BDS Victory! After backlash against Mamdani, NYPD walked back their plans with Israeli tech company. This is why we protest and hold our elected officials accountable on Palestine. It works.

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Discussion Confronting the next Zionist government's settler colonial project requires a systematic effort to build the capacity of the Palestinian people

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The Zionist Parliament elections have concluded. Some Palestinians called for participation, believing it to be a means of influence. Others, however, called for a boycott, recognizing the danger that participation poses to our presence on our land and our cause.

In any case, a government led by one Zionist or another will be formed to carry out their common genocidal settler-colonial project. The progress of their project is determined by the balance of power. Therefore, confronting it requires systematic efforts to build the capacity of our people. For this reason, the One Democratic State initiative proposes organizing efforts in the following areas:

Confronting concessionary Palestinian proposals: Concessionary proposals dominate Palestinian discourse today, such as the two-state problem, binationalism, the pursuit of equal rights within the occupying state, and the limiting liberation to ending apartheid. There is no clear, unified document that presents the Palestinian vision and defines the non-negotiable Palestinian ceiling for liberation. Therefore, we must work to formulate and adopt one.

Restoring the cohesion of Palestinian society: The occupation has succeeded in fragmenting Palestinian society into Jerusalem, 1948 Palestine, Gaza, the West Bank, and the Diaspora. Consequently, Palestinian discourse—and even Palestinian political organizations—have become fragmented across these regions. We must work to counter this fragmentation by building political groups, cultural frameworks, and media platforms that transcend these regional boundaries.

Leading the global movement in support of Palestine: Today, there is not a single movement supporting Palestine, but rather multiple movements. Their discourses are contradictory; some oppose genocide or the Netanyahu government but fail to grasp Zionism’s settler colonial essence; and their actions are often governed by social media algorithms and trends. Therefore, it is essential to engage with them, educate them, and guide them on how to become a force for the Palestinian liberation project.

The One Democratic State Initiative has been working toward those goals for years. It calls on people in Palestine, Al-Sham, and the world to contribute to our efforts or to coordinate efforts, to build strength and accumulate momentum until the Jewish state is dismantled and Palestine is liberated.

BDS Victory! This is why we hold the line. Keep holding your electeds an accountable about Palestine. Especially if they campaigned on it.

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Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights July 9, 2005

In light of Israel’s persistent violations of international law; and Given that, since 1948, hundreds of UN resolutions have condemned Israel’s colonial and discriminatory policies as illegal and called for immediate, adequate and effective remedies; and
Given that all forms of international intervention and peace-making have until now failed to convince or force Israel to comply with humanitarian law, to respect fundamental human rights and to end its occupation and oppression of the people of Palestine; and
In view of the fact that people of conscience in the international community have historically shouldered the moral responsibility to fight injustice, as exemplified in the struggle to abolish apartheid in South Africa through diverse forms of boycott, divestment and sanctions; and
Inspired by the struggle of South Africans against apartheid and in the spirit of international solidarity, moral consistency and resistance to injustice and oppression;
We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel. We also invite conscientious Israelis to support this Call, for the sake of justice and genuine peace.
These non-violent punitive measures should be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:
1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.

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