Updates from the palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)

BNC Statement

PARC assures its commitment with the humanitarian international law and the Palestinian regulations

The Israeli company Agrexco has arranged lately a tour in Europe for a number of Palestinian farmers from the Gaza Strip. The slogan of this visit was to introduce Palestinian producers to the European market standards; the fact that this company helped in exporting a limited amount of strawberries and flowers to the European markets.

January 30, 2011
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BNC Statement

Professor John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) on transnational corporations and other Business enterprises is currently preparing his final report to the UN Human Rights Council, due in June 2011. The report will include Guiding Principles for the implementation of the “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework.

BNC Statement

Commemorate Land Day 2011 by Joining the Global BDS Day of Action

30 March 2011

The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles to join the Global BDS Day of Action on Land Day, 30 March 2011, in solidarity with the Palestinian people's right to self determination on their ancestral land.

Inspired and buoyed by the popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and their unique manifestation of courage, dignity, civility and determination, we stand resolu

PACBI Statement

The recent announcement by the British writer Ian McEwan that he will accept the Jerusalem Prize on 20 February 2011 during the Jerusalem Book Fair has disappointed many of his admirers around the world. In response to calls to reject the prize and refrain from participating in the book fair, he has said, "I think one should always make a distinction between a civil society and its government. It is the Jerusalem book fair, not the Israeli foreign ministry, which is making the award. I would urge people to make the distinction – it is about literature.” [1]

January 28, 2011
PACBI Statement

The recent announcement by the British writer Ian McEwan that he will accept the Jerusalem Prize on 20 February 2011 during the Jerusalem Book Fair has disappointed many of his admirers around the world. In response to calls to reject the prize and refrain from participating in the book fair, he has said, "I think one should always make a distinction between a civil society and its government. It is the Jerusalem book fair, not the Israeli foreign ministry, which is making the award. I would urge people to make the distinction – it is about literature.” [1]

January 28, 2011
PACBI Statement

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel appeals to BDS activists in the United States to boycott the US tour of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) in February and March 2011, due to its complicity in whitewashing Israel‘s persistent violations of international law and human rights. The IPO is scheduled to perform in Palm Beach, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles [1].

January 16, 2011
PACBI Statement

Ramallah, Occupied Palestine, 30 December 2010

December 30, 2010