Campaign: BDS Impact
Unprecedented blow to funding genocide: No sale of Israel bonds in the EU since September 1st 2026
Both Ireland and Luxembourg have stopped facilitating the sale of Israel bonds in the European Union in 2026, and as a result Israel bonds have not been sold in the EU since September 1st. BDS salutes this important development and calls for sustained and intensified pressure on all EU member states now to end complicity in Israel’s genocide and atrocity crimes against the Palestinian people.
Inspiring Trade Union Actions
Just some of the many inspiring expressions of meaningful solidarity by workers and unions from around the world so far this year.
European Society of Criminology Votes Overwhelmingly Against Whitewashing Israel's Atrocity Crimes
The European Society of Criminology voted by a significant majority to require scholars from illegal settlement institutions to indicate in their affiliations such location in accordance with international law and to condemn Israel’s atrocity crimes against Palestinians, including its war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.
American Historical Association and Modern Language Association Memberships Stand for Palestinian Rights
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA) overwhelmingly voted in favor of a joint resolution condemning repression in the US and the silencing of academic dissent against the ongoing “US-sponsored Israeli genocide in Gaza,” which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
350+ Latin America Scholars Pledge To Support the Academic Boycott of Israel
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) welcomes the more than 350 academics from 20 Latin American countries who have committed to taking effective measures to end complicity in Israel's regime of military occupation, apartheid, and genocide against the indigenous Palestinian people.
South African Medical Association Cuts Ties With Israeli Medical Association
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has voted to end all ties with the deeply complicit Israeli Medical Association (IMA). SAMA further calls for the IMA to be suspended from the World Medical Association.
Indicators of the BDS movement's Global Impact: July - December 2024
Thank you for taking action and for continuing to stand in solidarity with our nonviolent struggle against Israel’s genocide and underlying regime of apartheid, settler colonialism, and military occupation and for the Palestinian people’s freedom, justice, and equality!
BDS impacts in times of genocide
Today marks 19 years since the historic call from the largest Palestinian coalition to boycott, divest from, and impose sanctions on Israel’s regime of military occupation, settler-colonialism, apartheid, and now genocide. Over the last 19 years, the BDS movement has built a massive network worldwide, supported by trade unions, farmers’ coalitions, and racial, social, gender and climate justice movements, together representing tens of millions.
Indicators of the BDS movement’s global impact: Q4 2023 & Q1 2024
Since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on 2.3 million Palestinians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, the impact of the BDS movement has grown substantially and has begun to influence some states.
18 Years of BDS. 18 Years of Impact in Turning Darkness into Light
Today marks 18 years since the historic call from the largest Palestinian coalition to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel’s regime of military...