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<h1><b>End Israeli Apartheid<br><br>
</b></h1><h3><b>Gaza Freedom Marchers issue the "Cairo
Declaration" to end Israeli Apartheid</b></h3><font size=3>January
02, 2010 By <b>Authors Many</b> <br><br>
Contact: <br><br>
Ziyaad Lunat - 0191181340 (Egypt) <br><br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
January 1, 2010<br><br>
(Cairo) -- Gaza Freedom Marchers approved today a declaration aimed at
accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
(BDS) against Israeli Apartheid. <br><br>
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. <br><br>
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. <br><br>
This declaration arose from those actions:<br><br>
<b>End Israeli Apartheid Cairo Declaration<br><br>
</b>January 1, 2010<br><br>
We, international delegates meeting in Cairo during the Gaza Freedom
March 2009 in collective response to an initiative from the South African
delegation, state:<br><br>
In view of:<br><br>
ˇ Israel's ongoing
collective punishment of Palestinians through the illegal occupation and
siege of Gaza; <br>
ˇ the illegal occupation
of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the continued
construction of the illegal Apartheid Wall and settlements; <br>
ˇ the new Wall under
construction by Egypt and the US which will tighten even further the
siege of Gaza; <br>
ˇ the contempt for
Palestinian democracy shown by Israel, the US, Canada, the EU and others
after the Palestinian elections of 2006; <br>
ˇ the war crimes
committed by Israel during the invasion of Gaza one year ago; <br>
ˇ the continuing
discrimination and repression faced by Palestinians within Israel; <br>
ˇ and the continuing
exile of millions of Palestinian refugees; <br>
ˇ all of which oppressive
acts are based ultimately on the Zionist ideology which underpins Israel;
<br>
ˇ in the knowledge that
our own governments have given Israel direct economic, financial,
military and diplomatic support and allowed it to behave with impunity;
<br>
ˇ and mindful of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (2007)
<br><br>
We reaffirm our commitment to:<br><br>
ˇ Palestinian
Self-Determination<br>
ˇ Ending the
Occupation<br>
ˇ Equal Rights for All
within historic Palestine<br>
ˇ The full Right of
Return for Palestinian refugees<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
Mindful of the many strong similarities between apartheid Israel and the
former apartheid regime in South Africa, we propose:<br><br>
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;<br><br>
2) Participation in the Israeli Apartheid Week in
March 2010;<br><br>
3) A systematic unified approach to the boycott
of Israeli products, involving consumers, workers and their unions in the
retail, warehousing, and transportation sectors;<br><br>
4) Developing the Academic, Cultural and Sports
boycott;<br><br>
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;<br><br>
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;<br><br>
7) Campaigns against charitable status of the
Jewish National Fund (JNF). <br><br>
We appeal to organisations and individuals committed to this declaration
to sign it and work with us to make it a reality.<br><br>
Please e-mail us at
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<a href="http://us.mc388.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cairodec@gmail.com">
<font size=3 color="#0000FF">cairodec@gmail.com<br>
</a></font><font size=3><b><i>Signed by:<br><br>
</b>(* Affiliation for identification purposes only.)<br><br>
</i>1. Hedy Epstein,
Holocaust Survivor/ Women in Black*, USA<br><br>
2. Nomthandazo Sikiti,
Nehawu, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Affiliate
International Officer*, South Africa <br><br>
3. Zico Tamela, Satawu,
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Affiliate International
Officer*, South Africa<br><br>
4. Hlokoza Motau, Numsa,
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Affiliate International
Officer*, South Africa<br><br>
5. George Mahlangu,
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Campaigns Coordinator*,
South Africa<br><br>
6. Crystal Dicks,
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Education Secretary*,
South Africa<br><br>
7. Savera Kalideen, SA
Palestinian Solidarity Committee*, South Africa<br><br>
8. Suzanne Hotz, SA
Palestinian Solidarity Group*, South Africa<br><br>
9. Shehnaaz Wadee, SA
Palestinian Solidarity Alliance*, South Africa<br><br>
10. Haroon Wadee, SA
Palestinian Solidarity Alliance*, South Africa<br><br>
11. Sayeed Dhansey, South
Africa<br><br>
12. Faiza Desai, SA
Palestinian Solidarity Alliance*, South Africa<br><br>
13. Ali Abunimah,
Electronic Intifada*, USA<br><br>
14. Hilary Minch, Ireland
Palestine Solidarity Committee*, Ireland<br><br>
15. Anthony Loewenstein,
Australia<br><br>
16. Sam Perlo-Freeman,
United Kingdom<br><br>
17. Julie Moentk, Pax
Christi*, USA<br><br>
18. Ulf Fogelström,
Sweden<br><br>
19. Ann Polivka, Chico
Peace and Justice Center*, USA<br><br>
20. Mark Johnson,
Fellowship of Reconciliation*, USA<br><br>
21. Elfi Padovan, Munich
Peace Committee*/Die Linke*, Germany<br><br>
22. Elizabeth Barger,
Peace Roots Alliance*/Plenty I*, USA<br><br>
23. Sarah Roche-Mahdi,
CodePink*, USA<br><br>
24. Svetlana
Gesheva-Anar, Bulgaria<br><br>
25. Cristina Ruiz
Cortina, Al Quds-Malaga*, Spain<br><br>
26. Rachel Wyon, Boston
Gaza Freedom March*, USA<br><br>
27. Mary Hughes-Thompson,
Women in Black*, USA<br><br>
28. David Letwin,
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)*, USA<br><br>
29. Jean Athey, Peace
Action Montgomery*, USA<br><br>
30. Gael Murphy, Gaza
Freedom March*/CodePink*, USA<br><br>
31. Thomas
M<sup>c</sup>Afee, Journalist/PC*, USA<br><br>
32. Jean Louis Faure,
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)*, France<br><br>
33. Timothy A King,
Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East*, USA<br><br>
34. Gail Chalbi,
Palestine/Israel Justice Project of the Minnesota United Methodist
Church*, USA<br><br>
35. Ouahib Chalbi,
Palestine/Israel Justice Project of the Minnesota United Methodist
Church*, USA<br><br>
36. Greg Dropkin,
Liverpool Friends of Palestine*, England<br><br>
37. Felice Gelman, Wespac
Peace and Justice New York*/Gaza Freedom March*, USA<br><br>
38. Ron Witton,
Australian Academic Union*, Australia<br><br>
39. Hayley Wallace,
Palestine Solidarity Committee*, USA<br><br>
40. Norma Turner,
Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign*, England<br><br>
41. Paula Abrams-Hourani,
Women in Black (Vienna)*/ Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle
East*, Austria<br><br>
42. Mateo Bernal,
Industrial Workers of the World*, USA<br><br>
43. Mary Mattieu,
Collectif Urgence Palestine*, Switzerland<br><br>
44. Agneta Zuppinger,
Collectif Urgence Palestine*, Switzerland<br><br>
45. Ashley Annis, People
for Peace*, Canada<br><br>
46. Peige Desgarlois,
People for Peace*, Canada<br><br>
47. Hannah Carter,
Canadian Friends of Sabeel*, Canada<br><br>
48. Laura Ashfield,
Canadian Friends of Sabeel*, Canada<br><br>
49. Iman Ghazal, People
for Peace*, Canada<br><br>
50. Filsam Farah, People
for Peace*, Canada<br><br>
51. Awa Allin, People for
Peace*, Canada<br><br>
52. Cleopatra
M<sup>c</sup>Govern, USA<br><br>
53. Miranda Collet,
Spain<br><br>
54. Alison Phillips,
Scotland<br><br>
55. Nicholas Abramson,
Middle East Crisis Response Network*/Jews Say No*, USA<br><br>
56. Tarak Kauff, Middle
East Crisis Response Network*/Veterans for Peace*, USA<br><br>
57. Jesse
Meisler-Abramson, USA<br><br>
58. Hope Mariposa,
USA<br><br>
59. Ivesa Lübben. Bremer
Netzwerk fur Gerechten Frieden in Nahost*, Germany<br><br>
60. Sheila Finan,
Mid-Hudson Council MERC*, USA<br><br>
61. Joanne Lingle,
Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East (CPJME)*,
USA<br><br>
62. Barbara Lubin, Middle
East Children's Alliance*, USA<br><br>
63. Josie
Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children's Alliance*, USA<br><br>
64. Anna Keuchen,
Germany<br><br>
65. Judith Mahoney
Pasternak, WRL* and Indypendent*, USA<br><br>
66. Ellen Davidson, New
York City Indymedia*, WRL*, Indypendent*, USA<br><br>
67. Ina Kelleher,
USA<br><br>
68. Lee Gargagliano,
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (Chicago)*, USA<br><br>
69. Brad Taylor, OUT-FM*,
USA<br><br>
70. Helga Mankovitz, SPHR
(Queen's University)*, Canada<br><br>
71. Mick Napier, Scottish
Palestine Solidarity Campaign*, Scotland<br><br>
72. Agnes Kueng, Paso
Basel*, Switzerland<br><br>
73. Anne Paxton, Voices
of Palestine*, USA<br><br>
74. Leila El Abtah, The
Netherlands<br><br>
75. Richard, Van der
Wouden, The Netherlands<br><br>
76. Rafiq A. Firis,
P.K.R.*/Isra*, The Netherlands<br><br>
77. Sandra Tamari,
USA<br><br>
78. Alice Azzouzi, Way to
Jerusalem*, USA<br><br>
79. J'Ann Schoonmaker
Allen, USA<br><br>
80. Ruth F. Hooke,
Episcopalian Peace Fellowship*, USA<br><br>
81. Jean E. Lee, Holy
Land Awareness Action Task Group of United Church of Canada*,
Canada<br><br>
82. Delphine de Boutray,
Association Thčâtre Cine*, France<br><br>
83. Sylvia Schwarz,
USA<br><br>
84. Alexandra Safi,
Germany<br><br>
85. Abdullah Anar, Green
Party - Turkey*, Turkey<br><br>
86. Ted Auerbach,
USA<br><br>
87. Martha Hennessy,
Catholic Worker*, USA<br><br>
88. Louis Ultale,
Interfaile Pace e Bene*, USA<br><br>
89. Leila Zand,
Fellowship of Reconciliation*, USA<br><br>
90. Emma Grigore,
CodePink*, USA<br><br>
91. Sammer Abdelela, New
York Community of Muslim Progressives*, USA<br><br>
92. Sharat G. Lin, San
Jose Peace and Justice Center*, USA<br><br>
93. Katherine E. Sheetz,
Free Gaza*, USA<br><br>
94. Steve Greaves, Free
Gaza*, USA<br><br>
95. Trevor Baumgartner,
Free Gaza*, USA<br><br>
96. Hanan Tabbara,
USA<br><br>
97. Marina Barakatt,
CodePink*, USA<br><br>
98. Keren Bariyov,
USA<br><br>
99. Ursula Sagmeister,
Women in Black - Vienna*, Austria<br><br>
100. Ann Cunningham,
Australia<br><br>
101. Bill Perry, Delaware
Valley Veterans for Peace*, USA<br><br>
102. Terry Perry,
Delaware Valley Veterans for Peace*, USA<br><br>
103. Athena Viscusi,
USA<br><br>
104. Marco Viscusi,
USA<br><br>
105. Paki Wieland,
Northampton Committee*, USA<br><br>
106. Manijeh Saba, New
York / New Jersey, USA<br><br>
107. Ellen Graves,
USA<br><br>
108. Zoë Lawlor, Ireland
- Palestine Solidarity Campaign*, Ireland<br><br>
109. Miguel García
Grassot, Al Quds - Málaga*, Spain<br><br>
110. Ana Mamora Romero,
ASPA-Asociacion Andaluza Solidaridad y Paz*, Spain<br><br>
111. Ehab Lotayef, CJPP
Canada*, Canada<br><br>
112. David Heap, London
Anti-War*, Canada<br><br>
113. Adie Mormech, Free
Gaza* / Action Palestine*, England<br><br>
114. Aimee Shalan,
UK<br><br>
115. Liliane Cordova,
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)*, Spain<br><br>
116. Priscilla Lynch,
USA<br><br>
117. Jenna Bitar,
USA<br><br>
118. Deborah Mardon, USA
<br><br>
119. Becky Thompson,
USA<br><br>
120. Diane Hereford,
USA<br><br>
121. David Heap, People
for Peace London*, Canada<br><br>
122. Donah Abdulla,
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights*, Canada<br><br>
123. Wendy Goldsmith,
People for Peace London*, Canada<br><br>
124. Abdu Mihirig,
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights-UBC*, Canada<br><br>
125. Saldibastami,
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights-UBC*, Canada<br><br>
126. Abdenahmane
Bouaffad, CMF*, France<br><br>
127. Feroze Mithiborwala,
Awami Bharat*, India<br><br>
128. John Dear, Pax
Christi*, USA<br><br>
129. Ziyaad Lunat,
Portugal<br><br>
130. Michael Letwin, New
York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW)<br><br>
131. Labor For
Palestine <br><br>
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