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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:53 pm    Post subject: Protesters Occupy UK warehouse of Israeli State Exporter Reply with quote
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Protesters Occupy UK warehouse of Israeli State Exporter

15 July 2007

VIDEO AVAILABLE AT http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202.avi

http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202%202.avi

This afternoon a group of Palestine solidarity protesters entered the main

UK warehouse of Israeli company Carmel Agrexco in Uxbridge, Middlesex.

Their action is part of the growing movement to boycott Israeli apartheid,

which aims to end Israel’s breach of International law and abuse of human

rights in the occupied territories of Palestine.

Nine protesters went inside the warehouse, handed leaflets to the workers

to explain the reasons for their actions. Two have locked themselves to

equipment with D locks. They asked to speak to workers about Carmel

Agrexco’s support for ethnic cleansing and war crimes in Palestine, but

were met with violence and aggression

Another group hoisted a Palestinian flag up the pole at the front of the

depot to symbolically establish a Palestinian solidarity settlement on

Carmel Agrexco's land. Their aim was to highlight the illegality of

Israeli settlements that have been established throughout the West Bank on

land stolen from Palestinians. This was particularly fitting, given that

much of Carmel Agrexco’s fruit, vegetables, flowers, herbs and other

produce is grown and packed on these illegal Israeli settlements. Carmel

Agrexco is thus complicit in war crimes under the International Criminal

Court Act 2001 (ICC Act).

Carmel Agrexco is Israel’s largest importer of agricultural produce into the

European Union and is 50% Israeli state owned. The warehouse is in

Swallowfield Way,Hayes, Middlesex, at their main depot in the UK.

Many of the protesters have visited Palestine and witnessed at first hand

the suffering of Palestinians under Israeli military occupation. They have

seen land that has been claimed by illegal Israeli settlements, but was

stolen from Palestinian families. They have visited villages where the

whole community have been issued with demolition orders by the Israeli

Army to make way for more illegal settlements.

The action today is part of three years of action against the company.

Palestine solidarity protesters have taken part in five blockades of the

premises, the first in November 2004.

Before the protest a legal warning letter was sent to Carmel Agrexco

stating clearly why they are in breach of the law.

Today’s action aims to draw attention to this company’s complicity, in

murder, theft and damage of occupied land, collective punishment,

apartheid and ethnic cleansing, and other breaches of International Law.

Contact thewallmustfall@riseup.net/tel.07845039980 for interviews/pictures

VIDEO AVAILABLE AT http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202.avi

http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202%202.avi

Links:

Photos of the last blockade of Carmel Agrexco

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/11/357149.html?c=on

Photos of the second blockade

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/08/349440.html

Text of letter sent to Carmel Agrexco by Palestine Solidarity Campaign

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2006/08/347361.html

Report on Carmel's Involvement in the Jordan Valley:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/09/322537.html

Press release from previous trial (with links):

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/01/331851.html

War on Want's Report -"Profiting from the Occupation":

http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=12671

Notes to Editors:

1. Contact thewallmustfall@riseup.net/tel. 07845039980 for interviews/pictures

2. On 9th June 2005 a coalition of Palestinian Civil Society Organisations

issued a 'Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel until

it complies with International Law'.

See http://www.stopthewall.org/downloads/pdf/BDSEnglish.pdf for the full

statement and signatories.

3. Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights in 1967 in

contravention of international law.

Since then Israel has moved over 380,000 settlers into these occupied

territories in contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention (article 49),

the Hague Regulations and United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

Israel continues to build an illegal apartheid wall inside the West Bank

despite the Advisory Ruling of the International Court of Justice in 2005

that the wall is illegal. Fifty five illegal Israeli settlements will be

on the Israeli side of the wall separated from the West Bank.

Since 2000 Israel has demolished 664 Palestinian houses, in acts of

collective punishment. These demolitions constitute a war crime. They have

demolished a further 12,953 palestinian homes for 'miliary reasons' (often

to expand Israeli settlements) and 1,214 because they were built 'without

a permit'

4,058 Palestinians have been killed as a direct result of Israeli

military actions during the current uprising which

began in September 2000.

(Above statistics confirmed by Israeli Information Centre

Btselem see www.btselem.org )

VIDEO AVAILABLE AT http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202.avi

http://www.rollacoast.net/Agrexco%202%202.avi

Contact thewallmustfall@riseup.net/tel. 07845039980 for interviews/pictures


this is what we need, more direct action Smile
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faceless
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
that sounds like a great way to spend a Monday... I always like some direct-action myself.

I'm grabbing the video now and will put it on youtube.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here's the video - the one they had linked was 120mb for 30 seconds odd...

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major.tom
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for posting this look. I'll keep my eyes open for any more coverage of this demonstration.

Thanks to you as well, faceless, for posting the video. (> 100 MB for 30 seconds is hard to justify)
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Luther Blissett
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just downloaded the 100 meg plus version, and was shocked to see it lasted less than 30 seconds.

Someone give these guys a copy of Super Converter! Smile
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