Groups Across the World Join Boycott PUMA Global Day of Action
From Kuala Lumpur to Paris, from Tokyo to Berlin, from Kuwait City to London, actions were held at PUMA shops and retailers, at human rights festivals, football matches and anti-racist football tournaments urging PUMA to end complicity in Israeli apartheid.
On Saturday, June 24, 2023, the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action let PUMA know the campaign will only continue to grow until it ends complicity in Israeli apartheid.
From Kuala Lumpur to Paris, from Tokyo to Berlin, from Kuwait City to London, actions were held at PUMA shops and retailers, at human rights festivals, football matches and anti-racist football tournaments.
Front and center in many protests were images of young Palestinian footballers gunned down by Israeli soldiers over the past two years. Just days before the day of action, Israeli soldiers murdered 24-year-old footballer Omar Qatin, a father of two, who was defending his neighbors from armed Israeli settlers violently rampaging through his village of Turmus Ayya.
Thousands of leaflets were handed out informing shoppers of PUMA’s complicit partnership with the Israel Football Association, which governs and advocates for teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Online, #BoycottPUMA was a worldwide trending topic and the hashtag in English and Arabic had a reach of over 14 million.
Just as international graffiti artist Banksy has done with his kitten in Gaza, the day of action put the power of cats on social media to use for Palestinian rights with #CatsVsPUMA. Images of cats with Boycott PUMA signs and messages filled social media.
Last month, actions inside, outside and online during PUMA’s annual shareholders meeting had the CEO so flustered that he said “BDS” instead of “BCI” while talking about the Better Cotton Initiative. The growing boycott campaign clearly weighs heavily on his mind.
Earlier this month, when PUMA held a promo event in London with NBA star Melo Ball, activists ensured fans knew about PUMA’s role in supporting Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.
We’ve pledged #NoRestForPUMA, and we are keeping that pledge until PUMA ends complicity in Israeli apartheid by ending its partnership with the Israel Football Association.
Join the campaign: pacbi@bdsmovement.net
#BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action showed there is growing outrage at @PUMA's complicity in Israeli apartheid.
PUMA partners with the Israel Football Assoc, which advocates for teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Take action: https://t.co/nZOdjX8kQE pic.twitter.com/Er0si0Pt83
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 26, 2023
Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Strasbourg for the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of action.
We're calling on @PUMA to end its partnership with the Israel Football Assoc, which governs teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Take action: https://t.co/nZOdjX8kQE pic.twitter.com/3SarKfgkLx
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 26, 2023
Brian from the IPSC on the global day of action on why we will continue to #BoycottPUMA while it sponsors the Israel Football Association and is complicit in Israel's apartheid, a crime against the Palestinian people. #FreePalestine @PACBI pic.twitter.com/l6MwN8yCli
— IPSC (@ipsc48) June 24, 2023
PUMA continues to falsely that claim it has no ties to Israeli apartheid.
Yet @PUMA is partnered with the Israel Football Association, which governs & advocates for teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Take action https://t.co/nZOdjX8kQE#BoycottPUMA pic.twitter.com/INmOBMHTrM
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 26, 2023
We're still going!
Dublin for the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action.
Groups around the world are supporting the call from 200+ Palestinian sports teams to boycott @PUMA until it ends complicity in Israeli apartheid.
Take action online: https://t.co/Zm0n75jPBs https://t.co/fUk0KzxfZM
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 25, 2023
Osaka for the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action!
Across the world, we are calling on @PUMA to end its partnership with the Israel Football Association, which advocates for team in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Join online: https://t.co/Zm0n75jPBs https://t.co/pw8Ew3mjom
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
NOW: We're outside @PUMA's flagship store in London, demanding it ends its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association, which governs football teams based on stolen Palestinian land. #BoycottPUMA #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/WR6R4ube6I
— PSC (@PSCupdates) June 24, 2023
For the Global Day of Action, Kuala Lumpur says:#BoycottPUMA #FreePalestine @PUMA supports Israeli apartheid oppressing all Palestinians.
200+ Palestinian teams are calling for a boycott.
Join actions online: https://t.co/Zm0n75jPBs pic.twitter.com/VDTHZvBkcv
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
Geneva! Posters go up around the city calling to #BoycottPUMA for the Global Day of Action. @PUMA partners with the Israel Football Assoc, which advocates for teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Show PUMA your outrage: https://t.co/Zm0n75jPBs pic.twitter.com/U67I5e5DbM
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
Omar Qatin, a Palestinian footballer, was 24 when he was killed by apartheid Israel this week.
Today, on the global day of action, we affirm our pledge to #BoycottPUMA until @PUMA ends complicity in Israeli apartheid.
Free Palestine
Take actionhttps://t.co/EZji0hj8Rx pic.twitter.com/nDjtgrjuJA
— Clapton CFC (@ClaptonCFC) June 24, 2023
Kuala Lumpur!
The #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action calls on @PUMA to end its complicity in Israeli apartheid.
PUMA partners with the Israel Football Assoc, which governs teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Join online: https://t.co/Zm0n75jPBs pic.twitter.com/eu1Skrfbie
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
TODAY: Protests are taking place across Britain at @PUMA stores and stockists, demanding that PUMA stops supporting Israel's theft of Palestinian land.
Take action by writing to PUMA's CEO: https://t.co/gpJCTzkUuh#BoycottPUMA pic.twitter.com/oIHNzsIQgB
— PSC (@PSCupdates) June 24, 2023
Today, groups around the world are joining the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action over @PUMA's complicity in Israeli apartheid oppressing Palestinians.
Join online. Put the power of cats on social media to use for Palestinian rights. https://t.co/cVSAaZewgB pic.twitter.com/xjN9JPMcm4
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
Paris! For the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action.
We're spreading the word on @PUMA's complicity in Israeli apartheid oppressing Palestinians. PUMA sponsors the Israel Football Assoc, which advocates for teams in illegal Israeli settlements.
Join online: https://t.co/Zm0n75jPBs pic.twitter.com/apshryeKOz
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
Tokyo! For the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of action at the @PUMA store in Harajuku Cat Street. #CatsVsPUMA
Join actions online to protest PUMA's complicity in Israel's apartheid regime that murdered another Palestinian footballer this week.https://t.co/nZOdjX8kQE #ForeverFaster pic.twitter.com/y4EXrt1Qzo
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
Protest today at @ManCity shop.
Manchester City's sponsor is Puma. We protested the international day to #BoycottPUMA for sponsoring the racist Football Association of Apartheid Israel.
Coach Pep Guardiola supports Palestinian freedom @PepTeam please call on @PUMA to cut ties pic.twitter.com/MxKBU3sYcL
— ManchesterPSC (@ManchesterPSC) June 24, 2023
Im israelischen Fussballverband sind 6 Mannschaften, die aus den völkerrechtlich illegalen Siedlungen kommen und durch ihre Mitgliedschaft vom Verband unterstützt werden – ein Verstoss gegen internationales Recht, an dem PUMA als Hauptsponsor beteilgt ist. #BoycottPUMA pic.twitter.com/K4atG1zp1v
— BDS Berlin (@BDSBerlin) June 24, 2023
لنوصل رسالتنا لاتحاد كرة القدم المصري والجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم ونطالبهما باحترام مبادئ الجماهير العربية وإنهاء عقديهما مع شركة "بوما" راعية عدوّنا الإسرائيليّ.
للمساهمة في الضغط تابعوا حسابات @BdsEgypt و @MarocBds #قاطعوا_بوما#BoycottPuma pic.twitter.com/wIn5d48QRA
— حركة مقاطعة إسرائيل (BDS) (@BDS_Arabic) June 24, 2023
#TBT #BoycottPUMA fue trending!
Desde Paris hasta Tokio, Berlin a Kuala Lumpur, aumentan los llamamientos para que @PUMA ponga fin a su asociación con la Israel Football Assoc, que gobierna y defiende a los equipos en los asentamientos ilegales israelíes en tierra palestina. pic.twitter.com/yPnK4gBUUW— Movimiento BDS (@MovimientoBDS) June 29, 2023
TODAY! Groups around the world are mobilizing for the #BoycottPUMA Global Day of Action.
Join actions online to show your outrage at @PUMA's complicity in Israeli apartheid.
Just this week apartheid Israel murdered yet another Palestinian footballer. https://t.co/nZOdjX8kQE pic.twitter.com/7SOsyKBOc2
— PACBI (@PACBI) June 24, 2023
