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We support the Cairo Declaration of the Gaza Freedom March, which reads as follows:
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:
* Israels 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 Citizens 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.
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[The entire petition, and the signatories present at the March, may be viewed at http://aliabunimah.posterous.com/gaza-freedom-marchers-issue-cairo-declaration
or at
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/gaza-freedom-marchers-issue-the-cairo-declaration-to-end-this-chapter-and-chart-the-way-forward.html
Information about the march is also posted at http://gazafreedommarch.wordpress.com/]
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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:
* Israels 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 Citizens 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.
..................................................
[The entire petition, and the signatories present at the March, may be viewed at http://aliabunimah.posterous.com/gaza-freedom-marchers-issue-cairo-declaration
or at
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/gaza-freedom-marchers-issue-the-cairo-declaration-to-end-this-chapter-and-chart-the-way-forward.html
Information about the march is also posted at http://gazafreedommarch.wordpress.com/]
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594 Signatures
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Vivek Ananthan
- Country
- USA
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Gretchen Klotz
- Country
- Germany
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- WILPF
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Harland Harrison
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Chair, Libertarian Party of San Mateo County, CA
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mark phelan
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Hector Lopez
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Caroline Herzenberg
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- USA
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Nadia Sindi
- Comments
- В
- Country
- В
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- AAI/ADC/CAIR/AIUSA/ACLU
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Judith Berlowitz
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Jewish
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Thomas Rockriver
- Comments
- The unfathomable arrogance, racism and cruelty by the heavily armed apartheid jews only israeli state towards the indigenous Jews and Arabs of Palestine must be forcefully ended immediately. Pursuant to all forms of International Laws and Conventions, the Palestinian People have the right to all necessary foods, medicines, clean water,etc to sustain their lives. The apartheid entity has no right whatsoever to meddle in the lives of the Palestinian People.
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- USA
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- Veterans for Peace
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Mike Burch
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- Free Gaza! Equal rights for all human beings!
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- USA
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- Christian
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Iqbal Tamimi
- Country
- UK
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Palestinian Mothers Network
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Zamin Jafari
- Comments
- When will the world leaders wake up from their deep slumber? Contemptuous treatment of the world opinion by Israel, Britain and the U.S is a serious challenge to the very existence of the United Nations Organization.
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- Canada
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Lynn Roberts
- Comments
- For the love of God: End Israeli Apartheid!
- Country
- Wales
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- Christian
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James Ferris
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- Canada
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Anglican
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Tom Mysiewicz
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- I support the petition within the confines of historical Palestine.
- Country
- U.S.
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Writer/Populist
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DR MOHAMMED HASNAIN SIDDIQUI'
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- SUPPORT THE DECLATION OF GAZAP
- Country
- Pakistan
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Activist Human Rights Watch London uk
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Jodda Mitchell
- Country
- USA
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Dr. Mohamed Rabie
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- I fully and strongly support the end of Zionist ideology that discriminates on the bases of religion and race)
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- USA
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stephen Wong
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- Support a just peace, not Israel.
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- Australia
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- В
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Rуnan Nolan
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Danny Downey
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- For The Sake Of Humaity - Israel Must Be Stopped And There must Be A free Palestine
- Country
- Toronto Canada
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- For A Free Palestine
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Robin Oree
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- Ireland
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ZOUARI
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Mattia Leoni
- Country
- Ireland
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Bonnie Lama
- Comments
- В
- Country
- USA
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- В
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Ridha
- Comments
- إن ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم
- Country
- Tuinisie
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- الاسلام
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Jovana Vukovic
- Country
- Serbia
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Jerry Gates
- Comments
- solidarity is multi ethnic, transcends religion and makes peace through intelligent resistance and diligent protest, we are in solidarity and seek peace for Gaza and freedom for Palestine, Inshallah, Ameen!
- Country
- USA
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Palestinian Mothers
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Joy and Don Pollard
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MAATALLAH Gleya KSIRA
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- TUNISIA
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- MUSLIM
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Ebrahim Makda
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- England
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Friends of Al Aqsa
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Eoin Murray
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raeda bandak
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Michael Canney
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- toward a just peace...
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- US
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Green Party - http://gp.org
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Lida Mamourian
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- Palestine blongs to Palestinians
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- Iran
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Islam
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Wanda Mamourian
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- World must unit against Israel
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- Iran
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Dariusz Mamourian
- Country
- Iran
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William Tamblyn
- Comments
- The "slow genocide" in Palestine is even worse than what went on in apartheid South Africa. It is as bad as what went on in Nazi Germany.
- Country
- U.S.
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- One reflective and empathic human being among many...
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Mary Grover
- Country
- Ireland
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michael hanthala adal
- Comments
- What crime has the populatin of Gaza done to deserve such a imprisonment?
- Country
- earth
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- universalism
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Mohamed Zarook
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Free Gaza - Sri Lankan Group
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Siraj Ali
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Kathy Kenny
- Country
- USA
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Rosa Iacullo
- Country
- Italy
- Affiliation, religion, or political party
- Catholic
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Anthony Nahas
- Comments
- Eternal shame on Egypt if it does not let the Gaza humanitarian aide through to help the destitute people of Gaza
- Country
- France
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Michael Karadjis
- Country
- Australia/Vietnam
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Jane johnson
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Mike Shea
- Country
- USA
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sal
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Jeffrey linden
- Comments
- Action Now! Only this makes sense!
- Country
- USA
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