Thread by @BDSmovement

“It always seems impossible until it's done.” - Nelson Mandela

Apartheid ended in South Africa, & together we can end Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. On @NelsonMandela International Day we honour a life dedicated to the fight against racism & oppression.

#MandelaDay
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Mandela recognised the similarities between apartheid South Africa & Israel's regime of oppression against Palestinians. He never forgot the pivotal role Israel played in supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa & undermining the global boycott against it.

#MandelaDay

As a leader of the South African liberation movement that used boycotts & sanctions to undermine the apartheid regime, Mandela helped to establish many of the principles that today guide & inspire the Palestinian-led, global #BDS movement for Palestinian rights.

#MandelaDay

Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner and in 2015, the @UN General Assembly passed resolution A/RES/70/175 - the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, or "Nelson Mandela Rules,” which focused on promoting humane conditions of imprisonment.

Apartheid Israel systematically violates the human rights of Palestinian prisoners through arbitrary arrest and torture. Currently there are 650 Palestinian "administrative detainees" languishing in Israeli jails, denied due process.

#FreeThemAll
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Let us honour the memory of @NelsonMandela by embodying his humanity and spirit of resistance in our struggle to dismantle Israeli apartheid and achieve our freedom, justice and equality.

Escalate all #BDS campaigns now & #EndIsraeliApartheid

#MandelaDay
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