Boycott, divestment and sanctions
Ian Kirk-Smith reports on Meeting for Sufferings
Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), held at Friends House on Saturday 2 April, returned to the issue of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) as a response to the occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Above all we must take risks for God: look around us to the people who need help; listen to those who experience oppression…
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Friends wishing to make an informed decision on Israeli settlement goods can find an up to date list of products at Gush Shalom website.Gush Shalom is the leading Israeli Peace Organisation.
Follow this link:http:
//gush-shalom.org.toibillboard.info/products_eng.htm
Friends can also visit http://www.whoprofits.org/index.php
for a more up to date list of companies trading illegally in the Palestinian occupied territories.
and finally, here is the weblink to the Palestinian BDS movement website.
Be informed!
http://www.bdsmovement.net/
how refreshing that quakers as a body have finally made a decision. it is to be hoped that we can have as significant an effect on the israeli/palestinian situation as we did on same sex marriage.