4-1-2017 Under Israeli gag order, Omar Barghouti urges more BDS - Ali Abunimah Electronic Intifada

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/under-israeli-gag-order-omar-barghouti-urges-more-bds

 

Human rights defender Omar Barghouti is urging people around the world to increase boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns as the best way to show support for him – and for the Palestinian people – as he faces escalating repression by the Israeli government.  "Finally, I was allowed to access my email account after 12 days of being banned from doing so during the most intense phase of the ongoing interrogation I am subjected to by the Israeli authorities." …In the past year, Barghouti has been subjected to a travel ban and open threats by Israel's top ministers…During a "Stop the Boycott" conference held in Jerusalem last year, Gilad Erdan, Israel's public security and strategic affairs minister, vowed that BDS activists "will know they will pay a price for it."  Singling out Barghouti, Erdan, who is responsible for spearheading Israel's assault on the global BDS movement, added, "We will soon be hearing more of our friend Barghouti."  During the same conference, which was attended by EU and US diplomats, Israel's intelligence minister Yisrael Katz called for the thwarting of the BDS leadership, using the same Hebrew term used by the military for "targeted killing," or extrajudicial execution. Israel's interior minister Aryeh Deri told conference attendees that he was considering revoking Barghouti's residency permit.  In response, Amnesty International expressed its concern for the "safety and liberty of Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti, and other boycott, divestment and sanctions activists...


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