Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) responds to Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) policy platform: "We pledge to firmly and consistently stand in solidarity with our black sisters and brothers in the United States and around the world by supporting the demands and policy proposals in this platform."

Our connections to Israel flourished, faltered and finally ended even though we grew up, live and work in the heart of the American Jewish community.

In August 2015, the 30,000-strong United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) became the second national trade union in the US to endorse BDS. The US government agency that enforces trade union legislation has dismissed attempts by a pro-Israel lobby organisation to legally challenge the union's decision. 

In this groundbreaking editorial, the LA Times editorial board speaks out against undemocratic attempts to undermine the BDS movement