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The Star Online [Star Publications (Malaysia)]
Thursday, June 19, 2003
US activist: Boycott Israel's supporters
PENANG: Malaysia and the international community should boycott supporters of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, which is a better strategy than humanitarian assistance that will only pay for the occupation, an American activist said.
International Solidarity Movement organiser Adam Shapiro said a particular US company that provided bulldozers to the Israeli army should be boycotted.
"The most basic element of occupation is the bulldozer, used in the building of (Jewish) settlements, confiscation of land and destruction of homes," he said after giving a talk on "Deir Yassin Remembered," organised by Penang-based Citizens International here on Tuesday.
Shapiro, a Jew, and his American Palestinian wife Huwaida Arraf were nominees for The Nation/Puffin Foundation Prize and the Oscar Romero Award for Leadership and Service to Human Rights.
For his work in Palestine, Shapiro, 31, has also been named an Honorary Veteran for Peace by the National Veterans for Peace Organisation.
Shapiro, a Ph.D candidate in International Relations, said boycotts could be more effective in sending a political message since the developing humanitarian crisis in Palestine was caused by politics.
"While it is important the international community provides humanitarian assistance, this does not change the political situation," he said.
He said other boycott measures could include the barring of Israeli academics at international conferences unless they were against the Israeli occupation, the barring of Israeli sports teams from competitions and the boycott of US companies that set up factories in land confiscated by the Israelis.
He said 1,000 activists from around the world would join the International Solidarity Movement next month to knock down a partly completed wall which the Israelis were building around the West Bank to annex land and water and further isolate and imprison the Palestinian population.
For more information, check the movement's website at http://palsolidarity.org.