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Tag Archives: The Independent

Avraham Burg: World must tell Israel it can’t be ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ & the last colonial occupier in the Western world

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Matthew Taylor

Former Israeli Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg endorses boycott of settlement products in The Independent.

Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | Tagged apartheid, Avraham Burg, boycott divestment sanctions, Honest Reporting, Peter Beinart, The Independent, Zionist BDS | 20 Comments
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