The Caribbean Against Apartheid in Palestine (CAAP) has today condemned plans to allow an Israeli delegation to attend an Inter-American Development Bank investment forum in Barbados from 26th May to 28th.
A statement from the organisation said: “CAAP registers its utter abhorrence and disapproval of persons from the Zionist State of Israel being given permission to enter Barbados, to participate in events on our soil and conduct business here.”
Attorney Lalu Hanuman, CAAP’s Secretary said: “During apartheid in South Africa, persons aligned to that State would never have been allowed entry to Barbados. It is deplorable that persons associated with the Zionist apartheid state of Israel, whose leaders are subject to pending warrants of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity, are being facilitated to attend meetings in Barbados”.
CAAP called upon all Barbadians to condemn the Israeli presence and demand their government stand by their pronouncements against the televised genocide which is continuing unabated in occupied Palestine.
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