Met deze start in Israël wil de organisator van de Giro een extra feestelijk tintje geven aan het 70 jarig bestaan van de staat Israël; 70 jaar geleden, het moment waarop de ellende voor de Palestijnen (al-Nakba) pas echt 'goed begon....'
Gisteren ontving ik een schrijven van de Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), met een verzoek te tekenen voor een petitie aan de organisator van de Giro d'Italia, een verzoek dit onzalige plan af te schieten en de Giro buiten Israël te starten. Lees en teken de petitie a.u.b. en geeft het door!!
Don’t
Pedal for Israeli Crimes: Tell Giro d’Italia to Steer Clear of
Apartheid
Organizers
of the famed Italian cycling race Giro d’Italia have announced the
start of the 2018 edition from Israel, starting in Jerusalem followed
by stages from Haifa to Tel Aviv and in the Naqab (Negev). Read
the PACBI press release.
The
race will ‘celebrate’ the 70th anniversary of Israel’s
establishment on the ruins of the Palestinian homeland and through
the ethnic cleansing, or Nakba, of a majority of the indigenous
Palestinians.
We
have to act to
stop this sports-washing of Israel’s occupation and apartheid,
dubbed by the media as “a
big political coup for
[Israel], which has been striving to paint a picture of 'normal'
life.”
Join
us in telling organizers RCS to #RelocateTheRace
and cycle away from Israel’s occupation and apartheid.
and cycle away from Israel’s occupation and apartheid.
The
Giro d’Italia will serve to institutionalize
Israel’s hold on Jerusalem.
One Israeli official after another laid claims to Jerusalem as
Israel’s capital during the announcement ceremony, something
no other country in the world recognizes.
The Jerusalem Municipality is actively involved in the illegal
gradual ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, including through home
demolitions and forced expulsions as a matter
of policy.
In
the Naqab (Negev) in the south of present-day Israel, dozens of
Palestinian Bedouin towns are refused
recognition and basic services,
and subjected to repeated
demolitions, some over
100 times.
Israel is also revoking
the citizenship of
Palestinian Bedouins for no reason, leaving them stateless.
Starting
the race anywhere under Israel’s control will serve as a stamp
of approval for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.
Would the Giro d’Italia have considered starting a race in
apartheid South Africa in the 1980s?
Take
action now to
pressure RCS to
respect international law and relocate the race.
respect international law and relocate the race.
Let’s
make sure RCS and cycling teams get the message: stop sports-washing
Israel’s egregious human rights violations, move the race start to
another country!
#RelocateTheRace!
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* Zie: 'Giro d'Italia van start in Jeruzalem, 'een mooie manier' om Israël te promoten, aldus NOS presentator van den Berg........'
en: 'Sjors Fröhlich (chef BNR): de rechtspraak in Israël is oké....... ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!'
