Palestine: The Histadrut -- its history and role in occupation, colonisation and apartheid

By the Trade Union Friends of Palestine (Ireland)

October 11, 2012 – BDS Movement – Israel's trade union federation, the Histadrut, was founded in December 1920 in British Mandate Palestine. From its inception its aims were neither to build workers' solidarity nor represent or campaign for workers' rights.

Instead it was founded as an exclusively Jewish organisation to facilitate the colonisation of Palestine. As such it worked in tandem with the Jewish Agency to promote the exclusion of Palestinian labour and produce, and was at the forefront of the movement to turn Palestine from an Arab country into a Zionist one.

Today it continues to work hand in hand with th government of Israel and promotes and defends policies that violate the basic civil, political and human rights of Palestinians.

This detailed briefing by Trade Union Friends of Palestine (Ireland) provides an analysis of the role that the Histadrut has played in the colonisation of Palestine and its continued complicity with Israel's violations of international law.

Click HERE to download the report (PDF) or read on screen below.