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The national environmental nonprofit Sierra Club, headquartered in Oakland, has canceled its scheduled trips to the Occupied Territories of Palestine in response to pressure from progressive and anti-Zionist groups.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The decision came after activists alleged the organization was “greenwashing the conflict” and “providing legitimacy to the Israeli state, which is engaged in apartheid against the Palestinian people,” a volunteer leader with the nonprofit summarized in an email this week.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Greenwashing” is a term used by critics of Israel to refer to the act of obscuring Israel’s treatment of Palestinians by focusing on Israel’s liberal environmental values or policies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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