Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign: Protest Apartheid, Divest From Israel Bonds

Protest Apartheid, Divest From Israel Bonds:

"UpTakeVideo on Apr 1, 2011

St. Paul, MN, March 30, 2011. Break the Bonds Campaign gathered about 80 protestors in the State Capitol rotunda. The assembled group represented about half the legislative senate districts in the state. They gathered for a rally preparing them to talk to legislators about divesting from Israeli bonds. The state investment board holds about $18.4 million is Israeli bonds. Break the Bonds Campaign includes Palestinians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, students, professionals, parents, community members and allies working together to bring Palestine-centric education to Minnesota in order to promote justice and human rights. They are committed to non-violent actions including divestment. sanctions and boycott of Israeli goods. The Minnesota Break The Bonds Campaign was founded about two years ago to bring attention Israel-Palestine issues and to further the belief that, 'We, the people of Minnesota, have the moral obligation to make sound investments that will not aid the oppression of any one race, creed or people. Minnesota's investment in Israel supports an apartheid system in both Israel and the Occupied Territories that causes thousands of civilian deaths, many of whom are children, and which involves the widespread abuse of human rights. This system defies a ruling by the International Court of Justice as well as more than 65 UN Resolutions, and violates the Fourth Geneva Convention. We demand that the state of Minnesota act on its good conscience and support the breaking of economic ties with the apartheid state of Israel.' Break the Bonds Campaign includes Palestinians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, students, professionals, parents, community members and allies working together to bring Palestine-centric education to Minnesota in order to promote justice and human rights. They are committed to non-violent actions including divestment. sanctions and boycott of Israeli goods.



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