WFTU Campaign on Palestine

WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
Athens, Greece – July 29th, 2011

FOR THE RECOGNITION AN INDEPENDENT, SOVEREIGNTY PALESTINIAN STATE IN THE 1967 BORDERS WITH EAST JERUSALEM AS ITS CAPITAL

The World Federation of Trade Unions continuing its long lasting solidarity with the Palestinian people and its resistance against the occupation announces the launching of an international campaign for the recognition of the Palestinian State with the 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital.

It’s high time that important steps are being made for the end of the Israeli occupation and the barbarity of the Israeli’s army forces.

The Palestinian People are suffering because of the Israeli occupation, the occupation of the territories after the 6-day war of 1967, the separation wall built by Israel, the organized attacks against the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
We call on the governments to support the recognition of the Palestinian state, as a member state of the UN. The WFTU has already addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon about this subject, demanding the immediate recognition of the Palestinian State.

The WFTU demands:

The end of the settlements and the withdrawal of all settlers who have settled across the borders of 1967.
The demolition of the separation wall in Jerusalem.
All the Palestinian refugees to be granted the right to return to their homes, based on the relevant decisions of the UN The elimination of any exclusion against the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza strip.
The immediate release of imprisoned Palestinians and other political prisoners kept in the Israeli prisons.
The withdrawal of the Israeli army from all the occupied territories of the 1967, including the Golan Heights and the Shebaa area of Southern Lebanon.

We call on the trade union movement to support this campaign with messages of solidarity and press releases.