Not many people know about the role of IT giant HP in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinian rights and its system of military occupation, racial segregation and oppression.
Just as many companies profited from the South African Apartheid regime, HP is today profiting from Israel’s apartheid policies towards Palestinians. It supplies Israel with technology, equipment and information that is used in its ongoing violations of Palestinians’ rights.
July marked a year since Israel adopted its Jewish “nation-state” law, giving constitutional status to its apartheid policies towards Palestinian citizens of Israel. Internationally, solidarity activists marked the occasion by stepping up their struggle against Israel’s occupation and colonisation against Palestinians and against complicit corporations such as HP.
Here, BDS Australia has launched a pledge to not buy HP products and to step up information actions outside retailers where HP products are sold. We have written to the CEOs of Officeworks and JB Hi-FI, letting them know that we are organising local actions outside their stores.
We are urging people not to buy HP laptops, scanners, printers or ink cartridges.
Read the article by Hilmi Dabbagh in Green Left Weekly.