Omar Barghouti speaks on BDS

video by: sternchenproductions on Jul 13, 2011 Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian political and cultural analyst whose opinion columns have appeared in several publications. He is also a human rights activist involved in civil struggle to end oppression and conflict in Palestine. Barghouti is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic [...]

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60 Years of Nakba, 41 Years of Occupation …

High Time for BDS By OMAR BARGHOUTI http://www.counterpunch.org/barghouti06052008.html “The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet but not to make them die of hunger,” said Dov Weisglass, Sharon’s closest advisor, a few years ago. Today, Israel is slowly choking occupied Gaza, indeed bringing its civilian population to the brink of starvation and a [...]

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