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Stuart Rees, Churches Support for the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions (BDS) Movement

April 29, 2019
by Nell Potter
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On April 30 in St. James Church Sydney, Christians seeking lasting peace for the people of Palestine and Israel, known as the Palestine/Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN) will announce their support for the BDS campaign for Palestinians’ rights to self determination.

That policy is courageous but could be regarded as unexceptional. BDS is a world-wide, non-violent, international law based movement. It seeks to end Israeli control of Palestinians lands, secure equal rights for Palestinians living in Israel and foster the right of return for peoples expelled from their homes in 1948.

Read the rest of this article at Stuart Rees’ blog here.

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