The City of Sydney council will consider scrapping its contracts with companies linked to Israel, including a printing agreement with Hewlett Packard, after Lord Mayor Clover Moore supported a renewed push from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
Moore and her independent team backed a Greens motion on Monday night calling for the state’s wealthiest council to audit divestments that had or could be made to ensure it did not invest in or profit from human rights violations, “including the illegal occupation of the settlements in Palestinian territories, and the supply of weapons”.
I applaud them trying, but I’m seriously doubting Netanyahu is sitting there in his office going “Fuck, we lost Sydney. Guys stop killing civilians for a second… are we the bad guys here?”
It’s the equivalent to light economic sanctions when a large set of customers stop using services and goods from your country
It also helps to buoy the spirits of Palestinians and their supporters. As the partner of someone who’s very involved in the movement (on the streets, in the workplace and elsewhere) wins like this come few and far between the hard slog of campaigning and life in general. It especially stings when people who are otherwise supportive make unhelpful comments, don’t get involved (like me) or are otherwise apathetic. I’m not having a go at @[email protected], they’re not saying anything I sometimes haven’t thought.
Sydney is HAMAS now?
Can’t tell if this is facetious or not…
Yes, yes it is! Apologies for the lack of “/s”
