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Report on The Fourth National BDS Conference, 8 June 2013, Bethlehem

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With 700 participants, mostly representatives of the national committee member entities, including political parties, trade unions, women’s organizations, professional syndicates, youth and student groups, and other civil society organizations, the conference was hailed by several commentators as a “turning point” for the BDS movement’s local work

Analysis

Should soccer boycott Israel’s European Championship?

“How did UEFA give this to Israel?” Asks Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak in this powerful interview

News

Electronic Intifada coverage of Fourth National BDS Conference

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The Fourth National BDS Conference took place in Bethlehem on Saturday

Analysis

Israel one of world’s most unpopular countries and it’s getting worse: BBC survey

The US is now the only Western country that holds favorable views of Israel and in some European countries, including Germany, positive views of Israel are in the single digits

News

Fourth National BDS Conference – Bethlehem University June 8

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Aiming to enhance and expand BDS, the conference will feature presentations by leading trade unionists, academics, women and youth activists and writers

Analysis

Australian opposition party commits to repression of BDS

Attempts to cut federal funding to individuals or organisations that support BDS should be rejected by anyone who supports free speech and academic freedom

Analysis

As Israel’s occupation drags on, boycotts are one way forward

Since convincing a colonial power to heed moral pleas for justice is, at best, delusional, many around the world now understand the need to “besiege” Israel’s occupation and apartheid through BDS

Statements

Past Due: Sixty Five Years and the Ongoing Nakba

May 15, 2013 marks the 65th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, which resulted in the catastrophic expulsion of the over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948

Analysis

International efforts at achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace: Civil society initiatives for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution of the question of Palestine

This speech on international solidarity with Palestine and BDS was delivered by Na’eem Jeenah, a community leader and anti-war activist in South Africa, to the UN International Meeting on Palestine in Addis Ababa in April

Analysis

Iain Banks: why I’m supporting a cultural boycott of Israel

This week writer Iain Banks announced he has cancer and may have just months to live. Here he explains why, in 2010, he decided his novels would no longer be published in Israel I support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) … Continue reading