9 Sept 2014

Green Party conference motion supports Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign




 


Emergency Motion to Green Party conference September 2014 


Very pleased this was passed by over 2/3rds at Green Party conference on saturday we also had packed meeting on Gaza

"Conference condemns Israel's ground invasion, aerial and marine bombing of Gaza, and calls on Green Party and Green Party elected representatives to take what steps they can to put existing Green Party policy into action and to ensure that the underlying causes are addressed, acknowledging there can be no lasting peace without justice.  
Such steps include: 
·        Reiterating our calls on the UN, the EU and the US government to ensure that Israel complies with international law; 
·        Supporting these calls by active participation in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. This campaign aims to put pressure on the government of Israel to end the Occupation and to give equal rights to Palestinians. The campaign asks individuals, organisations, councils and governments to refuse to deal withcompanies and institutions identified as facilitating Israel's military capacity, human rights abuses or illegal settlement activity. 
·        In particular to demand that the UK government halts all joint Israeli/UK military co-operation and approval for all arms sales to Israel." 

Proposer:  Annie Neligan 

Seconder: Derek Wall 

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