BDS movement calls for boycott of Dubai Expo 2020

In a statement posted on its website, the BDS said: "Both the UAE and Israel are shamelessly using the World Expo in presenting a "prettier face" to whitewash and distract attention from their grave human rights violations."
 

The Dubai Expo is set to launch in October and will last for six months, with the participation of more than 191 states from around the world including Israel.

"The Israeli Pavilion at the Dubai Expo, led by the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs, has been welcomed like no other pavilion by the UAE dictatorship, in its scramble to find new 'protectors' of its shaky crown in the light of the precarious U.S. imperial presence in the region," the statement continued.

Israel's presence at the Dubai Expo comes a little over a year after the UAE and the occupation state signed a peace deal dubbed the 'Abraham Accords' in Washington.
 

In response to the UAE and Israel's continued rights abuses, the BDS movement has called for a boycott of all festivals, activities and projects sponsored by the UAE regime, including the Dubai Expo.