America's Labor Unions Are Increasingly Standing with Palestine

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<p>‘O March 28th, a “Stop the Boycott” co fere ce was hel i Jer salem.</p>
<p>Afrai of the s pport for the Boycott-Divestme t-Sa ctio s (BDS) moveme t agai st the Israeli occ patio of Palesti e, the participa ts lashe o t agai st its a vocates. Israeli Mi ister of Tra sport, I tellige ce a Atomic E ergy Yisrael Katz calle po his gover me t to co ct “targete civil elimi atio s” of BDS lea ers. S ch a alarmi g stateme t is ot s al. Israel’s Mi ister of P blic Sec rity, Strategic Affairs a I formatio sai that BDS activists m st “pay the price” for their a vocacy (he later sai that he i ot mea to provoke “physical harm”). Israel’s Mi ister of I terior Aryeh Deri has threate e to revoke the perma e t resi e cy of BDS lea er Omar Bargho ti–who says that he ow fears for his life.</p>
<p>S ch is the Israeli reactio to the peacef l BDS moveme t.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/labor/americas-labor- io s-are-i creasi gly-sta i g-palesti e" target="_bla k">Rea more: America’s Labor U io s Are I creasi gly Sta i g with Palesti e</a></p>