Irish unions boycott Israeli goods

Irish trade unionists are launching a boycott of Israeli goods as part of a major campaign to secure a peaceful settlement in the Middle East.

At an event hosted by the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast Wednesday, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) announced it would be holding a major conference this year as a springboard for their boycott campaign.

In a new report compiled by senior members who visited the occupied territories more than a year ago, union leaders said that they were deeply shocked by the conditions from which the Palestinians have been suffering for over thre years.

"I didn't expect the denial of human rights and the discrimination to be so evident and to be an obvious part of daily life,” said ICTU president Patricia McKeown (pictured), who led the delegation.

"To see the unemployment rate on the West Bank rising to 80%, to see the people having to get up at three in the morning, and virtually sleep outside the army controlled crossings in order to get into work - that's something we didn't expect to see," McKeown said.

The ICTU, representing trade unions across Ireland including 36 in Northern Ireland with 250,948 members, called for the ending of the Euro-Med Agreement with Israel last October as a consequence of its failure to abide by the conditions on human rights.

“Israel has demonstrated that it will not abide by the international opinion, the international law or the UN conventions and resolutions. It leaves no option but the exercise of sanctions,” it said.
The boycott of Israeli goods represents a marked step-up in gear by Irish unions in their campaign while details are being finalized ahead of the conference. More

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