Latin American MPs sign resolution supporting Israel and opposing boycotts

[leftynyc]

Lawmakers from 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries signed a resolution affirming their support of Israel and calling to fight boycotts, a document obtained by The Jerusalem Post Thursday confirmed.

The resolution the Latin American lawmakers signed states, in Spanish, that they “unequivocally declare, personally, our support for the Jewish people to live in peace, safety and security in the Land of Israel,” and that “strong relations between the Western Hemisphere and Israel are crucial to the spread of freedom, democracy and justice around the world.”

As such, the legislators encouraged their governments to increase efforts to strengthen ties with Israel.

“Boycotts and sanctions against the State of Israel and its products contribute to an anti-Semitic attitude inspired by anti-Semitism and opposition to the Jewish State... [and] are detrimental to a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and must be rejected by all actors that seek peace,” the resolution reads.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Latin-American-MPs-sign-resolution-supporting-Israel-and-opposing-boycotts-448305#xtor=EPR-1-[Newsletter]

[King_David]

1. Good for them, people need to speak up else all we hear is the hateful minority.

[Little Tich]

2. With friends like the Israel Allies Foundation, what could possibly go wrong?

Apart from their support for Israel based on Judeo-Christian values, they seem to be very uncritical of Israel. Here a snippet from their Declaration of Purpose:

Be it resolved and affirmed by unanimous acclamation
of the International Israel Allies Caucus Foundation (IIACF) and its affiliated organizations,
That it is the sense of the members that -

(1) The People of Israel have an inalienable right to live in peace and security in their historic homeland.

(2) As a sovereign state recognized by the United Nations, Israel has the right to govern its immigration and naturalization policies and to encourage and receive Jewish people from around the globe who choose to return.

(3) Jerusalem is, and should be, the undivided capital of Israel and the Jewish People, and in recognition of this all of the nations of the world should locate their embassies in Jerusalem.

(4) While we all yearn for peace, we recognize that pressure on Israel from the international community to negotiate and make concessions with those sworn to its destruction has not led to peace; we regard such attempts as futile.

(5) The Iranian regime with its developing arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and its stated goal of destroying Israel constitutes a clear and present danger to the existence of the State of Israel that must be opposed.

(6) Israel’s protective military actions are lawful under international law and are consistent with Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, which reserves unto each nation the right to engage in acts of self-defense.

(7) We support the Government of Israel as acting within its rights and obligations to its citizens when it stands resolutely in defense of its sovereign territory and acts preemptively if necessary, to ensure the protection of its citizens and the survival of its national existence.

(8) Social justice demands that the compensation claims of the Jewish refugees from Arab lands be recognized on equal terms with those of Arab refugees from 1948

Source: http://www.israelallies.org/images/uploads/resources/IIACF_Declaration_of_Purpose.pdf