"These are tough days but important for us in Palestine. Just yesterday, my friend and coordinator of the Popular Committee Bil'in Against the Wall and Settlements, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, was sentenced to one year in jail by an Israeli military court. His only deit was to be an instrumental part of the campaign of our people against the wall on our land. However, we can not allow our grief at the imprisonment of Abdullah paralyze our work. Abdallah
While working to mark the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, Israel is also building infrastructure in East Jerusalem illegally. Between 20 and 22 October, nearly a week from today, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has provided hold its biennial conference on tourism in Jerusalem - a city whose indigenous Palestinian residents suffer systematic discrimination and expulsion.
There is no time to lose if we change this decision. Despite persistent human rights violations and breaches of international law by Israel, the OECD - whose members include most of the world's richest countries - given that Israel should become a member of it, on May 27 this year. Tourism plays an important role in colonization by Israel in East Jerusalem under occupation.
State and settler organizations Cooperative Law in the expulsion of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Sheikh Jarrah Silwan and the creation of colonies and biblical theme parks for tourists. Join us in calling on the OECD to cancel its tourism conference in Jerusalem. Please follow this link to send an email to Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General to require that the organization respects international law and cancel the planned OECD conference in Jerusalem. Help us to highlight this injustice and express your complaint.
In solidarity, "Mohammed Khatib
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