No Justice, No Peace

No Justice, No Peace
So stop all complicity with the Israeli occupation and colonisation
Wim Lankamp, Netherlands Palestine Committee
www.palestina-komitee.nl

Good, important
· Initiative – Youth Peace Initiative 2014 - focussing on the question of Palestine, on a real Roadmap to Peace
· Conflict?
· Something wrong with the previous roadmap?
· The Peace Palace 10 years ago: ICJ-ruling (International Court of Justice) on 'the Wall', 9 July 2004
. Will The Hague be the city of Peace and Justice in this case?

After that ICJ-ruling of 2004
· The Netherlands was EU-chair second half of 2004
· Ruling not implemented, lack of pressure on Israel!
· Because of that after one year BDS-Call 9 July 2005, 9 years ago
. To be blamed for the death and destruction after the ICJ-ruling: Israel and all complicit

Daily life in Palestine, on many sites
http://blog.theheadlines.org/theHead/
http://electronicintifada.net/
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/
http://www.palestinelink.eu/
http://www.palestinelink.eu/links/in-the-netherlands/
and many others
no secrets about what is going on!

WHAT IS BDS?
· In 2005, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights.
· A truly global movement against Israeli Apartheid is rapidly emerging in response to this call.
· BDS-movement
http://www.bdsmovement.net/
. Rights based!

Gaza 2014
· 51 days attack on Gaza
Eye witness dr. Mustafa Barghouti (Palestinian Medical Relief Society PMRS)
http://www.palestinecampaign.org/eye-witness-horror-dr-mustafa-barghouti/
· 2006, 2008/2009, 2012, 2014, ??
· A call from Gaza: Make Israel Accountable for its Crimes in Gaza
Intensify BDS! Gaza civil society organizations 5-9-2014
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2014/a-call-from-gaza-make-israel-accountable-for-its-crimes-in-gaza-intensify-bds-12627
· No justice, no peace: interview with activist Haidar Eid, Bianca Zammit, The Electronic Intifada, 29 December 2009 http://electronicintifada.net/content/no-justice-no-peace-interview-activist-haidar-eid/8596
· Goldstone-report
. Destruction of Palestine 1948 – 2014, ongoing Nakba

RUSSELL TRIBUNAL ON PALESTINE
Extraordinary Session on Gaza: Summary of findings
Brussels, 25 September 2014
May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence.
Bertrand Russell, London, 13 November 1966
http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/sessions/extraordinary-session-brussels/findings

35 findings, 35: To Global Civil Society:
· To fully support, develop, and expand the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement;
· To support activism aimed at denying Israeli firms and organisations supporting or profiting from the occupation access to international markets;
· To show solidarity with activists taking action to shut down firms aiding and abetting the commission of crimes against Palestinians such as Elbit Systems in the UK;
· To actively lobby and pressure governments to take immediate action to ensure they are not contributing to Israeli crimes and to ensure they are acting in line with the edicts and principles of international law.

Human Rights Organisations
· Al-Haq http://www.alhaq.org/
Ongoing Demolitions of Palestinian Property in the West Bank
Geuzenpenning 2009
· Addameer http://www.addameer.org/
Palestinian Prisoners
· Adalah http://adalah.org/eng/
more than 50 Israeli laws that discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel in all areas of life
· Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions http://www.icahd.org/
Resisting Occupation, Constructing Peace
· B'Tselem http://www.btselem.org/
Geuzenpenning 2009

Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of Nazi genocide unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.
http://www.palestinelink.nl/updates/2014/overlevenden-holocaust--misbruik-onze-geschiedenis-niet-om-het-onvergeeflijke-goed-te-praten/
· As Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of the Nazi genocide we unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and the ongoing occupation and colonization of historic Palestine. We further condemn the United States for providing Israel with the funding to carry out the attack, and Western states more generally for using their diplomatic muscle to protect Israel from condemnation. Genocide begins with the silence of the world.
· We are alarmed by the extreme, racist dehumanization of Palestinians in Israeli society, which has reached a fever-pitch. In Israel, politicians and pundits in The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post have called openly for genocide of Palestinians and right-wing Israelis are adopting Neo-Nazi insignia.
· Furthermore, we are disgusted and outraged by Elie Wiesel’s abuse of our history in these pages to promote blatant falsehoods used to justify the unjustifiable: Israel’s wholesale effort to destroy Gaza and the murder of nearly 2,000 Palestinians, including many hundreds of children. Nothing can justify bombing UN shelters, homes, hospitals and universities. Nothing can justify depriving people of electricity and water.
· We must raise our collective voices and use our collective power to bring about an end to all forms of racism, including the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people. We call for an immediate end to the siege against and blockade of Gaza. We call for the full economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel. “Never again” must mean NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!

Keypoints
· The recent slaughter and destruction by Israel committed in Gaza + ongoing theft of land in de West Bank, unpunished
· Stop all complicity with the Israeli occupation and colonisation
· BDS-actions are more than ever the way forward after Gaza 2014

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Further study

Gaza: Justice or Just Aid?
8 October 18:15, ISS the Hague. 9 October 20:00, CREA Amsterdam

A discussion with human rights defenders from Israel and Palestine and academics from the Netherlands regarding the responsibilities of the Netherlands to ensure accountability as a basis for justice and sustainable peace; to bring justice and not just aid to the people of Gaza.

Speakers:

Sarit Michaeli, the Spokesperson of the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem

Nada Kiswanson van Hooydonk, EU Advocacy Officer and Legal Researcher at the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq

Dr. Marloes van Noorloos, Department of Criminal Law at TilburgLaw School, and President of the Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists.

Dr. Jeff Handmaker, Senior lecturer in law, human rights and development at the International Institute of Social Studies in the Hague, which is part of Erasmus University.

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A call from Gaza: Make Israel Accountable for its Crimes in Gaza
Intensify BDS! Gaza civil society organizations 5-9-2014
Occupied and still-besieged Gaza, 5 September 2014

From the ruins of our towns and cities in Gaza, we send our heartfelt appreciation to all those who stood with us and mobilized during the latest Israeli massacre. In the occupied West Bank, Israel has embarked on one of its largest illegal land grabs in decades by confiscating another 1000 acres of Palestinian land to expand its illegal colonies. Now, our battle to hold Israel accountable for its fresh war crimes and crimes against humanity has begun. The outcome of this battle to end Israeli impunity will determine whether Israel’s latest assault will be yet another stage in Israel’s “incremental genocide” of Palestinians or the turning point that will bring an end to Israel’s status as an entity above the law—the world’s dangerous pariah. The outcome of this battle depends on you.


A call from Gaza: Make Israel Accountable for its Crimes in Gaza – Intensify BDS!
- See more at: http://www.bdsmovement.net/2014/a-call-from-gaza-make-israel-accountable-for-its-crimes-in-gaza-intensify-bds-12627#sthash.TZFW9JZb.dpuf

Two months after its 2008-09 massacre in Gaza, Israel’s prize was an upgrade in trade relations with the European Union. By 2012, western powers in cooperation with the UN Secretary General had effectively prevented all investigation by the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the war crimes and crimes against humanity that Israel committed during the attack.

During the most recent massacre, on August 2nd 2014, three days after the occupation forces bombed the designated UN humanitarian shelter in Jabalya refugee camp, killing 20 civilians and wounding at least 150 people as they slept, the US Congress approved $225 million in additional military aid to Israel. The following day, the occupation forces bombed another UN shelter in Rafah killing ten civilians and injuring dozens. Also during the massacre, Germany sold Israel an attack submarine with nuclear capability, and Britain refused to freeze its arms sales to Israel. These and other forms of criminal complicity from world governments and official bodies pave the way for Israel’s ongoing genocidal attacks. It is up to people of conscience and all those who seek peace with justice worldwide to make sure this complicity ends now.

We urge you to stand with the Palestinian people in its entirety and to demand that Israel be held accountable for the war crimes and crimes against humanity it has committed and continues to commit against the Palestinian people everywhere. We urge you to intensify boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns to further isolate Israel economically, militarily, academically and culturally.

Intensify BDS against Israel in all fields, including by taking the following actions:

1. Working to have arrest warrants issued against Israeli war criminals and for them to be tried before your courts.

2. Pressuring governments to impose a comprehensive military embargo on Israel.

3. Pressuring governments to suspend all free trade and bilateral agreements with Israel until it complies with international law.

4. Building effective direct action against Israel and Israeli companies, such as the inspiring Block the Boat actions that prevented Israeli ships from unloading in California and Seattle, and the occupations of Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems’ factories in the UK and Australia.

5. Working within trade unions to raise awareness about Israel’s regime of oppression and engaging in effective BDS measures such as stopping handling of Israeli goods, divesting trade union funds from Israel and complicit companies, and boycotting complicit Israel trade unions. The trade union movement has a proud history of successful campaigning against apartheid in South Africa, and the Congress of South African Trade Unions has joined Palestinian trade unions in calling for trade union action to end Israel’s impunity.

6. Holding to account those corporations and retailers that support and profit from Israel’s regime of occupation, colonialism and apartheid, including by boycotting their products and taking creative and direct action. The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) has suggested a list of corporate criminals to target: http://www.bdsmovement.net/make-an-impact.

The majority of the world’s people are waking up to the reality of Israel’s rogue regime of oppression and racism. For the rest of what is supposed to be the International year of solidarity with the Palestinian people, demand an end to Israel’s criminal impunity. Stand with Gaza, and act for freedom, justice and peace in Palestine.

Issued by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) and the following Gaza organizations/unions:

Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions
University Teachers’ Association in Palestine
Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (Umbrella for 133 orgs)
Medical Democratic Assembly
General Union of Palestine Workers
General Union for Health Services Workers
General Union for Public Services Workers
General Union for Petrochemical and Gas Workers
General Union for Agricultural Workers
Union of Women’s Work Committees
Pal-Cinema (Palestine Cinema Forum)
Herak Youth Movement
Union of Women’s Struggle Committees
Union of Synergies—Women Unit
Union of Palestinian Women Committees
Women’s Studies Society
Working Woman’s Society
Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel
Gaza BDS Working Group
One Democratic State Group

- See more at: http://www.bdsmovement.net/2014/a-call-from-gaza-make-israel-accountable-for-its-crimes-in-gaza-intensify-bds-12627