Updates from the palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

BNC Statement

Occupied Palestine [BNC] 8 June 2010 - In light of Israel’s massacre of humanitarian relief workers and activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla on 31 May 2010 and its insistence to continue its illegal siege on Gaza, pressuring Israel to comply with its obligations under international law has become of undeniable urgency.

Drunk with power and impunity, Israel has ignored recent appeals by the UN Secretary General as well as a near consensus among world governments to end its deadly siege, putting the onus on international civil society to shoulder the moral responsibility of holding Israel acco

June 8, 2010
BNC Statement

Palestinian Trade Union Movement Calls on International Dockworkers Unions to Block Loading/Offloading Israeli Ships Until Israel Complies Fully with International Law and Ends its Illegal Siege of Gaza

BNC Statement

BNC, 1 June 2010 - Palestinian civil society calls for intensifying boycott and sanctions as Israel massacres humanitarian relief workers and international solidarity activists

 

June 3, 2010
PACBI Statement
May 21, 2010
BNC Statement

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Israel’s accession to OECD: encouraging impunity, rewarding war crimes

  1. OECD’s fundamental values include respect for human rights, commitment to democracy and adherence to the purposes of the United Nation[1].
  2. In the “Road Map for the accession of Israel to the OECD Convention” the Council noted that in order for Israel to accede to the OECD it must demonstrate its commitment to “fundamental values” shared by
May 5, 2010
PACBI Statement
May 5, 2010