Report (124) of the Boycott Department of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Report (124) of the Boycott Department of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
International organizations:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights:
§ Director of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Craig Mokheiber, is facing an Israeli incitement campaign that accuses him of supporting the BDS movement and being biased against the Israeli occupation through his recent tweets.
African Union:
§ The Israeli occupation state was expelled from the African Union and lost the observer deal.
At the international level:
United States of America:
§ Media sources announced that the head of the American Boeing Company's military sector, Ted Colbert, arrived in the Israeli occupation state and met with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to promote a huge deal of warplanes.
§ The Zionist lobbies renewed their incitement against the University of Michigan students who support the Palestinian cause, and the “Canary Mission” website defamed these students and published personal information about them, in addition to accusing them of anti-Semitism.
§ Students advocating the Palestinian cause at the University of Oxford denounced the university's hosting of the ambassador of the Israeli occupation state, "Tzipi Hotovely", to talk about the "Abraham" agreements, the UAE ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mansour Abu al-Hol, and the deputy ambassador of Bahrain to the United Kingdom, Hussain Muhammad Alam.
§ New York State has launched an anti-Semitism investigation at the City University of New York School of Law, where the human rights department is examining a resolution supporting the BDS movement passed last year.
§ Students of the "Justice for Palestine" campaign at the University of Chicago began a campaign to boycott a course entitled "Combating Terrorism" presented by the Israeli lecturer "Meir Elran". In their statement, the American academics called on the university administration to deal with the boycott steps as "violations of the educational environment."
Canada:
§ Activists and solidarity with the Palestinian cause raised Palestinian flags and banners in support of the cause, on the highway in the Canadian city of "Vancouver", denouncing the violations of the Israeli occupation state in the Palestinian territories and in solidarity with the prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Britain:
§ A motion passed unanimously at the UJS conference stating: “UJS reaffirms its support for the democratic right to non-violent protest and opposes the Government's proposed Boycott Bill which is a limitation of this right, as well as a danger to British Jewish communities and a setback for 'Israelis' and Palestinians".
§ The British Broadcasting Corporation announced the suspension of Rashid Mubaraki, a 54-year-old journalist who works for the “BFM” channel, because of his positions in support of the Palestinian cause.
§ Dozens of people in solidarity with the Palestinian cause organized a protest in front of the Pret-A-Manager company in Manchester, to demand that the company cancel a partnership agreement aimed at opening 40 stores in the Israeli occupation state.
§ The Friends of Al-Aqsa Organization (FOA) in Britain launched a campaign to encourage a boycott of Israeli products in the upcoming month of Ramadan, all over Europe.
Germany:
§ Musician "Roger Waters" was attacked by Zionist lobbies because of his support for the Palestinian cause, after announcing an artistic tour in German cities, the latest of which was the ban on holding a concert in Munich.
§ The Berlin Labor Court ruled that the Deutsche Welle Foundation’s decision to dismiss journalist Zahi Allawi from his job, which it accused of anti-Semitism, was invalid, and the Foundation demanded that he be reinstated at his workplace and compensated.
Spain:
§ The Barcelona City Council voted unanimously, against the decision of the city's mayor, "Ada Colao," to freeze relations with the Israeli occupation state and to cancel the twinning agreement with the city of "Tel Aviv."
Holland:
§ Dozens of activists supporting the Palestinian cause organized a march in the Netherlands, denouncing the crimes of the Israeli occupation state against the Palestinian people, raising Palestinian flags and banners supporting the rights and demands of the Palestinian people.
South Africa:
§ The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it decided to summon the South African ambassador for a reprimand session, after the expulsion of the Deputy Director of African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sharon Bar Lee, from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, at the request of South Africa and Algeria.
§ The head coach of Rishon LeZion Oles has filed an official complaint with the South African Rugby Union for boycotting the Tel Aviv Heat team.
Papua Guinea:
§ Papua New Guinea, the Pacific island country, plans to open an embassy in occupied Jerusalem.
Arab countries:
Saudi Arabia:
§ Media sources revealed a list of Israeli businessmen and investors who attended a conference in Riyadh to devote a new phase to the phase of gradual normalization between Saudi Arabia and the Israeli occupation state.
The UAE:
§ The defense exhibition “IDEX” in the UAE witnessed the presence of the Israeli occupation state through several companies specialized in military industries, which amount to more than 1,350 companies from different countries of the world.
§ A delegation from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs participated in the work of the "2I + 2U" group forum in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of member states, which include "Israel", the United States, the UAE and India.
Bahrain:
§ The work of the first normalization conference for business leaders, “Communication for Innovation”, was launched in the Bahraini capital - Manama. This event brings together Bahraini and Israeli leaders from the public sector, major companies and technology companies in order to find ways of cooperation that will support and enrich the economic aspect in both countries.
Kuwait:
§ Kuwait has issued 26 sets of stamps in support of the Palestinian cause, according to Issa Dashti, Secretary of the Kuwaiti Philatelic and Currency Association, who said that the last set was on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Graduates Association.
§ Kuwait's Foreign Minister, Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, criticized normalization with the Israeli occupation state, affirming his full support for the Palestinian cause, and added that the peace agreements that were signed in 1979 by two Arab countries with the occupation in the hope of reaching peace, but the agreements did not make any progress in the process. Peace during the subsequent 44 years.
Sultanate of Oman:
§ The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Sultanate of Oman allowed the Israeli occupation flights to pass through its airspace, noting that the announcement came after months of talks between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the authorities in Oman.
§ A campaign of rejection and denunciation by a group of Omanis against normalization, for the presence of a book by the Israeli writer in the Muscat International Book Fair, amid demands to withdraw all copies and not display them, in rejection of all forms of cultural normalization with the Israeli occupation state.
§ The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the joint statement issued by the meeting in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, which included senior Jordanian, Egyptian, American, Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Morocco:
§ The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its rejection of the Israeli occupation government's decision to intensify settlements, given its danger to security and stability in the region. This came in a telephone conversation with Nasser Bourita, Moroccan Foreign Minister, with Lord Tariq Ahmed, British Secretary of State for North Africa, South and Central Asia, the United Nations and the Commonwealth.
§ A delegation from the Israeli occupying state participated in the “African Aerospace Forum” hosted by Morocco, and this comes within the framework of the efforts of several Arab countries to expand the scope of normalization agreements with the Israeli occupying state.
§ The Moroccan Front for Support of Palestine and Against Normalization denounced the continuous Israeli aggressive escalation directed against the Palestinian people. The Front also renewed its condemnation of all forms of normalization with the Israeli occupation state, calling for support for the Palestinian liberation struggle.
§ Morocco modified the education system, introducing content about peace and tolerance towards Judaism and Jews in school textbooks, and removing anti-Israel content.
§ The Israeli irrigation technology company Netafim is set to expand its activities in Morocco with the construction of a new plant. Netafim is supported by the Jewish National Fund (JNF), the settlements division of the Jewish Agency, and the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture.
§ Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita revealed the existence of tripartite coordination between Morocco, the European Union and the Israeli occupation state on regional issues, including the Palestinian cause.
Algeria:
§ Vice-President of the Algerian National People's Assembly, Youssef Aguissa, affirmed that Algeria, through its presidency of the Arab Summit this year, will work to reject the Israeli occupation state from the African Union.
Djibouti:
§ The Djiboutian Foreign Minister announced his opposition to normalization with "Israel" and that he would not allow it to infiltrate the African Union, indicating that the expulsion of the representative of the Israeli occupation state from the African summit is in line with the position refusing to grant it observer status.
Iraq:
§ Iraq renewed its rejection of normalization with the Israeli occupation state, stressing its unwavering support for the rights of the Palestinian people, at a time when Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein revealed the results of the recent visit of an Iraqi delegation to the United States of America.
Palestine:
§ The "Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement against Israel" condemned the meeting that recently brought together the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hussein Al-Sheikh, with a delegation from the Zionist-American lobby, the most hostile to our people, AIPAC, describing it as official normalization.
Jordan:
§ 212 Jordanian personalities called for rejecting the external pressures exerted on Jordan and the Palestinian Authority by signing a statement in order to attend the Negev Forum.
§ Jordan hosted a political/security meeting between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli occupation state in Aqaba, attended by representatives of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the United States in the context of efforts to stop unilateral measures and reach a period of calm and confidence-building measures, leading to more comprehensive political engagement between the two sides.
Lebanon:
§ The boycott campaign in Lebanon called for a boycott of the "Exotic Wedding Planning Conference", which will be held in the UAE in early March, due to its violation of anti-normalization and boycott standards.
§ The Campaign to Boycott Supporters of "Israel" in Lebanon renewed its warning against academic and medical normalization, stressing that participation in the Dubai Derma exhibition and conference, in which Israelis are participating, is an encouragement to normalization.