UN President calls for sanctions against Israel

[luke]

UN President calls for sanctions against Israel

The President of the United Nations General Assembly today called for international sanctions to be imposed on the state of Israel.

Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann said that the international community should engage in a 'boycott, divestment and sanctions' campaign against Israel, similar to those enacted against South Africa two decades ago."

Israel has engaged in a military occupation of the Palestinian territories since 1967, with an increase in military presence since the year 2000.

The people of Palestine continue to live under martial law, with no control of their land, sea or water. In his remarks, d'Escoto said that Israeli policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories appear similar to the apartheid of an earlier era, a continent away.

He said that the United Nations should not be afraid to use the term apartheid to describe what is happening in occupied Palestine.

Former US President Jimmy Carter came under fire for using the term 'apartheid' in reference to the Israel-Palestine conflict. He was even prevented from speaking at the Democratic National Convention this year because of his position on the issue.

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i wonder what sort of coverage this will get in the media ...

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It's great to know that he has such conviction, but the Americans will block any move to make it happen.

I didn't know Jimmy Carter had been blocked in the way he was - imagine a party here refusing to allow an ex Prime Minister to speak at a party conference?