Why Namibia should Boycott Israel

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Written on: 05. 10. 2009 [17:10]
Joe Joe Brown registered since: 05.10.2009 Posts: 2	Rise Up Unbeknown to most citizens, Namibia is still propping up the ruthless and genocidal policy of Israel in exterminating the Palestinian people and forcing them from their land. This, despite the fact that Namibia and Palestine have a shared history, dating back to 1920 when the League of Nations, had divided the world among the victors, and declared them both Mandate C countries. We should be looking to see how our wealth goes into feeding the displacement and massacre of Palestinians every day. Silence is complicity. Who is Lev Leviev? Lev Leviev is one of Israel’s wealthiest and most powerful businessmen. Born in Uzbekistan, Leviev made his initial fortune as a siteholder with the powerful South African diamond company DeBeers during the Apartheid era, thereby supporting South African apartheid. Leviev eventually left DeBeers to begin his own operations and became known as the man who "cracked the DeBeers cartel." In 1996 Leviev bought the controlling share of the company Africa-Israel, which owns numerous subsidiary companies including Danya Cebus. Danya Cebus has carried out a number of projects building Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Given his company's current settlement construction and Leviev's background collaborating with apartheid South Africa, it is not surprising that according to Africa-Israel's 2004 Annual Report, Africa-Israel was originally established in 1934 as Africa Palestine Investments Ltd. "by a group of Jewish investors from South Africa, with the purpose of engaging in acquisition and development of real estate for Jewish settlement in Israel". The company changed its name from Africa Palestine to Africa-Israel in 1967, the year Israel seized control of all of historic Palestine by militarily occupying the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. <b>Leviev is now the world’s largest cutter and polisher of diamonds, and is also deeply involved in diamond sales, and in diamond mining in Angola, Namibia and Russia.</b> In Angola, Leviev’s activities related to diamond purchasing and sales contribute to severe human rights violations. In New York City, Africa-Israel owns a number of major properties and has been involved in construction projects with underpaid workers laboring in dangerous conditions that displace the local low- and moderate-income families. In addition to Africa-Israel and its many subsidiaries like Danya Cebus, Leviev’s business empire includes a number of diamond and jewelry companies known collectively as Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD). He also owns other companies, including Leader Management and Development, which is currently building the settlement of Zufim on Palestinian land in the West Bank. See this video on Rise Up http://respectnamibia.ning.com Read More on the growing Boycott: http://adalahny.org http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=99451008232 http://respectnamibia.ning.com/
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