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UN Takes First Concrete Step To Hold Israel Accountable For Violating Palestinian Human Rights

UN takes first concrete step to hold Israel accountable for violating Palestinian human rights

Economic Boycott
Military Embargo
Boycott HP
Sanctions and governments
September 27, 2017
By: 
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
In the News

In First, Israel Will Penalize Amnesty International for Anti-settlements Campaign

Finance Ministry moving to deny tax benefits to Israelis donating to the human rights group after its campaign to boycott West Bank settlement goods

Right To Boycott
September 12, 2017
By: 
Haaretz
In the News

Jordanian companies end their contracts with G4S

7 private and public companies in Jordan have discontinued their service contracts with G4S, the security company, in response to a global boycott call against G4S’ parent company for its complicity in Israel’s regime of occupation and settler-colonialism.

Stop G4S
August 28, 2017
By: 
BDS Jordan
PACBI Statement

PACBI's Response to Pop-Kultur Festival's Misleading Statement

A desperate attempt to divert attention from its shameful acceptance of Israel's sponsorship and its resultant complicity in whitewashing Israel's regime of occupation and apartheid.

Cultural Boycott
August 17, 2017
In the News

As Congress tries to criminalize BDS, the Democratic Socialists of America endorse it

The Democratic Socialists of America, which gathered this weekend in Chicago for its biennial convention, passed a resolution on Saturday to endorse the BDS movement. The vote in favor was so overwhelming,  more than 90 percent supported the resolution. It marked the first time in the group’s 35-year history that it has taken a position on the issue.

Right To Boycott
August 6, 2017
By: 
The intercept
Update

200+ Latin American Orgs Urge Mexican Multinational Cemex To End Complicity In Israeli Crimes

Over 200 Latin American organizations, coalitions, social movements and personalities published a July 9 letter addressed to the Board of Directors of Cemex, the Mexican multinational company, calling on it to end the company’s complicity in Israel’s human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Economic Boycott
Trade union solidarity
July 13, 2017
By: 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)
Update

Spanish Parliament Affirms Right to BDS as Protected Speech

The Spanish parliament has unanimously passed a motion recognizing the right to advocate for BDS as protected under the right to freedom of expression and association.

Right To Boycott
Sanctions and governments
June 30, 2017
By: 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)
Update

Largest Israeli Public Transportation Company Loses Netherlands Contract Worth 190 Million Euros Following Campaign by BDS Activists for Palestinian Rights

Last month, Egged Bus Systems (EBS), a subsidiary of Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society, Israel’s largest public transportation operator, lost a bid for a decade-long contract to run public transportation in the North-Holland region of the Netherlands.

Economic Boycott
Local governments
June 21, 2017
By: 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)
Update

BNC Welcomes Call by Christian Organizations Urging the World Council of Churches to Support the BDS Movement for Palestinian Human Rights

The BNC warmly welcomes a historic open letter by the National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) urging the World Council of Churches (WCC) to “recognize Israel as an apartheid state,” support the nonviolent, Palestinian-led global BDS movement, help intensify BDS campaigns and actively refuse Christian complicity in ongoing Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights.

Economic Boycott
June 20, 2017
By: 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), Christian Palestinians
Update

Israel Fails to Impose Virtual Walls Restricting Advocacy for Palestinian Rights in Europe

Swiss parliament and Spanish government reject efforts to criminalize the BDS human rights movement

Right To Boycott
June 16, 2017
By: 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)