Rights-UBC*, Canada
126. Abdenahmane Bouaffad, CMF*, France
127. Feroze Mithiborwala, Awami Bharat*, India
128. John Dear, Pax Christi*, USA
129. Ziyaad Lunat, Portugal
130. Michael Letwin, New York City Labor Against the
War (NYCLAW)
131. Labor For Palestine
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