27 jan 2018
The Danish government has recently decided by a majority vote to exclude the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank from bilateral agreements with Israel. It was also decided to strengthen the government guidelines against investing in projects in both private and public bodies in the settlements.
Haaretz newspaper said that Denmark, through these decisions, has adopted the UN Security Council resolution 2334 wherein settlements are defined as a violation of international law and a distinction is made between Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. The same view is held by the European Union in all agreements with Israel.
These decisions express support for the efforts made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to formulate a black list of Israeli companies operating in the settlements.
The decision was raised in a formal query to the Danish Foreign Ministry in November 2017 after a number of Danish pension funds were forced to withdraw their investments in Israel following a wave of public outcry.
According to Israeli Foreign Ministry data, Israel and Denmark have 13 direct bilateral agreements in the fields of aviation, culture, education, law, industry, taxes and visas. The latest resolutions will affect future agreements between the two countries. Existing agreements might be effected pending updates.
Danish Foreign Minister, Anders Samuelsen, in December 2017 announced that his country would toughen the terms of support for Palestinian NGOs following Israeli pressure to stop Danish funding of Palestinian organizations allegedly involved in anti-Israel incitement and boycott activities.
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had sent to Samuelsen a list of Palestinian organizations which receive Danish funding and which, Israel claims, are involved in activities led by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
A few months after receiving the list, Denmark decided to freeze the remainder of the support and to formulate more strict criteria for the future.
However, Denmark stressed that it would continue to support organizations focusing on human rights in Palestine.
Haaretz newspaper said that Denmark, through these decisions, has adopted the UN Security Council resolution 2334 wherein settlements are defined as a violation of international law and a distinction is made between Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. The same view is held by the European Union in all agreements with Israel.
These decisions express support for the efforts made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to formulate a black list of Israeli companies operating in the settlements.
The decision was raised in a formal query to the Danish Foreign Ministry in November 2017 after a number of Danish pension funds were forced to withdraw their investments in Israel following a wave of public outcry.
According to Israeli Foreign Ministry data, Israel and Denmark have 13 direct bilateral agreements in the fields of aviation, culture, education, law, industry, taxes and visas. The latest resolutions will affect future agreements between the two countries. Existing agreements might be effected pending updates.
Danish Foreign Minister, Anders Samuelsen, in December 2017 announced that his country would toughen the terms of support for Palestinian NGOs following Israeli pressure to stop Danish funding of Palestinian organizations allegedly involved in anti-Israel incitement and boycott activities.
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had sent to Samuelsen a list of Palestinian organizations which receive Danish funding and which, Israel claims, are involved in activities led by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
A few months after receiving the list, Denmark decided to freeze the remainder of the support and to formulate more strict criteria for the future.
However, Denmark stressed that it would continue to support organizations focusing on human rights in Palestine.
A political storm cloud is hovering over the forthcoming Davis Cup by BNP Paribas match against Israel, organized by Tennis South Africa (TSA), and to be held in Pretoria from the 2nd to the 3rd of February following South African Sports Minister Thulas Nxesi’s decision to boycott the event.
Nxesi’s decision to boycott the event follows a letter sent to the minister by several South African human rights organizations and the personal humiliation he experienced in 2012 when he was refused entry into Israel-Palestine.
“I would actually have loved to attend the Davis Cup but given the concerns that activists and fellow South Africans are raising regarding the presence of an Israeli team I believe that it would not be proper for me to attend,” said Nxesi in his response to a letter sent to him by BDS South Africa, National Coalition 4 Palestine, SA Jews for a Free Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Alliance and the Wits University Palestine Solidarity Committee.
“I myself have experienced Israeli discrimination and occupation when I was denied entry to Palestine in 2012. In response to this and other practices by the Israeli regime against the Palestinians, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and many other notable South Africans, have called on the world to support the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement,” added the sports minister.
“This call for BDS is increasingly supported by progressive Jewish Israelis who remind us of our own icon, Joe Slovo, who, while he was Jewish, dissociated himself from the practices of the Israeli regime.”
On Friday BDS South Africa released a statement in response saying they welcomed Nxesi’s decision to boycott the upcoming tennis match.
However, TSA has distanced itself from the political divide.
“The event has evoked a variety of views, from different groups within our society. For this reason, we would like to clarify our position,” said TSA in response to a letter sent to it by rights groups.
“TSA, along with 200 other countries globally, is an affiliate of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and participates in the Davis Cup – the World Cup of Tennis – on an annual basis.
“One of the ITF’s key objectives for this competition is to grow the sport of tennis, and to do so without discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or religion.
“The ITF believes that sport should be used as a unifying element between athletes and nations.
“The ITF’s flagship competitions, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, were founded on the idea of fostering greater understanding among nations through tennis, a principle that is as valid today as it was over 100 years ago.
“TSA fully supports the guiding principles of both the ITF and the Davis Cup,” concluded the statement.
In 2009 South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council documented a report in which they claimed Israel was practicing apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian territories.
South Africa further raised the ire of Israel on Tuesday during a fiery exchange in Geneva, Switzerland during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), an assessment held every five years by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is seen as a barometer of the state of human rights in a given country.
Delegates from over 100 countries, including the 47-strong United Nations Human Rights Council, attended the debate.
On the subject of Israel’s human right record, South Africa’s delegate Clinton Swemmer stated: “Israel is the only state in the world that can be called an apartheid state. We remain deeply concerned at the denial of the right of self-determination to the Palestinian people, in the absence of which no other human right can be exercised or enjoyed.”
Nxesi’s decision to boycott the event follows a letter sent to the minister by several South African human rights organizations and the personal humiliation he experienced in 2012 when he was refused entry into Israel-Palestine.
“I would actually have loved to attend the Davis Cup but given the concerns that activists and fellow South Africans are raising regarding the presence of an Israeli team I believe that it would not be proper for me to attend,” said Nxesi in his response to a letter sent to him by BDS South Africa, National Coalition 4 Palestine, SA Jews for a Free Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Alliance and the Wits University Palestine Solidarity Committee.
“I myself have experienced Israeli discrimination and occupation when I was denied entry to Palestine in 2012. In response to this and other practices by the Israeli regime against the Palestinians, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and many other notable South Africans, have called on the world to support the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement,” added the sports minister.
“This call for BDS is increasingly supported by progressive Jewish Israelis who remind us of our own icon, Joe Slovo, who, while he was Jewish, dissociated himself from the practices of the Israeli regime.”
On Friday BDS South Africa released a statement in response saying they welcomed Nxesi’s decision to boycott the upcoming tennis match.
However, TSA has distanced itself from the political divide.
“The event has evoked a variety of views, from different groups within our society. For this reason, we would like to clarify our position,” said TSA in response to a letter sent to it by rights groups.
“TSA, along with 200 other countries globally, is an affiliate of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and participates in the Davis Cup – the World Cup of Tennis – on an annual basis.
“One of the ITF’s key objectives for this competition is to grow the sport of tennis, and to do so without discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or religion.
“The ITF believes that sport should be used as a unifying element between athletes and nations.
“The ITF’s flagship competitions, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, were founded on the idea of fostering greater understanding among nations through tennis, a principle that is as valid today as it was over 100 years ago.
“TSA fully supports the guiding principles of both the ITF and the Davis Cup,” concluded the statement.
In 2009 South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council documented a report in which they claimed Israel was practicing apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian territories.
South Africa further raised the ire of Israel on Tuesday during a fiery exchange in Geneva, Switzerland during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), an assessment held every five years by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is seen as a barometer of the state of human rights in a given country.
Delegates from over 100 countries, including the 47-strong United Nations Human Rights Council, attended the debate.
On the subject of Israel’s human right record, South Africa’s delegate Clinton Swemmer stated: “Israel is the only state in the world that can be called an apartheid state. We remain deeply concerned at the denial of the right of self-determination to the Palestinian people, in the absence of which no other human right can be exercised or enjoyed.”
20 jan 2018
BDS affiliates in India have accused Israel of exploiting Bollywood to improve its global image, after Israeli PM took “selfie” on stage with legendary movie star Amitabh Bachchan, while visiting Mumbai.
Activists made the claims after the Israeli government staged an outreach event titled “Shalom Bollywood” on Thursday, in a bid to entice Indian directors and producers to film their movies in Israel.
Senior figures from India’s film industry, including Bachchan and his daughter in law, Aishwarya Rai, attended the event.
Protests took place outside the event hosted in Mumbai, the home of India’s cinema industry.
Apoorva Gautam, who heads the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign in South Asia, said that Israel’s appeal to Bollywood was reflective of a broader “ideological shift” in the country since the election of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in 2014.
India’s film industry is the largest in the world and worth billions of dollars.
According to Days of Palestine, Israel has run similar film collaborations with other countries in an attempt to improve its global image, including an initiative with Chinese cinema when its tourist industry suffered, following its assault on Gaza.
The event was part of a six-day state visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to India, which saw him visiting several cities across the country and meeting with Modi.
Bachchan claims to have no political affiliation but has been the face of several Indian government campaigns.
Plans to make Bachchan the brand ambassador for “Incredible India,” a global marketing campaign run by the Indian government to attract tourists to the country, were delayed after his name appeared in the Panama papers.
Imtiaz Ali, another notable Bollywood figure, was also pictured with Netanyahu on Thursday. He directed the Bollywood film drive, funded by the Israeli Ministry for Tourism, and filmed in Israel.
Netanyahu is the second Israeli PM to visit India. His trip comes after Modi was the first Indian leader to visit Israel in 2017.
Activists made the claims after the Israeli government staged an outreach event titled “Shalom Bollywood” on Thursday, in a bid to entice Indian directors and producers to film their movies in Israel.
Senior figures from India’s film industry, including Bachchan and his daughter in law, Aishwarya Rai, attended the event.
Protests took place outside the event hosted in Mumbai, the home of India’s cinema industry.
Apoorva Gautam, who heads the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign in South Asia, said that Israel’s appeal to Bollywood was reflective of a broader “ideological shift” in the country since the election of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in 2014.
India’s film industry is the largest in the world and worth billions of dollars.
According to Days of Palestine, Israel has run similar film collaborations with other countries in an attempt to improve its global image, including an initiative with Chinese cinema when its tourist industry suffered, following its assault on Gaza.
The event was part of a six-day state visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to India, which saw him visiting several cities across the country and meeting with Modi.
Bachchan claims to have no political affiliation but has been the face of several Indian government campaigns.
Plans to make Bachchan the brand ambassador for “Incredible India,” a global marketing campaign run by the Indian government to attract tourists to the country, were delayed after his name appeared in the Panama papers.
Imtiaz Ali, another notable Bollywood figure, was also pictured with Netanyahu on Thursday. He directed the Bollywood film drive, funded by the Israeli Ministry for Tourism, and filmed in Israel.
Netanyahu is the second Israeli PM to visit India. His trip comes after Modi was the first Indian leader to visit Israel in 2017.
15 jan 2018
The New Orleans City Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a process to avoid contracting with or investing in companies that profit from abuses of human rights, civil rights, labor rights, and other violations.
The resolution was spearheaded by USCPR member group New Orleans Palestine Solidarity Committee (NOPSC).
The resolution was introduced by the New Orleans Mayor-elect and Council member, Latoya Cantrell, following an inspiring, year-long campaign by NOPSC.
This is among the strongest municipal wins to date, encompassing both boycotts and divestment, and is the first of its kind in the South.
The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights celebrate the victory today, on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, remembering the critical role of boycotts used in the Civil Rights Movement in protest of apartheid policies in the Jim Crow South.
The resolution was spearheaded by USCPR member group New Orleans Palestine Solidarity Committee (NOPSC).
The resolution was introduced by the New Orleans Mayor-elect and Council member, Latoya Cantrell, following an inspiring, year-long campaign by NOPSC.
This is among the strongest municipal wins to date, encompassing both boycotts and divestment, and is the first of its kind in the South.
The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights celebrate the victory today, on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, remembering the critical role of boycotts used in the Civil Rights Movement in protest of apartheid policies in the Jim Crow South.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that he was "disappointed" by India's refusal to back the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital but affirmed that he would not let it spoil his visit to the Asian country.
Netanyahu told India Today media group, in an interview released on Monday, that he has a "special relationship" with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
However, this relationship was clouded by India's vote, along with more than 100 countries, against the US Jerusalem move at the UN General Assembly in December 2017.
"I am certainly disappointed," Netanyahu said, "But I think this visit shows that our relationship is moving forward on so many fronts."
Ahead of the visit, India canceled a $500 million deal to buy Israeli Spike anti-tank missiles.
Israel exports an average of $1 billion of military equipment each year to India, but Modi wants to end India's status as the world's top defense importer.
In an effort to strengthen business ties with India, Netanyahu arrived in the country at the head of a 130-member business delegation.
Netanyahu told India Today media group, in an interview released on Monday, that he has a "special relationship" with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
However, this relationship was clouded by India's vote, along with more than 100 countries, against the US Jerusalem move at the UN General Assembly in December 2017.
"I am certainly disappointed," Netanyahu said, "But I think this visit shows that our relationship is moving forward on so many fronts."
Ahead of the visit, India canceled a $500 million deal to buy Israeli Spike anti-tank missiles.
Israel exports an average of $1 billion of military equipment each year to India, but Modi wants to end India's status as the world's top defense importer.
In an effort to strengthen business ties with India, Netanyahu arrived in the country at the head of a 130-member business delegation.
12 jan 2018
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The 101-year-old American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organization that was honored with the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize for assisting and rescuing Jewish victims from the Nazi regime during World War II was among 20 organizations recently blacklisted by Israel.
The South African human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, a registered NGO and Public Benefit Organization (PBO), was also added to the blacklist by the department responsible for fighting against the BDS. “We have shifted from defense to offense…[And] the boycott organizations need to know that the State of Israel will act against them,” Security Minister Gilad Erdan said. Israeli Interior Minister Arye Dery, whose ministry is responsible for implementing the list, has said that he would act against BDS activists “by every means.” Last year, Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz called for the “targeted killing” of BDS leaders everywhere, according to Days of Palestine. Other US NGOs Kerri Kennedy, an AFSC official, responded to the AFSC’s inclusion on Israel’s BDS Blacklist, saying: “We answered the call for divestment from apartheid South Africa and we have done the same with the call |
for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions from Palestinians who have faced decades of human rights violations.”
Another organization included on Israel’s BDS Blacklist is the US-based progressive Jewish organization, Jewish Voice For Peace (JVP).
JVP Executive Director wrote an article titled ‘I’m a US Jew on Israel’s BDS Blacklist. I Have Family in Israel. But I Won’t Be Silenced.’
Other US organizations on Israel’s BDS blacklist are the women-led anti-war group, CodePink and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
UK NGOs
Two prominent UK organizations have been added to Israel’s BDS blacklist, the first is the UK charity and advocacy organization War on Want, who’s director has commented: “This blacklist is a repressive tactic borrowed from the same playbook used by the apartheid regime in South Africa, when it tried to censor critics.
“Such attempts to silence human rights defenders through blacklisting and targeted harassment failed then as they will now.”
The other UK group blacklisted is the UK-based Palestine Solidarity campaign that includes, among its patrons, the UK Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
Another organization included on Israel’s BDS Blacklist is the US-based progressive Jewish organization, Jewish Voice For Peace (JVP).
JVP Executive Director wrote an article titled ‘I’m a US Jew on Israel’s BDS Blacklist. I Have Family in Israel. But I Won’t Be Silenced.’
Other US organizations on Israel’s BDS blacklist are the women-led anti-war group, CodePink and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
UK NGOs
Two prominent UK organizations have been added to Israel’s BDS blacklist, the first is the UK charity and advocacy organization War on Want, who’s director has commented: “This blacklist is a repressive tactic borrowed from the same playbook used by the apartheid regime in South Africa, when it tried to censor critics.
“Such attempts to silence human rights defenders through blacklisting and targeted harassment failed then as they will now.”
The other UK group blacklisted is the UK-based Palestine Solidarity campaign that includes, among its patrons, the UK Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
8 jan 2018
Israel released on Sunday, 7 January 2018 a list of NGOs whose members will be prevented from entering the country.
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan announced the list of 22 NGOs from Europe, the United States, South America, and Africa whose employees and/or members are banned from entering Israel due to their alleged support of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign. With this move, the Israeli government aims to further stifle the global movement against the occupation.
Hassan Jabareen, general director of Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, issued the following statement in response to the list’s release:
“Adalah firmly condemns the Israeli government’s ban, which arbitrarily places draconian limits on foreign visitors. It also restricts the ability of Israeli citizens and Palestinian residents of the Occupied Palestinian Territory to exercise their rights of association for the purposes of family unification, for employment, and for cultural and political exchange.
This ban is an overt violation of the constitutional rights of Israeli citizens and the rights guaranteed to Palestinian residents of the OPT under international humanitarian and human rights law.
This move is reminiscent of South Africa’s apartheid regime which also prepared blacklists in order to punish people and prevent the entry of those opposed to its racist policies.”
The Entry to Israel Law (Amendment No. 27) (Denying a Visa and Residency Permit for Advocates of Boycotting Israel), prevents foreign nationals or non-residents who have publicly expressed support for the BDS campaign from entering Israel.
The list of organizations now banned by Israel includes:
AFPS (The Association France Palestine Solidarité)
BDS France
BDS Italy
ECCP (The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine
FOA (Friends of Al-Aqsa)
IPSC (Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
Norge (The Palestine Committee of Norway)
Palestinakomitee
PGS (Palestine Solidarity Association in Sweden)
Palestinagrupperna i Sverige
PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
War on Want
BDS Kampagne
AFSC (American Friends Service Committee)
AMP (American Muslims for Palestine)
Code Pink
JVP (Jewish Voice for Peace)
NSJP (National Students for Justice in Palestine)
USCPR (US Campaign for Palestinian Rights)
BDS Chile
BDS South Africa
BNC (BDS National Committee)
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan announced the list of 22 NGOs from Europe, the United States, South America, and Africa whose employees and/or members are banned from entering Israel due to their alleged support of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign. With this move, the Israeli government aims to further stifle the global movement against the occupation.
Hassan Jabareen, general director of Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, issued the following statement in response to the list’s release:
“Adalah firmly condemns the Israeli government’s ban, which arbitrarily places draconian limits on foreign visitors. It also restricts the ability of Israeli citizens and Palestinian residents of the Occupied Palestinian Territory to exercise their rights of association for the purposes of family unification, for employment, and for cultural and political exchange.
This ban is an overt violation of the constitutional rights of Israeli citizens and the rights guaranteed to Palestinian residents of the OPT under international humanitarian and human rights law.
This move is reminiscent of South Africa’s apartheid regime which also prepared blacklists in order to punish people and prevent the entry of those opposed to its racist policies.”
The Entry to Israel Law (Amendment No. 27) (Denying a Visa and Residency Permit for Advocates of Boycotting Israel), prevents foreign nationals or non-residents who have publicly expressed support for the BDS campaign from entering Israel.
The list of organizations now banned by Israel includes:
AFPS (The Association France Palestine Solidarité)
BDS France
BDS Italy
ECCP (The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine
FOA (Friends of Al-Aqsa)
IPSC (Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
Norge (The Palestine Committee of Norway)
Palestinakomitee
PGS (Palestine Solidarity Association in Sweden)
Palestinagrupperna i Sverige
PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
War on Want
BDS Kampagne
AFSC (American Friends Service Committee)
AMP (American Muslims for Palestine)
Code Pink
JVP (Jewish Voice for Peace)
NSJP (National Students for Justice in Palestine)
USCPR (US Campaign for Palestinian Rights)
BDS Chile
BDS South Africa
BNC (BDS National Committee)
7 jan 2018
The left-wing organization Jewish Voice for Peace has been placed on a BDS blacklist compiled by Israel, Haaretz Hebrew newspaper quoted the Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry as saying.
The ministry has been compiling a list of 20 organizations whose members will not be allowed to enter Israel due to their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel.
According to the paper, the Israeli ministry has refused to name the other organizations that are on the list.
The list, which is expected to be compiled in March, will then be passed on to the Interior Ministry, which will be responsible for implementing it.
Jewish Voice For Peace Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson said that "Israel’s decision to specifically ban JVP leaders from entry is disconcerting but not surprising, given the consistent erosion of democratic norms as well as increasing fear of the BDS movement in Israel. JVP members are now joining Palestinians, Muslims from around the world, people of color and other activists who are often barred from entry."
The ministry has been compiling a list of 20 organizations whose members will not be allowed to enter Israel due to their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel.
According to the paper, the Israeli ministry has refused to name the other organizations that are on the list.
The list, which is expected to be compiled in March, will then be passed on to the Interior Ministry, which will be responsible for implementing it.
Jewish Voice For Peace Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson said that "Israel’s decision to specifically ban JVP leaders from entry is disconcerting but not surprising, given the consistent erosion of democratic norms as well as increasing fear of the BDS movement in Israel. JVP members are now joining Palestinians, Muslims from around the world, people of color and other activists who are often barred from entry."
6 jan 2018
Palestinian doctors have commenced a campaign aiming at boycotting Israeli medical products in Turkey.
The move was launched by a gathering of Palestinian doctors living in Turkey during a meeting held at the Turkish Medical Association in Istanbul, as the gathering’s chief Mohammad Abu Al-Sheikh gave a presentation in this regard.
Abu Al-Sheikh expounded on the volume of Israeli business in Turkey, and listed the names of Israeli pharmaceutical companies and medicine on sale at the Turkish market.
He also elaborated the steps to be taken by the Palestinian medical group to promote the anti-Israel campaign, and how to ensure that it would work out.
For his part, Anas Zeineddin, lectured on the legal issues regarding Occupied Jerusalem. He affirmed that any decision on opening any embassy in east or west of Occupied Jerusalem is void and null because it is considered an occupied city in accordance with the international law.
The move was launched by a gathering of Palestinian doctors living in Turkey during a meeting held at the Turkish Medical Association in Istanbul, as the gathering’s chief Mohammad Abu Al-Sheikh gave a presentation in this regard.
Abu Al-Sheikh expounded on the volume of Israeli business in Turkey, and listed the names of Israeli pharmaceutical companies and medicine on sale at the Turkish market.
He also elaborated the steps to be taken by the Palestinian medical group to promote the anti-Israel campaign, and how to ensure that it would work out.
For his part, Anas Zeineddin, lectured on the legal issues regarding Occupied Jerusalem. He affirmed that any decision on opening any embassy in east or west of Occupied Jerusalem is void and null because it is considered an occupied city in accordance with the international law.
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