Sunday, May 01, 2011

Guess Who Opposes Boycotts of Israel

Palestinian unions say no to Israel boycott


Palestinian trade unions have encouraged Britain's biggest public sector union, Unison, to maintain its links with Israeli counterparts.  A delegation of Unison officials visited Israel and the Palestinian territories to review its relationship with the Histadrut (Israeli TUC).

The team's report said all the groups they met had encouraged Unison to work with Histadrut and encourage it to tackle Israeli government policy.

It stated: "The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions in particular said that Unison should maintain links with the Histadrut so that we could put pressure on them to take a more vocal public stance against the occupation and the settlements."

It concluded by advocating a policy of "critical engagement" with Histadrut on issues including the viability of a Palestinian state, West Bank settlements and the blockade of Gaza.

"Messianic Days"?

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2 comments:

Ariadne said...

Good! I don't think many BDSers know that when there was a South Africa boycott it was the South African trades unions who had asked for it.

That's not the only thing they don't know, of course.

mrzee said...

The BDSers goal is to harm Israel not help the palestinians. I expect the British unions to ignore their request