For The Palestinians! Against boycotting Israel!

This is the speech I gave proposing the successful resolution on Solidarity With Israeli And Palestinian Workers at RMT's Annual General Meeting 2008 - followed by my reply to points made in the debate. Janine Booth Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people is terrible. This year, we have seen Israel blockade and bomb the Gaza strip, killing innocent Palestinians and blighting the lives of everyone who lives there. In February, Israeli F16 jets fired 3 heavy rockets that completely destroyed the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions’ ‘folk house’ – a building that administered union-organised health care as well as being a base for union organising and administration. That attack killed one Palestinian and injured 37 more, including many children. This is just one story among many – one of particular concern to... [read full story]