BDS Win: How Tunisian Groups Blocked Entry of an Israel-Linked Cargo Ship
NOVANEWS
A Tunisian demonstrator flashes the sign for victory and waves the Palestinian flag during a demonstration on December 7, 2017, on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis.FETHI BELAID / AFP / GETTY IMAGES
BY: David Palumbo-Liu
Ahmed Abbes
Truthout
This August, the Tunisian General Labour Union, Tunisia’s main labor federation, and Tunisian civil society succeeded in turning back a cargo ship that was seeking to unload its goods in the Tunisian port of Radès.
On July 31, the Tunisian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, a group affiliated with the BDS movement, learned that a vessel named Cornelius A, operated on behalf of the Israeli shipping company ZIM, was due to stop at the Tunisian port of Radès on August 5. The vessel is owned by the Turkis...