DESMOND TUTU SUPPORTS AUSTRALIAN’S B.D.S. ACTIONS AGAINST APARTHEID ISRAEL

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Despite the Australian major political parties condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid, and even Bob Brown of the Australian Greens party who, as Antony Loewenstein suggests, has spoken against the BDS campaign for purely political reasons, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has endorsed the campaign by penning a letter of support to the Mayor and Councillors of Marrickville in Australia for their BDS actions. One can only hope that those Greens that have chosen to condemn the BDS movement in order to pander to current political public opinion in Australia – and that includes Bob Brown – will now reconsider their position and support the BDS campaign.

Bob Brown is out of step with the grass roots of the Green movement on this issue. He must get back into step because he will not be gaining any votes by maintaining his current position; indeed, he’ll be losing them!

Thanks to Sonja Karkar of Australian Friends of Palestine for bringing this to our attention.