In a statement, a representative of the Coalition said:<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s decision by Colombia to end coal exports to Israel is a clear sign to Israel\u2019s genocidal government that their actions will have consequences, as we witness the Israeli colonial regime perpetrates yet another massacre against our people in Nuseirat camp, resulting in the killing of more than 210 and injuries of more than 800. Colombia\u2019s decision is a tangible way to hold Israel accountable for annihilating the Palestinian people and put a stop to the ongoing genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n
With this move, Colombia has shown it is willing to back up its words of solidarity with concrete action to reign in the Israeli war machine and bring its genocide in Gaza to an end.<\/p>\n
This decision is an example of the strength of international solidarity, and we salute the Colombian trade unions who\u00a0initiated the call to cease Colombian coal exports to Israel<\/a>, as well as the indigenous Way\u00fa and Yupka people, who have stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine.<\/p>\n We urgently call on South Africa, which provides 9% of Israel\u2019s coal, to follow Colombia\u2019s lead and commit to immediately ceasing its coal exports to Israel, as well as all other countries with significant energy exports to immediately consider a ban.<\/p>\n This decision is a historic first step towards a comprehensive global energy embargo that can both end the genocide, and beyond that, act as a lever of pressure to force Israel to end the colonial occupation and Apartheid regime it practices against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Notes and Sources:<\/b><\/p>\n Text of the Colombian Government\u2019s Project of Decree Announcing a Suspension of Coal Exports\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/www.mincit.gov.co\/normatividad\/proyectos-de-normatividad\/proyectos-de-decreto-2024\/07-06-2024-pd-restriccion-exportacion-carbon-a-isr.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n Background Information on Colombian Coal Exports<\/b><\/p>\n According to data from Kpler, Colombian coal accounted for more than 60% of all coal supplied to Israel in 2023, 90% of which was supplied by global coal giants Glencore and Drummond. Between them, both companies have shipped more than a million tons of Colombian coal to Israel since the beginning of the genocide and earned over US$100 million in revenues.<\/p>\n Israel power grids depend on coal for 22% of its output. The same grid supplies electricity to Israel\u2019s illegal settlements, arms factories as well as infrastructure used by the Israeli military in perpetrating genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n Statements from Indigenous People in Colombia<\/b><\/p>\n In a statement, issued at the end of May (prior to the Colombian government\u2019s decision), a representative of the Yukpa people of northern Colombia connected the demand to cease coal exports with his own people\u2019s struggle for survival:<\/p>\n \u201cCoal sourced from mines owned by Glencore is being extracted at the expense of Indigenous communities, at the expense of my people in Cesar, and exported to a nation implicated in the killing and displacement of innocent civilians in Palestine. Glencore must be held accountable, not only of its human rights violations in\u00a0<\/i>Colombia<\/i>\u00a0and around the globe, but also for enabling Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza. The Colombian Government has an opportunity to stop this injustice and it must do so.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n In a video statement, Gerardo Jumi, General Counsel of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, called on Colombian President Gustavo Petro to cut trade ties with Israel:<\/p>\n \u201cWe are aware and denounce that this coal is sold to Switzerland and subsequently taken to the State of Israel. And we all know that Israel is committing genocide with massacres, exterminations, and killings of the brotherly Palestinian people. That is why we want to remind President Gustavo Petro that he must cut commercial relations involving the exploitation of coal that goes to the Israeli state and subsequently as we already know, is used to exterminate, massacre, and commit genocide against the brotherly people of Palestine.\u201c<\/i>\u00a0(link to the video statement in the notes to editor section)<\/p>\n About the Coalition:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Global Energy Embargo for Palestine<\/b>\u00a0(international coalition aiming to implement an energy embargo on the state of Israel), together with a Swiss Coalition against Glencore, Switzerland-Palestine Federation and many other signatories, are calling for action against Glencore at its annual general meeting.<\/p>\n Organizations in the coalition:<\/p>\n Palestine Institute for public diplomacy<\/a>,\u00a0ONIC<\/a>,\u00a0Contre-attaque & autonomie<\/a>,\u00a0Outrage collectif<\/a>,\u00a0Disrupt power<\/a>,\u00a0Climatstrike Switzerland<\/a>,\u00a0Breakfree Switzerland<\/a>,\u00a0Resist Glencore<\/a>,\u00a0Le Silure,<\/a>\u00a0Debt for climate Switzerland<\/a>,\u00a0Colectivo Jaguar<\/a>,\u00a0RKK Basel<\/a>,\u00a0Tipping Point UK<\/a>,\u00a0Collectif Sud Global<\/a>,\u00a0Solidarit\u00e9 Vaud<\/a>,\u00a0BFS<\/a>,\u00a0F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Libertaire des Montagnes<\/a>,\u00a0Unibas4Palestine<\/a>,\u00a0Redher Romandie<\/a>, Planet over Profit, Instituto Natura Per\u00fa, Pal\u00e4stina Komitee Z\u00fcrich, Tejido Montes Nativos Sin Monocultivos<\/p>\n Corporaci\u00f3n Social para la Asesor\u00eda y Capacitaci\u00f3n comunitaria (COSPACC)<\/a><\/p>\n OMER Observatorio de Expansi\u00f3n Minero Energ\u00e9tica y Re-existencias<\/a>,\u00a0Amar Es M\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n [ En Espa\u00f1ol debajo ]<\/p>\n PRESS RELEASE \u2013 28 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n Palestinian organizations write to Colombian President Gustavo Petro reiterating demands made by the largest Colombian coal miners union, Sintracarbon, and indigenous communities in Colombia, to cease all coal exports to Israel.<\/p>\n A coalition of organizations from around the world are pushing for a comprehensive energy embargo on Israel, including an end to coal exports from Colombia. The call for a coal export ban comes amidst Israel\u2019s genocidal offensive in Rafah despite stern warnings from numerous states and an order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to immediately stop the offensive.<\/p>\n As part of these demands, the Palestinian Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) have The letter comes on the back of months of engagement by Palestinian groups with Colombian public officials, and public calls from the largest coal miners union in Colombia, Sintracarbon.<\/p>\n In the open letter, published online, the PIPD explain: Under President Gustavo Petro, Colombia broke diplomatic relations and announced an One of the key players, the global commodity giant Glencore, is notorious for its role both in Palestinian dispossession as well as grave human rights violations in Colombia itself. Indigenous communities residing close to Cerrej\u00f3n coal mines in La Guajira and multiple other mines in Cesar have been forcibly displaced and the surrounding areas contaminated. Consequently, these indigenous communities are classified today at imminent risk of extinction.<\/p>\n In a statement, a representative of the Yukpa people of northern Colombia connected In a video statement, Gerardo Jumi, General Counsel of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, called on Colombian President Gustavo Petro to cut trade ties with Israel: Activist groups plan to hold protests against Glencore at its annual general meeting on \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 END \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n About the Coalition: Organizations in the coalition: \u2014\u2014<\/p>\n Organizaciones palestinas escriben al presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro, reiterando las demandas del mayor sindicato colombiano de mineros del carb\u00f3n, Sintracarb\u00f3n, y de las comunidades ind\u00edgenas de Colombia, para que cesen todas las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n a Israel, como parte de una creciente campa\u00f1a<\/strong> Una coalici\u00f3n de organizaciones de todo el mundo est\u00e1 presionando para que se imponga un embargo energ\u00e9tico total a Israel, que incluya el fin de las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n desde Colombia. El llamamiento a prohibir las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n se produce en medio de la ofensiva genocida de Israel en Rafah, a pesar de las severas advertencias de numerosos Estados y de la orden de la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) de detener inmediatamente la ofensiva. Como parte de estas demandas, el Instituto Palestino para la Diplomacia P\u00fablica (PIPD) ha escrito directamente al presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro exigi\u00e9ndole que tome medidas para poner fin a las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n colombiano a Israel. Seg\u00fan datos de Kpler, el carb\u00f3n colombiano represent\u00f3 m\u00e1s del 60% de todo el carb\u00f3n suministrado a Israel en 2023, el 90% del cual fue suministrado por los gigantes mundiales del carb\u00f3n Glencore y Drummond. Entre ambas empresas han enviado m\u00e1s de un mill\u00f3n de toneladas de carb\u00f3n colombiano a Israel desde el comienzo del genocidio y han obtenido unos ingresos de m\u00e1s de 100 millones de d\u00f3lares. La carta llega tras meses de contactos de grupos palestinos con funcionarios p\u00fablicos colombianos y de llamamientos p\u00fablicos del mayor sindicato de mineros del carb\u00f3n de Colombia, Sintracarb\u00f3n.<\/p>\n En la carta abierta, publicada en l\u00ednea, el PIPD explica: Bajo la presidencia de Gustavo Petro, Colombia rompi\u00f3 relaciones diplom\u00e1ticas y anunci\u00f3 el fin del comercio de armas con el r\u00e9gimen israel\u00ed a principios de este mes. Las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n de Colombia a Israel suponen s\u00f3lo el 1% del total de las exportaciones colombianas en t\u00e9rminos de valor econ\u00f3mico; sin embargo, para Israel es un salvavidas para sus redes el\u00e9ctricas, que dependen del carb\u00f3n para el 22% de su En una declaraci\u00f3n, un representante del pueblo yukpa del norte de Colombia relacion\u00f3 la exigencia de cesar las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n con la lucha de su propio pueblo por la supervivencia: En un comunicado grabado en v\u00eddeo, Gerardo Jumi, consejero general de la Organizaci\u00f3n Nacional Ind\u00edgena de Colombia, pidi\u00f3 al presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro, que cortara los lazos comerciales con Israel:<\/p>\n \u201cSabemos y denunciamos que este carb\u00f3n es vendido a Suiza y posteriormente llevado al Estado de Israel. Y todos sabemos que Israel est\u00e1 cometiendo un genocidio con masacres, exterminios y asesinatos del hermano pueblo palestino. Por eso queremos recordarle al presidente Gustavo Petro que debe cortar las relaciones comerciales que tienen que ver con la explotaci\u00f3n del carb\u00f3n que va al Estado de Israel y que posteriormente como ya sabemos, es utilizado para exterminar, masacrar y cometer genocidio contra el hermano pueblo de Palestina.\u201d<\/p>\n Grupos de activistas tienen previsto protestar contra Glencore en su asamblea general \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 FIN \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n Acerca de la Coalici\u00f3n:Palestinian Groups and Activists from around the world call on Colombia to Block coal exports Fueling Israel\u2019s Genocide<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nwritten directly to Colombian President Gustavo Petro demanding he take action to end
\nColombian coal exports to Israel. According to data from Kpler, Colombian coal accounted for more than 60% of all coal supplied to Israel in 2023, 90% of which was supplied by global coal giants Glencore and Drummond. Between them, both companies have shipped more than a million tons of Colombian coal to Israel since the beginning of the genocide and earned over US$100 million in revenues.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe ongoing genocide, its length and magnitude would not have been possible if the colonizing state of Israel had stopped receiving energy sources allowing it commit one of the most atrocious crimes in history. As President, you and the current Colombian government have an obligation to act in accordance with decisions made by international tribunals and principles of human rights. Governments failing to take action are enabling the annihilation of Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nend to the arms trade with the Israeli regime earlier this month. Coal exports from Colombia to Israel amount to just 1% of Colombia\u2019s total exports in terms of economic value; however, for Israel, it is a lifeline for its power grids that depend on coal for 22% of its output. The same grid supplies electricity to Israel\u2019s illegal settlements, arms factories as well as infrastructure used by the Israeli military in perpetrating genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n
\nthe demand to cease coal exports with his own people\u2019s struggle for survival:
\n\u201cCoal sourced from mines owned by Glencore is being extracted at the expense of Indigenous communities, at the expense of my people in Cesar, and exported to a nation implicated in the killing and displacement of innocent civilians in Palestine. Glencore must be held accountable, not only of its human rights
\nviolations in Colombia and around the globe, but also for enabling Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza. The Colombian Government has an opportunity to stop this injustice and it must do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe are aware and denounce that this coal is sold to Switzerland and subsequently taken to the State of Israel. And we all know that Israel is committing genocide with massacres, exterminations, and killings of the brotherly Palestinian people. That is why we want to remind President Gustavo Petro that he must cut commercial relations involving the exploitation of coal that goes to the Israeli state and subsequently as we already know, is used to exterminate, massacre, and commit genocide against the brotherly people of Palestine.\u201c<\/p>\n
\nthe 29th May in Zurich. Protests will also be held across the globe calling Glencore out
\non its human rights violations as well as its links to Israel\u2019s ongoing genocide.<\/p>\n
\nThe Global Energy Embargo for Palestine (international coalition aiming to implement an
\nenergy embargo on the state of Israel), together with a Swiss Coalition against Glencore, Switzerland-Palestine Federation and many other signatories, are calling for action against Glencore at its annual general meeting.<\/p>\n
\nPalestine Institute for public diplomacy, ONIC, Contre-attaque & autonomie, Outrage
\ncollectif, Disrupt power, Climatstrike Switzerland, Breakfree Switzerland, Resist
\nGlencore, Le Silure, Debt for climate Switzerland, Colectivo Jaguar, RKK Basel, Tipping
\nPoint UK, Collectif Sud Global, Solidarit\u00e9 Vaud, BFS, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Libertaire des
\nMontagnes, Unibas4Palestine, Redher Romandie, Planet over Profit, Instituto Natura
\nPer\u00fa, Pal\u00e4stina Komitee Z\u00fcrich, Tejido Montes Nativos Sin Monocultivos
\nCorporaci\u00f3n Social para la Asesor\u00eda y Capacitaci\u00f3n comunitaria (COSPACC)
\nOMER Observatorio de Expansi\u00f3n Minero Energ\u00e9tica y Re-existencias, Amar Es M\u00e1s<\/p>\nGrupos y activistas palestinos de todo el mundo piden a Colombia que bloquee las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n que alimentan el genocidio de Israel<\/h2>\n
\nmundial contra la complicidad colombiana.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cEl genocidio en curso, su duraci\u00f3n y magnitud no hubieran sido posibles si el Estado colonizador de Israel hubiera dejado de recibir fuentes de energ\u00eda que le permitieran cometer uno de los cr\u00edmenes m\u00e1s atroces de la historia. Como Presidente, usted y el actual gobierno colombiano tienen la obligaci\u00f3n de actuar de acuerdo con las decisiones de los tribunales internacionales y los principios de los derechos humanos. Los gobiernos que no act\u00faan est\u00e1n permitiendo la aniquilaci\u00f3n de los palestinos\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nproducci\u00f3n. La misma red suministra electricidad a los asentamientos ilegales de Israel,
\na las f\u00e1bricas de armas y a la infraestructura utilizada por el ej\u00e9rcito israel\u00ed para perpetrar
\nel genocidio contra los palestinos en Gaza. Uno de los principales actores, el gigante mundial de las materias primas Glencore, es conocido por su papel tanto en el despojo de palestinos como en graves violaciones de
\nlos derechos humanos en la propia Colombia. Las comunidades ind\u00edgenas que residen cerca de las minas de carb\u00f3n del Cerrej\u00f3n, en La Guajira, y de otras muchas minas del Cesar, han sido desplazadas a la fuerza y las zonas circundantes contaminadas. En consecuencia, estas comunidades ind\u00edgenas est\u00e1n clasificadas hoy en riesgo inminente de extinci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEl carb\u00f3n procedente de las minas propiedad de Glencore se extrae a expensas de las comunidades ind\u00edgenas, a expensas de mi pueblo en el Cesar, y se exporta a una naci\u00f3n implicada en la matanza y el desplazamiento de civiles inocentes en Palestina. Glencore debe rendir cuentas, no s\u00f3lo por sus
\nviolaciones de derechos humanos en Colombia y en todo el mundo, sino tambi\u00e9n por permitir el genocidio de Israel en Gaza. El Gobierno colombiano tiene la oportunidad de detener esta injusticia y debe hacerlo\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nanual, que se celebrar\u00e1 el 29 de mayo en Z\u00farich. Tambi\u00e9n se celebrar\u00e1n protestas en
\ntodo el mundo para denunciar a Glencore por sus violaciones de los derechos humanos
\ny sus v\u00ednculos con el genocidio israel\u00ed.<\/p>\n
\nGlobal Energy Embargo for Palestine (coalici\u00f3n internacional cuyo objetivo es aplicar un embargo energ\u00e9tico al Estado de Israel), junto con una Coalici\u00f3n Suiza contra Glencore, la Federaci\u00f3n Suiza-Palestina y muchos otros signatarios, piden que se tomen medidas contra Glencore en su asamblea general anual.
\nOrganizaciones de la coalici\u00f3n: Instituto Palestino de Diplomacia P\u00fablica, ONIC, Contre-attaque & autonomie, Outrage collectif, Disrupt power, Climatstrike Switzerland, Breakfree Switzerland, Resist
\nGlencore, Le Silure, Debt for climate Switzerland, Colectivo Jaguar, RKK Basel, Tipping Point UK, Collectif Sud Global, Solidarit\u00e9 Vaud, BFS, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Libertaire des Montagnes, Unibas4Palestine. Redher Romandie, Planet over Profit, Instituto Natura Per\u00fa, Pal\u00e4stina Komitee Z\u00fcrich, Tejido Montes Nativos Sin Monocultivos Corporaci\u00f3n Social para la Asesor\u00eda y Capacitaci\u00f3n comunitaria (COSPACC) OMER Observatorio de Expansi\u00f3n Minero Energ\u00e9tica y Re-existencias, Amar Es M\u00e1s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n