Palestinian BDS Applauds Brazilian City for Ending Ties to Apartheid Israel

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The mayor of a Brazilian port city declared his city an Apartheid Free Zone, condemning the Israeli regime's expulsion of a people from their ancestral territory as true apartheid.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement said that Edmilson Rodrigues, the mayor of Belem, has made the announcement.

Belem, the capital of the state of Para in the Amazonas, has a history of bringing indigenous and other people together in the struggle for justice and building solidarity.

Belem's decision follows those by the mayor of Barcelona, Spain, to suspend institutional ties with apartheid Israel and end twinning with Tel Aviv, by the Liège  city council in Belgium to cut ties with apartheid Israel and by the Oslo city council in Norway to exclude from public procurements companies that directly or indirectly contribute to Israel's illegal settlement enterprise.

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) applauded the mayor of Belem's move and called for other cities around the world to follow suit.

Source: Middle East Monitor