On
17 December 2011, Palestinians gathered in the city of Hebron in the
occupied West Bank for the Third National Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) Conference. The event took place against the backdrop
of continuous Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, and a growing
resistance against injustice worldwide as demonstrated by the Arab
revolutions and the occupy movements. Just minutes away from the
conference venue, 500 Jewish settlers live under escort of the Israeli
military in a colonial enclave in the middle of old Hebron, terrorizing
local Palestinian residents on a daily basis, with the stated intent of
driving them from their homes. Hebron is also an important commercial
center in Palestine, and thus was a fitting venue to hold the national
BDS conference, after it was held in Nablus and Ramallah in previous
years. Read more here.
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