Motion 107
Stop Arming Israel
“That this Congress stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine. It condemns Israel’s assaults on Gaza through bombing, ground incursion and starvation as an act of war, which has resulted in the massacres of thousands of people, three quarters of whom are women and children. It also deplores the rising death toll on the West Bank from army and settler violence.
“It reaffirms its commitment to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) strategy, to put pressure on the Government of Israel to end its violence and apartheid towards the Palestinian people in the way that the boycott movement had a key role to end apartheid in South Africa.
“Congress welcomes the suspension of 30 arms export licenses to Israel by the UK Labour Government but recognises that 330 are still in force, and that in continuing to send arms to Israel, the UK is complicit in the bloodshed in Palestine and the genocide in Gaza. It believes that the Scottish Government also has a part to play and must not provide Government funding to any business involved in supplying arms or military hardware to Israel.
“Congress calls on the General Council to act in support of BDS and in solidarity with the people of Palestine by:
- lobbying the Scottish Government to end funding to any company and/or organisation involved directly or indirectly connected to supplying any weapons or weapons parts to Israel;
- urging affiliates to support and promote BDS amongst their members and to campaign for pension fund divestment from companies complicit in Israeli oppression as part of a broader campaign for boycott and divestment from banks and business complicit in Israeli oppression; and
- continuing to promote BDS as a strategy of peaceful resistance in support of Palestine and continue to condemn Israel’s war crimes in Palestine.”
Mover: Aberdeen Trades Union Council
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