Results for: impact

Trinity College Dublin Students' Union votes to support BDS
In the News

Students vote for BDS mandate for TCDSU

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union votes by 64.5% in favor of supporting BDS in a referendum that saw the highest turnout in recent years.

Economic Boycott
Academic Boycott
Student solidarity
March 22, 2018
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Trinity News
Update

Growing Brazilian Political Party Reaffirms Support for BDS Movement for Palestinian Rights

The call for BDS measures in Brazil is particularly significant because the country is one of the largest buyers of Israeli weapons and military technologies in the world.

Military Embargo
Sanctions and governments
March 7, 2018
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Palestinian BDS National Committee
Women’s Studies Conference in Thailand ends partnership with Ariel University
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Women’s Studies Conference in Thailand Cuts Ties with Israeli Settlement University

Bangkok's Kasetsart University ends partnership with Ariel University for June 2018 Women's Studies Conference.

Academic Boycott
March 5, 2018
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BDS Campaign Thailand and Palestine Solidarity Campaign Thailand
A Honda-sponsored event in Israel, featuring Moto GP rising star Joe Roberts, has been canceled. The Japanese motor giant had faced intense criticism from human rights defenders for teaming up with Israel’s government. (RW Racing)
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Honda event in Israel with Joe Roberts is canceled

Following a campaign by human rights defenders, the Japanese motor giant canceled the event featuring Moto GP rising star Joe Roberts.

Economic Boycott
Cultural Boycott
February 22, 2018
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The Electronic Intifada
Update

Palestinians Welcome Honda's Decision to Cancel Israeli Government-sponsored Moto GP Race

Following a campaign from BDS organisers in Japan and around the world, Honda pulls out of an Israeli government-sponsored motorcycle race.

Cultural Boycott
Ban Apartheid Israel from Sports
February 22, 2018
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
In the News

Israel propaganda festival canceled at French university

A festival to promote Israel at the University of Lille was canceled following a campaign by supporters of Palestinian rights.

Economic Boycott
Cultural Boycott
Academic Boycott
February 20, 2018
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The Electronic Intifada
Lorde
In the News

Lorde cancels Israel concert amid calls for cultural boycott

Pop star Lorde cancels concert in Israel following activists' calls to boycott

Cultural Boycott
December 27, 2017
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CNN
Tshwane University of Technology approves boycott of complicit Israeli academic institutions
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South African university joins Israel boycott

Tshwane University of Technology, the largest residential university in South Africa, voted to respect the call for the boycott of Israeli institutions complicit in the violation and denial of Palestinian rights.

Academic Boycott
December 13, 2017
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Electronic Intifada
Second Chefs Withdraws From Tel Aviv Round Tables
Update

Israel-Sponsored Culinary Festival Loses Another Chef Amid Boycott Calls

Peruvian chef Mitsuharu Tsumura becomes the second to withdraw from Tel Aviv Round Tables culinary festival which whitewashes ongoing Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights.

Cultural Boycott
October 26, 2017
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Dublin City Council calls for arms embargo and trade sanctions on Israel
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Palestine campaigners welcome Dublin City Council motion calling for end to attacks on Gaza and for arms embargo & trade sanctions on Israel

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today welcomed Dublin City Council’s unanimous passing of a motion calling for an end to both the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza in which at least 184 Palestinian have been killed and the Israeli-imposed illegal siege of the coastal strip, as well as calling upon the Irish government to push for an arms embargo and trade sanctions on Israel.  The motion also condemned the use of Administrative Detention, a form of internment without trial, by the Israeli state.

Military Embargo
Local governments
July 18, 2014
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IPSC