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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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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.
Santa Cruz church becomes first US congregation to boycott HP for role in Israeli occupation
Last night the congregation of Peace United Church of Christ in Santa Cruz, CA voted to refrain from buying Hewlett-Packard (HP) products including...
G4S timeline
G4S is a British security company that helps Israel to operate prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are held without trial and subjected to torture. G4S also provides equipment and services to illegal Israeli settlements, Israel’s apartheid Wall and the Israeli military.
Israel singled out African scholar for deportation, world church group says
The World Council of Churches has condemned Israel’s deportation of its associate general secretary Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri. In a statement...
UN World Food Program in Jordan drops its contracts with G4S
4 out of 6 UN agencies in Jordan drop their contracts with G4S. News comes as G4S announces sale of £88m of its investment in Israel. Boycott...
Measures to pressure the government of Israel to preserve the two-state solution: addendum to current Middle East policy
Code S16-P013 Resolution Type Policy Submitter Name Shadow Cabinet Preamble WHEREAS Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention...
Under BDS Pressure, G4S Ends Most Illegal Business with Israel
G4S announces sale of most of its Israel business, following intense BDS pressure G4S remains involved in Israeli police training and...
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) withdraws from event promoting Israeli settlement wine
The Israeli embassy in Japan had been planning to hold «the Israel Wine Seminar» on 30 November 2016 at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO...
University of Chile Social Sciences students overwhelmingly vote for BDS
BDS is growing at an exceptionally impressive rate in Chile. In the third academic boycott win this year alone, more than 90% of the Social Sciences...
BDS impact round up for 2016
The year 2016 will be remembered by Palestinians and supporters of Palestinian freedom, justice, and equality for, among other things, Israel’s year of...
Still time to join #BoycottHP actions close to you
November 25 marked the launch of the global BDS Week of Action to hold Hewlett Packard (HP) companies accountable for providing technology...