SHIR HEVER, [email protected]
Hever is an independent economic researcher and manager of the Alliance for Justice between Israelis and Palestinians. He has written the books The Privatization of Israeli Security and The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation: Repression Beyond Exploitation.
Hever has worked with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement and recently testified at the UN Palestine Committee on its behalf. See his speech: “The Nakba Has Never Ended.” He said that a full global military embargo is “the bare minimum required by international law.” He drew parallels with sanctions placed on apartheid South Africa. See a recent report from them on a military embargo against Israel.
He also references the International Court of Justice declarations and UN General Assembly resolutions regarding the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. He says this has ramifications for other states: “it is a war crime to assist occupation. … The Israeli economy will just collapse under the international sanctions until they recognize the demands of international law.”