Norway’s largest trade union federation endorses full boycott of Israel to advance Palestinian human rights
Members of BDS Norwary (BDS Norge) protest weapons sales to Israel
in Oslo, 2016. (Photo: BDS Norway).
Today, the
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), representing close to one million
workers, endorsed a full boycott of Israel
to achieve Palestinian rights under international law. LO is the largest and
most influential umbrella organization of labor unions in Norway.
Commenting on this significant BDS victory in Norway,
Riya Hassan, the Europe
Campaigns Coordinator with the Palestinian BDS National Committee, said:
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National
Committee (BNC) salutes the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) for
endorsing a full “international economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel” as
a necessary means to achieve Palestinian fundamental rights, including the
right of return for the refugees and equality for Palestinian citizens of
Israel.
By courageously heeding the Palestinian BDS Call, issued by
an absolute majority in Palestinian civil society in 2005, LO joins some of the
world’s most important trade union federations, including South Africa’s COSATU,
Brazil’s CUT, Quebec’s CSN
and the IrishICTU, in calling for meaningful BDS pressure on the
corporations and institutions that have enabled decades of Israeli
occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid.
The BNC hopes to closely coordinate with Norwegian partners
within LO, particularlyFagforbundet,
to translate this new policy into effective measures of accountability at the
academic, cultural and economic levels to uphold human rights and international
law. We also call on LO to apply pressure on the Norwegian government to end
all its military ties with Israel’s
regime of oppression and to divest its sovereign fund from all companies that
are complicit in Israel’s
occupation and illegal settlement enterprise.
About Palestinian BDS National Committee
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) is the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society. It leads and supports the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. For more information, visit www.bdsmovement.net/BNC.Other posts by Palestinian BDS National Committee.
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