Statement read out on the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court steps by one of the Boycott Israel 19
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 10:56amStatement read by Jerome Small - one of the Defend the Boycott Israel 19 on May 1st outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court, on the first day of their trial.
Our first task is to acknowledge that where we are standing right now is stolen land, and that the Wurundjeri people and the Kulin nations have never surrendered this land, nor given up their sovereignty.
Our next task is to acknowledge the colossal, life and death struggle being waged as we speak by Palestinian prisoners inside the jails of Apartheid Israel.
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