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By International Solidarity Movement (IMEMC) More than 300 farmers and activists in Gaza march towards the buffer zone near the border with Israel to demand boycott of Israeli agriculture firms. ? 16 Palestinian agricultural and civil society organisations issue appeal for international civil society to take action against Israeli agriculture companies- Sale of Israeli fresh produce exports in European supermarkets directly contributes to violations of international law and human rights, new briefing paper shows
Palestinian farming organisations and campaigners in more than 40 European cities today held demonstrations calling for governments and supermarkets to end trade with Israeli agricultural export companies over their role in the destruction of Palestinian agriculture.
Farmers and fishermen in Gaza have been holding demonstrations throughout the week and more than 300 people today marched towards the buffer zone near the border with Israel, where regular attacks and incursions by the Israeli military force farmers to abandon their land or take huge risks to tend to their crops.
?The daily aggression suffered by Palestinian farmers every day must be highlighted to the world, so people can understand the reality of the attacks and the suffering that has continued throughout the recent ?ceasefire?,? explained Mustapha Arafat, a farmer from Zeitoun, Gaza City.
?The boycotts of Israeli agriculture companies are so important as the Israeli occupation has destroyed our farming production and denied us the possibility of exporting our own products. International pressure on Israel is the only way our own economy will be allowed to develop and for us to live normal lives,? he added
All of the main Palestinian farming organisations this morning issued a statement urging international civil society to take action against Israeli agriculture companies.
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