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BDS Co-Founder Addresses EU amid Failed Pro-Israel Lobbying

Omar Barghouti, one of the founders of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, was invited to address the European Parliament (EP) during an event on Palestine despite opposition from pro-Israeli groups. The BDS activist was invited to the European Parliament as a guest speaker for a panel event called “The Israeli Settlements in Palestine and the European Union,” organized by Portuguese Member of the European Parliament Ana Gomes, who is part of the Socialists and Democracts Group at the EP.

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