The Occupied Palestine and Syrian Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative (OPGAI) is a common platform for NGOs working in the West Bank and the Golan Heights to coordinate their activities for the World Social Forum and elsewhere.
In 2006 and 2007, OPGAI presented a call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel World Social Forum.
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