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The 47th Anniversary of Palestinian Land Day

On this day in 1976, six Palestinians were murdered by Israel’s apartheid forces as they took part in non-violent protests against the theft of their land.

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SIEMENS AND CHEVRON: STOP FUELING APARTHEID AND CLIMATE DISASTER
BOYCOTT CARREFOUR
March 30, 2023
By: 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)
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JCB to be investigated by UK Government body over evidence of involvement in Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians

UK construction equipment company JCB is to be investigated after a UK Government body found a human rights complaint by Lawyers for Palestinian Rights was “material and substantiated” regarding use of JCB machinery in Israel’s illegal demolitions and settlement construction.

Military Embargo
Sanctions and governments
October 12, 2020
By: 
Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights
Israeli authorities use a Hyundai bulldozer to destroy the home of a Palestinian citizen of Israel in the town of Lydd, Feb 10 2015. The house belonged to a single mother and her four children. (Oren Ziv, ActiveStills)
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Palestinians call for boycott of Hyundai

Palestinians are calling for a boycott of Hyundai over the company’s failure to stop its construction equipment being used by Israel to destroy their homes and communities.

Economic Boycott
Trade union solidarity
February 7, 2017
By: 
Ali Abunimah
Children from the village of Umm al-Hiran, facing the imminent demolition of their homes by Israeli authorities using Hyundai bulldozers, carry signs saying, "Let's boycott Hyundai #Umm Al-Hiran" (Credit: Sahar Rouhana, 2017)
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Hyundai Targeted for Boycott Campaign by Palestinian Human Rights Defenders in Israel

Campaign Cites Company’s Complicity in Demolition of Palestinian Homes & Violations of International Law

Economic Boycott
Trade union solidarity
February 7, 2017
By: 
Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Committee of Palestinian Citizens of​ Israel (BDS48)
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, right, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Downing Street, London, Feb. 6, 2017. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
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Theresa May is showing contempt for Palestinian rights as she rolls out the red carpet for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu

In 2016, the United Nations reported that Israel demolished or seized some 1,089 Palestinian-owned structures throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem, displacing 1,593 Palestinians and

Military Embargo
Sanctions and governments
February 6, 2017
By: 
Ryvka Barnard
File photo shows Israeli settlements deemed 'illegal' in EU statement (AFP)
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Europe’s Largest Pension Funds Heavily Invested in Illegal Israeli Settlements

Europe’s five largest pension funds have €7.5 billion invested in companies with business activities in and around illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. This is at odds with United Nations guidelines, clear warnings from 18 European countries, and undermines the two-state solution, experts warn.

Economic Boycott
January 31, 2017
By: 
Mikkel Bahl, Hanan Chemlali & Kristoffer Marslev