Architects threaten to boycott Israel over 'apartheid' barrier
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article344510.ece
By Oliver Duff, Rob Sharp and Eric Silver in Jerusalem
Published: 10 February 2006
A group including some of Britain's most prominent architects is
considering calling for an economic boycott of Israel's construction
industry in protest at the building of Israeli settlements and the
separation barrier in the Occupied Territories.
Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine, whose members include
Richard Rogers and the architectural critic Charles Jenckes, met for
the first time last week in secret at the London headquarters of Lord
Rogers' practice. He introduced the meeting, and the 60 attendees went
on to condemn the illegal annexation of Palestinian land and the
construction of the vast fence and concrete separation barrier running
through the West Bank and Jerusalem.
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