Break Israeli Apartheid Wall

The Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about 41 kilometres long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide.

The territory takes its name from Gaza, its main city. Gaza Strip has a population of about 1.6 million people. One million of the population, as of March 2005, were considered refugees, although the vast majority of them were actually born in the Gaza Strip. The population is predominantly Sunni Muslim.

The UN, Human Rights Watch and many other international bodies and NGOs consider Israel to be the occupying power of the Gaza Strip as Israel controls Gaza's airspace and territorial waters, and does not allow the movement of goods in or out of Gaza by air or sea. Israel states that Gaza is no longer occupied, inasmuch as Israel does not exercise effective control or authority over any land or institutions in the Gaza Strip.

Find more information about Gaza - Gaza Strip at wikipedia and The truth about Gaza at Palestine Chronicle

The Free Gaza Movement is a coalition of human rights activists and pro-Palestinian groups formed to challenge the Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip by sailing humanitarian aid ships to Gaza. The group has more than 70 endorsers, including Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky and Cynthia McKinney.

The Free Gaza Movement (FGM) consists of a coalition of groups and individuals seeking to break the siege of Gaza and raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip.

Anti-Apartheid Movement: Join the Campaign to Divest from Israel

Divestment's underlying logic is compelling as it is simple. South Africa's Apartheid government operated a partite system of administration: one component of the government privileged whites exclusively and fundamentally because they were white, while the other subordinated blacks. This was on the basis of race. In the same way, Israel clearly privileges humans of Jewish ancestry over those of Palestinian descent.

This is what apartheid looks likes - Jewish-only settlements, separate roads, military checkpoints, discriminatory marriage law, the West Bank barrier, use of Palestinians as cheap labour, inequities in infrastructure, legal rights, and access to land and resources between Palestinians and Israeli residents in the Israeli-occupied territories resembles and is even worse than the South African apartheid regime!

Crimes of apartheid are inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group over another racial group.

The campaign for BDS is part of the worldwide movement of civil society in support of the Palestinian people for national, civil and human rights.

Only international pressure can make Israel cease its violations of international law and human rights. As Governments have failed to hold Israel accountable, it is up to people of conscience in civil society worldwide to heed Palestinian calls for protection and justice.