News type: Update
Call Out | 15th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week
The 15th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week of actions will take place all around the world between March 18th and April 8th 2019 under the theme “Stop...
EuroAsia Interconnector: “electricity highway” to Israeli war crimes
The Interconnector is explicitly defined as enabling ‘multi-directional’ and ‘bi-directional transmission of electricity’, thus directly connecting...
No to Eurovision Pinkwashing. More Than 100 LGBTQ+ Groups Call for Boycott of Song Contest in Israel.
January 29, 2019—More than 100 queer and trans liberation organizations from nearly 20 countries across Europe and beyond are calling on global...
Video: Nobel Laureate George P. Smith Urges Support for the BDS Movement
Prof. George P. Smith, 2018 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, speaks about the BDS movement in Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel laureate George P. Smith...
Belgian City Votes to Ban Contracts with Companies that Violate Human Rights
December 7, 2018 — Last month, the City Council in Ghent, Belgium voted to ban companies involved in human rights violations from doing business with...
18 Highlights of BDS Impact in 2018
Here are 18 highlights of direct and indirect BDS impact from 2018. We celebrate the extraordinary strides that the BDS movement for Palestinian...
Chilean Congress Votes to Ban Products From Illegal Israeli Settlements
November 29, 2018 — With an overwhelming majority, the National Congress of Chile approved a resolution demanding the government “forbid the entry of...
Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights
November 27, 2018— Earlier this month, Faculty at Pitzer College in California overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions providing support for the...
Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians
November 2018 —The German chancellor, the EU parliament, a number of U.S. senators and other western leaders have called for freezing military...
Palestinians Write to ICRC: Conference in Partnership with Hebrew University Undermines Palestinian Human Rights
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Secretariat sent the following letter to the Head of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)...