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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
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No Room for Genocide Campaign Day of Action - 27th September
UN Tourism observes 27th September as World Tourism Day focusing on the “role of tourism in the international community.”
Jewish group welcomes revocation of Beth Oloth’s charitable status
28 January, 2019 OTTAWA–Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) welcomes news that Beth Oloth Charitable Organization has had its tax-deductible...
Boycott Eurovision in Israel and Tel Aviv Pride
In the early morning of June 28, 1969, trans and queer people took the streets of New York City fighting police violence and harassment in their...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reinstates Angela Davis' Award
Sameer Rao The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s (BCRI) board of directors announced today (January 25) that it voted to restore...
Irish parliament passes bill to ban Israeli settlement goods
Ali Abunimah 24 January 2019 A bill to outlaw trade in goods from Israeli settlements has been passed by the lower house of...
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...
The BDS movement salutes Angela Davis
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a founding member of the BDS movement for Palestinian rights,...
Affiliation with the BDS Movement
International BDS partners uphold the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people that are stated in the BDS Call of 2005 and abide by the BDS movement’s commitment to nonviolence as well as its ethical and anti-racist principles.
BDS Victory: HSBC Divests from Elbit
HSBC confirmed that it has fully divested from Israeli drone manufacturer Elbit Systems, which sells weapons to the Israeli military used in attacks...
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...
German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly
In May 2016, the German city of Oldenburg prevented a public lecture titled "BDS: A Palestinian Human Rights Campaign" from...