As #COP30 begins, we echo the demands of Palestinian civil society affirming that there’s no climate justice without Palestinian liberation.
Climate justice requires an end to all systems of racist domination and colonial oppression. (1/10) 🧵 bdsmovement.net/Palestinian-Ci…
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed many tens of thousands of Palestinians and systematically destroyed Gaza’s environment. (2/10)
It has devastated and polluted almost all agricultural land, collapsed water and sanitation systems, and left streets overwhelmed with toxic waste. (3/10) mezan.org/en/post/46553
This genocide is built on the foundations of decades of Israel’s land theft and ecological destruction. From burning down olive trees, deliberately polluting farmland, to diverting looted Palestinian water resources to serve illegal Israeli settlements. (4/10)
Palestinians remain rooted in their land, resisting Israel’s colonial project of destruction and erasure.
They ask us to take action to end the state and corporate complicity that upholds Israel’s regime of oppression. (5/10)
The same corporations that enable Israeli apartheid are those driving ecological destruction and the climate crisis. (6/10)
The owner of Ithaca Energy, one of the companies behind the Rosebank oil field, is Delek Group, a conglomerate heavily involved in Israel’s settlement enterprise, and supplying fuel to the Israeli military. (7/10)
Banks like Barclays are providing billions of pounds of loans and investment to companies supplying Israel with weapons, and also to fossil fuel giants.
Join the campaign to boycott Barclays:
(9/10)palestinecampaign.org/boycott-barcla…
The struggles for climate justice and Palestinian liberation are deeply intertwined. Our movements will act together to end ecological destruction and colonial oppression, and for freedom and justice for all. (10/10)
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The banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending the game in Birmingham should be understood in the context of their track record of committing racist violence in the cities hosting their team’s games, but also the club’s involvement in Israel's apartheid system. 🧵 (1/9)
Here are the fans that Starmer wants to be able to maraud through Birmingham. One of their chants is “Why is school out in Gaza? There are no children left there”, referring to the over 20,000 Palestinian children killed in Israel’s genocide.
Starmer’s criticism of the ban shows that he expects Birmingham residents to tolerate racist incitement, and expects police to provide cover for it. He has no regard for Palestinian safety, whether in Palestine or here in Britain. This is blatant anti-Palestinian racism. (3/9)
🚨 Keir Starmer is facing a revolt from trade unions and Labour members tomorrow morning at party conference over his refusal to admit Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
There will be a vote on a motion that acknowledges the genocide and demands a full arms embargo. 🧵 1/4
The motion is supported by trade unions — it’s proposed by @unisontheunion and seconded by @ASLEFunion — and has been supported by dozens of Constituency Parties.
It comes after Labour was forced to back down, having previously ruled out 30+ motions sent by party members. 2/4
@MickWhelanASLEF, Chair of TULO, has said:
“The Labour leadership needs to put a stop to these underhand attempts to silence members, allow motions on Gaza to be heard and immediately recognise the genocide being carried out against the Palestinian people." 3/4
Monmouthshire and Southwark Councils have decided to support divestment from companies complicit in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.
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On Monday, Southwark Council issued a statement outlining that it will “build the UN Genocide Convention into our investment framework” so investments are not made in states in breach of the convention. (2/10)
It has also committed to “disclose and divest pension fund investments” in companies on the UN OHCHR’s list of businesses conducting activity in Israel’s illegal settlements. (3/10)
Israeli agricultural exporters, shipping fruit and veg to supermarkets in Britain, are participants in Israel’s colonisation and military occupation through operating farms and facilities on stolen Palestinian land. (3/7)
🚨Cardiff, Lewisham, Wakefield and Norwich councils commit to support divestment from companies enabling Israel's crimes against Palestinians! (1/13) 🧵
Local campaigning has led to 4 more councils supporting the divestment of their Pension Funds from companies enabling Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians. (2/13)
On 17 July, Cardiff Council voted for a motion expressing in “in strong terms its view that it does not wish to be associated with companies potentially complicit in in war crimes.” (3/13)
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The Madleen, a UK-flagged civilian ship en route to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla, is protected under international maritime law. As a vessel flying the British flag, it is the responsibility of the United Kingdom. 2/7
The civilians aboard the Madleen are acting to stop genocide and prevent future harm by seeking to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza and deliver life-saving aid. 3/7