#BDS: Two surviving founders of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters and Nick - TopicsExpress



          

#BDS: Two surviving founders of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters and Nick Mason, have sent the rock band Rolling Stones an open letter. They asked Mick Jagger and his crew to cancel their first-ever concert in Israel to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle against occupation. A campaign known as boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) seeks to apply international pressure on Israel to end its military occupation of the West Bank, guarantee the right of Palestinian refugees to return to homes they fled or abandoned after 1948, and grant full rights and equality to Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel. The BDSers are employing tactics similar to those used against the apartheid regime in South Africa a generation ago. Since 2005, the movement has pushed individuals and institutions to sever academic partnerships, boycott items such as Golan wines and Dead Sea beauty products, and divest from Israeli companies. The movement has gained visibility on American and European college campuses, and it has also managed to inflict some financial pain — recently, the Dutch pension management fund PGGM, with assets of $200 billion, divested from five Israeli banks because of their stake in the occupied West Bank.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:52:35 +0000

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