"While
the
Round
Tables
event
is
presented
as
a
“fruitful
dialogue
about
culture, economy,
and
social
issues,”
it
is
instead
an
appalling use
of
the
time honored
tradition
of
sharing
culinary
experiences
as
a
means
for
whitewashing
widespread
violation
of
Palestinian
fundamental
rights,
including
the
right
to food. "
" ...according to United Nations reports, only 35 per cent of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation are food secure [6] with Israel's illegal wall and settlements appropriating large swathes of land for Israelis whilst ghettoizing Palestinians and denying them livelihoods [7].
Palestinian citizens of Israel, which make up 20 per cent of the population, hardly fare any better. Palestinian communities are being forced off their land as part of Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing. Israel refuses to recognize 176 Palestinian towns and villages within its internationally recognized borders, many predating the creation of the state, denying them even the most basic of services such as water and electricity. Israeli bulldozers regularly demolish entire villages leaving families homeless.
And though you will have no problem traveling to Tel Aviv, roughly 7 million Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons resulting from Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing are denied the right to return to their lands as guaranteed under International Law"
....READ MORE
https://www.stopthewall.org/sites/default/files/Letter%20-%20Take%20Apartheid%20Off%20The%20Menu.pdf
ACTION
ALERT: Tell these food chefs to cancel their Round Tables with
Apartheid! - See more at:
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2015/action-alert-tell-these-food-chefs-to-cancel-their-round-tables-with-apartheid-13492#sthash.3jbWcyvq.dpuf
ACTION
ALERT: Tell these food chefs to cancel their Round Tables with
Apartheid! - See more at:
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2015/action-alert-tell-these-food-chefs-to-cancel-their-round-tables-with-apartheid-13492#sthash.3jbWcyvq.dpuf
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