Updates from the palestinian BDS (Germany)
ERKLÄRUNG VON RECHTSGELEHRTEN GEGEN MASSNAHMEN, DIE VON EINIGEN REGIERUNGEN ERGRIFFEN WURDEN UM DIE BDS-BEWEGUNG (BOYKOTT, DESINVESTITION UND SANKTIONEN) FÜR MENSCHENRECHTE DER PALÄSTINENSER ZU ÄCH
The following is a statement by scholars, ex-scholars and associates of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Germany, a think tank associated with the Left Party. The Foundation’s official position on Palestine is currently under debate and it is periodically accused of antisemitism in German political discourse because of the Palestine-activism of many of its members.
Is Israel a threat to world peace? German writer Günter Grass has been blasted as an anti-Semite this week for making just such a claim in a new poem. But while the verse may not win any awards, Grass has kicked off an important -- and long overdue -- debate. And, he's right.
A great poem it is not. Nor is it a brilliant political analysis. But the brief lines that Günter Grass has published under the title "What Must Be Said" will one day be seen as some of his most influential words. They mark a rupture.
Occupied Palestine, 21 June 2011
Dear Die Linke Executive Board members,
It has come to the attention of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), a wide coalition of the largest Palestinian mass civil society organizations, that the German left political party, Die Linke, has equated calls for the boycott of Israeli goods with anti-Semitism.
Open Letter to those responsible for the ITB:
To Whom it may concern:
In light of the upcoming International Tourism Convention that will take place from 9-13 March 2011 inBerlin, we would like to remind you of the social responsibility that you have made known.