June 10, 2013
By Asa Winstanley for The Electronic Intifada
Reports on Saturday’s fourth national Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference in Bethlehem tended to focus on the shaming of Palestinian Authority minister Jawad Naji (including my own initial one). But the conference itself was a bigger story.
The main reason the audience was so angry with Naji was that the focus throughout the day was on local boycott initiatives. The PA undermines these through its many contacts with Israeli officials and institutions.
Despite the minister’s walk-out and his thugs’ subsequent bloody attack on Nizar Banat (the man who supposedly “insulted” PA leader Mahmoud Abbas), the conference was a vibrant and exciting event.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights today called for an investigation into the attack on Banat.
Read the article: http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/national-conference-focuses-west-bank-boycott-efforts.