On the occasion of COP29, Palestinian grassroots organizations call on all civil society organizations at COP29 and around the world to mobilize urgently to impose an energy embargo on Israel to stop the genocide in Palestine and put an end to Israel’s apartheid, illegal occupation and ecocide.
Israel’s genocide is powered by oil and coal, which fuel its electricity grid, its arms industry, its AI infrastructure and its military vehicles. The sale of gas funnels billions into the Israeli economy, allowing it to continue its genocidal campaigns. At the end of February 2024, Palestinian organisations issued a call demanding the cessation of all energy transfers to Israel, the purchase of Israeli gas and corporate complicity in the extraction and sale of energy sources, particularly those found in Palestinian land, waters or exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
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