#BDS: تظاهرة في بيونس آيرس احتجاجا على التعاقد مع شركة 'ميكوروت' الإسرائيلية #fuckIsrael

جرت في محافظة بيونس آيرس بالأرجنتين، تظاهره كبيرة، أمام مقر حاكم الولاية، دانييل زيولي الذي زار إسرائيل في الآونة الأخيرة، ووقع على تعاقد مع شركه ميكوروت الإسرائيلية للمياه التي اقترفت وتقترف جرائم حرب ضد شعبنا في سرقة مياهه وحرمانه من أن يروي حقوله ويتمتع بثرواته الطبيعية.

ونظم التظاهرة جمعية التضامن الأرجنتينية واتحاد الفيدرالية الفلسطينية هناك، ترافقهم عده تنظيمات نقابية وطلابية وبرلمانية أرجنتينية

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#BDS: Campaign Against Mekorot Launched in Argentina

In response to Merkorot’s proposed involvement in the an Argentinian water project, The Palestinian Federation of Argentina has moblized to boycott the company and halt the deal under the slogan “Mekorot Out!”.

The contract was revealed this January. Following a visit to Israel, the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires announced that a tender for the construction of a regional water treatment plant in La Plata would be awared a consortium, of which Mekorot is a part.

Mekorot is guilty of not only cutting off water to Palestinian areas and communities, but also ensuring the expansion of settlements by connection both large settlements and new “outposts” to the water network.

Accordingly, the Palestinain Federation has stressed that, “Mekorot is complicit in war crimes because their actions contribute to the maintenance and construction of illegal settlements in the West Bank and violate Palestinian human rights by not allowing them the minimum access to water or the exploitation of their natural resourcesthe […] Province of Buenos Aires must say NO to companies involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity.”


Read the Statement from the Palestinian Federation of Argentina

#BDS: Israel ire as Argentina and Brazil recognise Palestine

Israel has reacted angrily to Argentina's recognition of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders.

Monday's move by Argentina comes days after a similar step by South American neighbour Brazil.

The Argentinian foreign ministry said recognition was in line with the Palestinians' right to build an independent state.

More than 100 states around the world recognise Palestine, their mission at the United Nations says.

"The time has come to recognise Palestine as a free and independent state," Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said, adding that Argentina was "frustrated" that peace talks had stalled.

Brazil recognised Palestine on Friday, and Uruguay said it would do the same next year. Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela have already done so.

#BDS: In Argentina workers’ movements, community radios take up BDS

November saw a flurry of BDS activities in Argentina, where workers from the recovered factories, along with the global umbrella organization for community radio, committed to active support of the 2005 Palestinian BDS call.

Workers in the recovered factories in Argentina pledged to support the BDS call. These workers are part of a larger movement in Argentina that began in 2000 during Argentina’s economic crisis. At that time, the first workers resisted eviction from their places of work, and with the bankruptcy and flight of the management, took upon themselves the duties of production, administration and marketing. Since 2001, 205 factories around Argentina have been reclaimed by the workers.

In a statement issued in support of the BDS call, representatives from eight of the recovered factories pledged to “ensure that our work sites, our businesses and factories, […] will be spaces free of Israeli apartheid. We resolve to ensure we do not have contracts and business between our recovered companies and Israeli companies, the State of Israel or companies that support the State of Israel.” 

#BDS: Messi to be in Gaza July 2011

(Pal Telegraph) Fox Sports Argentina Channel said on its website that the star of Argentina's Barcelona soccer club, Lionel Messi, was invited by UNICEF to be an ambassador in both Gaza and the Pakistan as an ambassador of goodwill.

According to the website, the UNICEF is planning to assign Messi as their goodwill ambassador in Gaza, which was subjected to vicious Israeli war that affected all walks of life, as well as Pakistan, which recently suffered violent floods that werent seen in the country since a long time, leaving more than a thousand people dead and thousands more homeless.

The website also reported that "the UNICEF assigned and declared the date of the visit, which will be in mid-July next year, since there will be no tournaments on the European continent, and away from the fatigue of playing football as a profession. "