Excerpt: Omar Barghouti – Palestinian Human Rights Advocate on Jerusalem

Omar Barghouti is a Palestinian human rights activist and co founder of the largest coalition representing civil society, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC). Reached yesterday in the West Bank, he had this to say about the president’s declaration on Jerusalem. Palestinian rights are intimately linked to US civil rights, he says. #BDS, #BlackLIvesMatter = one struggle, one fight. #Jerusalem