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<h1 id="reader-title">16M Communist Farmers in India Join Israel
Boycott Movement to Support Palestine<br>
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<div id="reader-estimated-time">October 28, 2017<br>
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<p>The 16-million-strong peasants and farmer’s wing of the
<a
href="https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/India-Keralas-Communist-led-Government-Begins-Two-Week-March-to-Counter-Modis-Anti-People-Policies-20171021-0020.html">Communist
Party of India</a>, has joined the <a
href="https://bdsmovement.net/news/16-million-strong-organization-india-joins-bds-movement?utm_content=buffer6c903&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">Boycott,
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and Sanctions</a> movement against Israel's occupation
of Palestine.</p>
<p>In a statement from earlier this month, the <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/KisanSabha.org/">All
India Kisan Sabha</a> pledged to support the “rights
of the Palestinian people and to resist the corporate
takeover of the Indian agriculture sector by Israeli
companies.”</p>
<p>It is endorsing BDS to also “raise awareness among
Indian farmers to prevent Israel and its corporations
from reaping profits in India that finance military
occupation and apartheid in Palestine.”</p>
<p>The South Asia Coordinator with the Palestinian BDS
National Committee said in a statement, “Indian
solidarity with the Palestinian people is not new, it
has a long history.”</p>
<p>“Grassroots movements in India, Palestine and beyond
are working to defeat the violent wave of right-wing
politics plaguing our world today,” they continued. “By
joining the BDS movement, AIKS is saying no to the
hateful politics of Prime Minister Modi, Netanyahu and
(U.S. President Donald) Trump, and joining us to build a
more free, just and equal world.”</p>
<p>The announcement comes in the wake of Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of an
upcoming trip to India. The visit is a follow-up to the
one made by his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, back
in July, to Israel — the first visit there by an Indian
head of state.</p>
<p>AIKS was formed in 1936, during British colonial rule
in India. The group played a monumental role in
mobilizing farmers and agricultural workers to end
British imperialism.</p>
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