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<h1 class="reader-title">Palestinians stand in solidarity with
the Wet’suwet’en nation</h1>
<div class="credits reader-credits">Palestinian BDS National
Committee (BNC) - February 13, 2020<br>
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<p dir="ltr">From the occupied Palestinian territory,
we stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation
and land defenders at the Unist’ot’en Camp and
Gidimt’en who continue to resist Canada’s colonial
incursions of their unceded territories.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Palestinian BDS National Committee
(BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian civil
society that leads the global BDS movement, sends a
message of support to your struggle.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We call on the Palestine solidarity
movement in Turtle Island and elsewhere to stand
with the Wet’suwet’en nation.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As Palestinians, we have firsthand
experience with a colonial power, Israel’s regime of
occupation, colonization and apartheid, that
systemically works to dispossess, divide and strip
us of our lands and resources.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We know too well, from our own
experience, that the TransCanada Coastal Gaslink
pipeline aims to steal Wet’suwet’en land, use
resource extraction to solidify control over
Indigenous territories, destroy the environment and
violate Indigenous laws. We also know that the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) attacks, sanctioned
by the Trudeau government, against the Hereditary
Wet’suwet’en leadership, matriarchs and land
defenders, are used to violate Indigenous
sovereignty. The RCMP is employing tactics and
equipment <a
href="https://bdsmovement.net/news/no-impunity-ethnic-cleansing-jerusalem-boycott-israel-now">similar
to Israel’s government</a>, including <a
href="https://twitter.com/UnistotenCamp/status/1226695842259537925">Caterpillar
bulldozers</a>, to seize indigenous lands.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We are deeply grateful for the
Wet’suwet’en people for their indomitable spirit,
and their tireless defence of the land and water
resources. We stand firmly with you in your struggle
for your land and ancestral rights.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Palestinians owe the Indigenous peoples
of Turtle Island a great debt for teaching us how to
resist settler colonialism generation after
generation through your powerful resistance, grace
and indomitable spirit.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The BNC is committed to building stronger
ties of solidarity between our peoples and
movements, and we will work with our partners in
Turtle Island to make this a reality.</p>
<p dir="ltr">From Palestine to Wet’suwet’en, we stand
united with you in the struggle against settler
colonialism, racism, corporate criminality and your
inalienable rights for justice and
self-determination.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We would be honoured to welcome you in
Palestine, when the time is right.</p>
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