Boycott from Within has sent the following letter to the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. We encourage others to do the same at http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/contactform.asp?address=1. You may use this letter.
20 July, 2014
Dear Madame/Sir,
We are Israeli citizens, including Jerusalemites, who are active against our government's policies of occupation, colonialism and apartheid. We have been promoting human rights and peace for many years within our society.
We are an Israeli group which supports the rights of Palestinians and tries to resist the ongoing efforts by our government to displace and suppress Palestinians. We are writing you with regard to your planned participation in the Karmiel dance festival.
We are writing to you from Israel to ask for your help. Together with our friends, we have been working for many years for a just and peaceful end to the occupation of Palestine and for the rights of Palestinians.
Dear Paolo Fresu, We are citizens of Israel who are critical of and active against our government’s policies of colonialism, occupation and apartheid towards the Palestinian people [1]
To: Acea, City of Rome
We are Israeli citizens who are active against our government’s policies of colonialism, occupation and apartheid towards the Palestinian people. In particular, many of us are veteran activists in the campaign against Israel’s illegal colonization and settlement construction policies in the occupied West Bank.
To:
Eniko Eszenyi
Vigszinhaz Theater
We are Israeli citizens who are active against our government’s policies of racism, apartheid and occupation towards the Palestinian people. In particular, many of us are veteran activists in the campaign against Israel’s illegal colonization and settlement construction policies in the occupied West Bank.
We are Israeli citizens active against our country's policies of occupation, colonialism and apartheid. We are appalled to hear of the decision by the Thessaloniki Book Fair to make Israel its “guest of honor”.
We are Israeli citizens who are active against our government’s policies of colonialism, occupation and apartheid. Following the Palestinian civil society call for BDS we have had the opportunity to take a stand against Israel's criminal policies and support the international campaign, which includes divestment from companies that are complicit in such policies and profit from them. Insisting on socially responsible investments in this region is a crucial step in bringing about peace and justice to the people living in Israel/Palestine.
