Dear friends and comrades of Samidoun and the Palestinian people,
We urge you to join us in the important boycott actions and mobilizations below: confronting ambassadors of colonialism and apartheid at the Tour de France and everywhere around the world.
The work to boycott, isolate, divest from and sanction Zionist colonization is an important tactic of support for the Palestinian liberation movement, led by the Palestinian resistance and at the heart, the Palestinian prisoners' movement.
As we write today, Raed Rayan is on hunger strike for 82 days for freedom. Bashir al-Khairy, at 80 years old, is leading a court boycott by administrative detainees. Every day, Palestinian prisoners are on the front lines struggling for liberation. We must do everything we can around the world to cut the ties of imperialism and Zionism that enables the continuing colonization of Palestine. (Some great examples of innovative action in this regard include Palestine Action's direct actions and the Mapping Project Boston's documentation.)
Just this past weekend, Samidoun members and supporters were on the streets in Madrid in the mass protests against NATO, at support actions in Vancouver and around the world, in Frankfurt and Cologne to call for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, in Toulouse and Amsterdam to stand in solidarity for Palestinian liberation. We invite you to join us -- and the many organizations, activists and strugglers inside and outside Palestine -- in struggle, towards victory and liberation, from the river to the sea!
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International statement: Israel out of the Tour de France!
To add your organizational signature to this call, please email collectifpalestinevaincra@gmail.com.
From July 1 to 24, 2022, the 109th edition of the Tour de France will launch from Copenhagen, Denmark, and then proceed through several cities in Belgium and France. For the third consecutive year, the biggest cycling competition in the world is welcoming the Israel Premier Tech team, formerly known as Israel Start-Up Nation, to the starting line.
Founded by Israeli-Canadian businessman Sylvan Adams, this team aims to promote Israeli apartheid. Indeed, “the members of the team are ambassadors of the country of Israel, which is the basis of the team. We use sport to create links and promote the image of the country,” as the team openly underlines in a quote to a French newspaper.
The presence of this team with openly political ambitions is all the more scandalous when we see that the International Cycling Union is currently sanctioning several Russian and Belarusian teams because of the policies of their respective States, but becomes incapable of doing so when it comes to denouncing Israeli policy. This demonstrates once again that what is in question is not the legitimacy of the sports boycott but the targets it is addressing.
As Israel continues its policy of colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing, we call for the intensification of the boycott of Israel as an anti-colonialist and anti-racist tool in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance which fights for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea. In this context, we call for a boycott of the team Israel Premier Tech and for increased actions and organizing during this competition. The flag of Palestine must fly everywhere in order to make it clear that we do not accept the presence of a team representing the executioners of the Palestinian people.
Boycott Israel – Free Palestine
Israel out of the Tour de France!
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We, the undersigned organizations, reaffirm our support for the Mapping Project out of Boston. The project identifies hundreds of policing institutions, universities, weapons manufacturers, and explicitly political Zionist organizations that collaborate with one another to further systems of oppression.
We reject any attempts to isolate or ostracize segments of our movement that are doing this critical work, especially in the face of backlash and repression. The work to uncover the relationships between policing, Zionism, and imperialism is critical movement work that should be uplifted...
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"Certainly the release of revolutionary prisoners has always been a moment of great popular enthusiasm and has always nourished and consolidated the bonds of solidarity on an international scale and thereby participated, in the most significant way, in the influence of the Palestinian revolution, and to the enrichment of the anti-imperialist/anti-capitalist struggle, both at the national and regional level and therefore at the international level."
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Read the full Samidoun interview with the Mapping Project!
We encourage all supporters to visit the Mapping Project and use its interactive tools and resources:
The Mapping Project landing page can be found here: mapliberation.org
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Samidoun chapters, affiliates and links around the world:
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has chapters and affiliates in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Palestine and Lebanon and we work with groups around the world. Would you like to form a local chapter or become an affiliate? Contact us at samidoun@samidoun.net.
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