Updates from the palestinian BDS (France)
Following an intense advocacy campaign, Alstom, a French transport company, withdrew from a planned East Jerusalem light rail construction project, a tool of the Israeli settlement and annexation policy in the city.
Before AXA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, over 50 activists from the Coalition to Stop AXA Assistance to Israeli Apartheid gathered outside, and called on AXA to divest from Israeli apartheid.
The campaign against AXA's problematic investments continues, as AXA remains linked to Elbit Systems through an affiliate, and AXA maintains investments in five Israeli banks.
Company says that BDS is protected by freedom of expression and asserts that people have the right to criticize Israeli policies
More than 140 artists from Europe and beyond support the appeal from Palestinian artists to boycott the contest next year. Quotes from signatories here.
Quotes from signatories of Boycott Eurovision 2019 artists’ letter published in The Guardian.
A total of eleven artists and filmmakers have supported the Palestinian call to boycott TLVFest this year.