Showing results 1 - 200 of 597 for the category: BDS News.

May 18, 2012 South African government takes concrete step against illegal Israeli settlement products – Significant BDS victory 18May12

May 18, 2012 US Quakers divest $900,000 in shares from Caterpillar 18May12

May 17, 2012 Zionist concern about boycott campaigns in Britain 17May12

May 16, 2012 AWAAD: “Six Years of BDS – Success!” 16May12

May 16, 2012 DUMP VEOLIA: Overview of campaign in UK from April 2011 to April 2012

May 16, 2012 BDS roundup: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish corporation demanding divestment from Israeli contracts 16May12

May 15, 2012 Palestinian writers call for boycott of Jerusalem international writers’ fest 15May12

May 13, 2012 BDS on CNN – Interview with Jonathan Pollak and Abir Kopty 13May12

May 12, 2012 ABC AUDIO: Musicians lobbied to boycott Israel 13May12

May 6, 2012 Boycotting Israel in Kuwait: the long way back 6May12

May 6, 2012 Boycotting the Equality Forum: Statement by Professor Katherine Franke (Director of Columbia Law School Centre for Gender and Sexuality) 6May12

May 4, 2012 United Methodists Call for Boycott of “products made by Israeli companies operating in occupied Palestinian territories” 4May12

May 2, 2012 BOYCOTT ADIDAS: Apartheid is not fair play 2May12

April 30, 2012 Dervish cancel Israel tour 30Apr12

April 29, 2012 MASSIVE BDS VICTORY: Campaigners welcome Coop Group move to end trade links with companies that source goods from illegal settlements 29Apr12

April 29, 2012 US-based professors respond to NYT ad accusing professors and BDS movement of inciting murder of US 29Apr12

April 28, 2012 Methodists debate divestment to support Palestinian rights 28Apr12

April 28, 2012 DESMOND TUTU supports United Methodist Church decision to divest 28Apr12

April 28, 2012 Lies and hysteria in the campaign against BDS – BDS is biting 28Apr12

April 26, 2012 Divestment will help ease Palestinian suffering 26Apr12

April 25, 2012 BDS victory at University of Massachusetts, Boston 25Apr12

April 23, 2012 VIDEO: “Can boycott, divestment and sanctions stop Israeli apartheid?” 23Apr12

April 23, 2012 AL AMER: No boycotts here: Veolia’s booming business from OPT to KSA 23Apr12

April 22, 2012 Israeli Orientalist Festival in Morocco bellyflops 22Apr12

April 22, 2012 MUNAYYER: Why BDS doesn’t come with a map 22Apr12

April 15, 2012 Derail-Dump-Drown Veolia Campaign in the US 15Apr12

April 12, 2012 WHITE: Why a cultural boycott of Israel is justified 12Apr12

April 12, 2012 Joan Manuel Serrat, Joaquin Sabina asked not to perform in Israel 12Apr12

April 12, 2012 Egypt forced to wear ‘pro-Israel’ Adidas kit despite Arab boycott 12Apr12

April 10, 2012 Ask Harlem Globetrotters not to perform in Israel 10Apr12

April 10, 2012 FLETCHER: Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions should be used to target Israeli Apartheid 10Apr12

April 9, 2012 EDEN SPRINGS: Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS 9Apr12

April 6, 2012 Palestinian Appeal: Boycott injustice conference at Hebrew University 6Apr12

March 30, 2012 CULTURAL BOYCOTT: Emma Thompson among group of prominent British actors calling on Globe theatre to withdraw invite to Israeli National Theatre 30Mar12

March 28, 2012 Food co-op rejects effort to boycott Israeli-made products 29Mar12

March 28, 2012 VEOLIA loses contract in East Sussex, UK due to vigorous campaign against it 28Mar12

March 28, 2012 North Coast Coalition for Palestine (NORCAL) activists take on Veolia 28Mar12

March 27, 2012 Academic BDS: Tel Aviv University to investigate solidarity with Hana Shalabi 28Mar12

March 26, 2012 CARLETON UNIVERSITY, CANADA: Grad students vote to divest from Israeli Occupation 26Mar12

March 13, 2012 VLAZNA: Why boycott Strauss? 13Mar12

March 13, 2012 Gaza activists prepare for Israeli Apartheid Week 13Mar12

March 9, 2012 BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY: NY activists protest performance in Brooklyn 9Mar12

March 6, 2012 SENSTAR/MAGAL SYSTEMS: Magal subsidiary wins new prison contracts in Canada and Australia 6Mar12

March 5, 2012 SODA STREAM: Wellington, New Zealand BDS action result and resources for activists 5Mar12

March 1, 2012 HEWLETT PACKARD: case study of surveillance and control 1Mar12

February 29, 2012 Judge dismisses lawsuit filed over Olympia Food Co-op boycott of Israeli goods 29Feb12

February 28, 2012 JELLO BIAFRA (The Dead Kennedys): Caught in the crossfire – should musicians boycott Israel? 28Feb12

February 26, 2012 Growing campaign to boycott Israeli sale of BLOOD DIAMONDS 26Feb12

February 25, 2012 AHAVA finally withdraws from Japan 25Feb12

February 24, 2012 BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY: Open letter from North American organizations 24Feb12

February 23, 2012 International statement in support of banned Israeli Apartheid Week in Paris 23Feb12

February 22, 2012 Organisations debate Cornell University’s partnership with the Israeli Technion 23Feb

February 22, 2012 BDS IN FRANCE: March court hearings 22Feb12

February 22, 2012 Singer Cassandra Wilson cancels Israel show: “I identify with the cultural boycott of Israel” 22Feb12

February 19, 2012 Israel divestment campaign picks up steam among Presbyterians 19Feb12

February 19, 2012 BDS roundup: From Vancouver to Ramallah, no love for Israeli Apartheid 19Feb12

February 17, 2012 ‘A level of racist violence I have never seen’: UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley on Palestine and the BDS movement 17Feb12

February 16, 2012 PIZZAROTTI: Naples, Italy stands for Palestinian rights 16Feb12

February 16, 2012 ELBIT SYSTEMS: Israeli company to lose $65 million as military deal with Turkey cancelled 16Feb12

February 13, 2012 Cat Power cancels show in Israel 13Feb12

February 9, 2012 VIDEO: Veolia’s Tovlan landfill site in the Occupied Jordan Valley 9Feb12

February 7, 2012 Boycott Israeli blood diamonds protest: Hatton Garden, London 8Feb12

February 6, 2012 PACBI: “We — the global 99% — shall overcome! Omar Barghouti’s salute to UPenn BDS Conference Feb 2012

February 5, 2012 BDS Update: Peaceful blitzkreig and Israeli counter attacks 5Feb12

January 30, 2012 US scholars’ delegation calls for academic and cultural boycott of Israel 30Jan12

January 28, 2012 “We won’t be silenced,” say students arrested over Peres boycott call 28Jan12

January 26, 2012 Palestinian Minister of Detainees calls for boycotting Israeli military courts 27Jan12

January 25, 2012 Palestinian Students’ Campaign for Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) 26Jan12

January 21, 2012 European Commission slammed for links to Israeli lab in West Bank 21Jan12

January 21, 2012 VIDEO: Inspiring BDS actions 21Jan12

January 18, 2012 BOYCOTT AHAVA: Tell the Natural History Museum to sever ties with Ahava 19Jan12

January 16, 2012 Activists call for British musician James Blake to boycott Israel 16Jan12

January 12, 2012 ITALY: Sodastream’s reply fails to convince 12Jan12

January 11, 2012 Dr Vacy Vlazna (NSW) writes letter to World Shakespeare Festival 2012 to cancel Israel’s performance of “The Merchant of Venice” 11Jan12

January 8, 2012 UK’s student body endorses divestment 8Jan12

January 6, 2012 BEWARE: New Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) website launched to combat BDS 5Jan12

January 4, 2012 Artists performing in Israel in 2012 – possible BDS action 5Jan12

January 4, 2012 PACBI: 2012 – A year to further intensify academic boycott 5Jan12

January 1, 2012 2011 – A year of major cultural BDS accomplishments 2Jan12

December 24, 2011 Veolia takes severe blow as it fails to win  485 million pound 24Dec11

December 22, 2011 Israeli State Attorney finds it difficult to defend “Boycott Law” 22Dec11

December 22, 2011 Brides boycott Ahava and Sodastream 22Dec11

December 20, 2011 International academics seek to keep ‘biased’ department at Israeli university open 21Dec11

December 19, 2011 Activists hold third annual conference on Boycott of Israel in Hebron 19Dec11

December 17, 2011 WALBERG: Boycott move unites East, West 17Dec11

December 15, 2011 NIEUWHOF: Veolia tries to sugarcoat Israeli violations of international law 16Dec11

December 13, 2011 PACBI STATEMENT: International Society for Justice Research: Working for Social Injustice? 13Dec11

December 12, 2011 PACBI: Israel’s exceptionalism: normalizing the abnormal 12Dec11

December 7, 2011 York students reject Hebrew University twinning 7Dec11

December 4, 2011 Boycott Israel campaign grows among UK unions, despite Zionist backlash 4Dec11

December 2, 2011 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION tires to legitimise conference held in Israel 2Dec11

December 2, 2011 SWISS BDS PRESS RELEASE: More than 150 artists in Switzerland pledge to boycott Israel 2Dec11

December 1, 2011 ADELAIDE: AFOPA’s 60th week of boycotting SEACRET 1Dec11

November 30, 2011 Israeli and Palestinian activists take direct action against World Health Organization (WHO) Conference in Jerusalem 30Nov11

November 30, 2011 National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) London Transport Regional Council joins Derail Veolia and Alstom campaign 30Nov11

November 29, 2011 Europeans hold 60 ‘Boycott Israel’ actions in 10 countries 29Nov11

November 26, 2011 BNP Paribas: First European Bank to pull out of Israel 26Nov11

November 19, 2011 An Open Letter from Gaza to Mireille Mathieu: Boycott Apartheid in the Name of Love! 20Nov11

November 19, 2011 KAIROS PALESTINE: Intensify BDS inr esponse to “Buy Israel Week” 19Nov11

November 17, 2011 ADELAIDE: AFOPA Seacret Protest, weeks 55-57

November 16, 2011 PERTH: Boycott Israel, Seacret Action 12Nov11

November 16, 2011 Finkelstein says international law is powerful weapon for boycott 17Nov11

November 16, 2011 New Zealand protesters found not guilty as Shahar Pe’er reveals that they succeeded in their aim 16Nov11

November 15, 2011 VIDEO: BDS boycott divestment sanctions against Israel 15Nov11

October 29, 2011 French protest women’s football match France vs Israel – BDS 5 APARTHEID 0 29Oct11

October 27, 2011 Alstom loses Saudi Haramain Railway contract worth $10B 28Oct11

October 26, 2011 The Yardbirds refrain from playing Apartheid Israel 26Oct11

October 20, 2011 Don’t Collaborate with Apartheid – a call from Palestinian civil society on European universities, academics, students and people of conscience 21Oct11

October 17, 2011 NTEU defeats pro BDS motion in Australia 17Oct11

October 14, 2011 BNC supports palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike, and calls for intensifying BDS 14Oct11

October 7, 2011 ADELAIDE: Seacret Protest (Adelaide-AFOPA) One Year Anniversary 1Oct11

October 4, 2011 218 signed Call for a Swedish academic boycott of Israel 4Oct11

October 3, 2011 Israeli dairy giant Tnuva lowers prices after chairwoman resigns 3Oct11

September 23, 2011 BDS protests compels closure of Israeli retailer in London 23Sep11

September 22, 2011 US trade union statement in support of Palestinian call for full and immediate arms embargo against apartheid Israel 21Sep11

September 17, 2011 Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola 17Sep11

September 17, 2011 FRANCE: Yes, the boycott of Israel is legal 17Sep11

September 16, 2011 Trades Union Congress (UK) votes to support Palestine and ewview links with organisations complicit with Israel’s occupation 14Sep11

September 14, 2011 Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, calls for celebration of this BDS victory 14Sep11

September 6, 2011 Marrickville BDS reaches finals of SydneyVision Song Contest 5Sep11

September 3, 2011 Protests disrupt Proms concert by Israel Philharmonic 3Sep11

August 17, 2011 BDS campaigners declare victory as international bidders for Agrexco drop out 16Aug11

August 17, 2011 STATEMENT: BNC condemns repression of BDS activism in Australia 16Aug11

August 13, 2011 OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL goes into lockdown: Israeli delegation’s arrival disrupted 12Aug11

August 13, 2011 The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Stated Clerk to Israeli PM Benyamin Netanyahu on Israel’s Boycott Law 4Aug11

August 8, 2011 Veolia, major target of Palestinian BDS campaign, in financial crisis 8Aug11

August 8, 2011 AUSTRALIA: Israeli boycotts – ACCC called in 8Aug11

August 5, 2011 South African student bodies slam “Israeli Apartheid Agents” and endorse nationwide Israel boycott 4Aug11

August 4, 2011 BDS organization writes total produce to not buy Agrexco 3Aug11

July 30, 2011 AHMAD TIBI: A strike against free speech 28Jul11

July 24, 2011 Political declaration of the European Forum Against Agrexco 24Jul11

July 24, 2011 Coop Sweden stops all purchases of Soda Stream carbonation devices 24Jul11

July 23, 2011 US Trade Union Statement in Support of Palestinian Call for Full and Immediate Arms Embargo Against Apartheid Israel 14Jul11

July 17, 2011 Pro-Palestinian group in the Netherlands calls for boycott of Israeli bus 16Jul11

July 16, 2011 We Will Not be Silent: statement in regard to Israeli anti-boycott law 16Jul11

July 16, 2011 ECCP endorses the call for an international military embargo of Israel 16Jul11

July 16, 2011 Members of the European Parliament support the call of 50 Israeli civil society organizations objecting the boycott bill 16Jul11

July 15, 2011 Dozens of Israeli law professors protest ‘unconstitutional’ boycott law 14Jul11

July 14, 2011 BDS MOVEMENT: Leadership of Palestinian boycott campaign responds to new law 13Jul11

July 13, 2011 Gush Shalom petitions the Supreme Court: Boycott Law is unconstitutional and anti-democratic, stifling criticism of policy in the Occupied Territories 12Jul11

July 12, 2011 Irish Congress of Trade Unions maintains commitment to BDS and moves policy forward 8Jul11

July 12, 2011 Israel passes law banning calls for boycott 12Jul11

July 12, 2011 Knesset set to vote on boycott bill 11Jul11

July 12, 2011 Hansard: Liberal Senator Abetz raises whether funding given to APHEDA/Union Aid Abroad supports BDS in Palestine 12Jul11

July 11, 2011 VIDEO: Roger Waters endorses BDS and speaks against Israeli anti-boycott law 11Jul11

July 11, 2011 BOYCOTT: We will not be silent – Statement in regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law 11Jul11

July 10, 2011 Palestinian civil society calls for military embargo of Israel 10Jul11

July 8, 2011 Egypt independent trade unions endorse BDS 7Jul11

July 6, 2011 South African Media Watchdog rules that Israel can be called an “apartheid” state 6Jul11

July 6, 2011 Barbara Hammer, Film Director, NY turns down Fellowship in Jerusalem 5Jul11

July 2, 2011 BNC Open letter: Is Germany’s “Die Linke – The Left” protecting Israel’s occupation and apartheid 21Jun11

June 25, 2011 BDS Update: Fighting apartheid on land and sea 25Jun11

June 23, 2011 France prosecutes Palestinian activist over BDS 18Jun11

June 18, 2011 United Church Presbytery Group launches Boycott Divestment Campaign against Israel 13Jun11

June 18, 2011 TO SHAKIRA & GERARD PIQUE – Please sing Freedom for Palestine

June 13, 2011 Letter to Cut/Copy – Please don’t sing for Apartheid 11Jun11

June 13, 2011 PACBI’S Appeal to Jello Biafra: Do not cross our picket line 12Jun11

June 12, 2011 INSPIRING FLASH MOB and OTHER BOYCOTT ACTIONS AROUND THE WORLD

June 12, 2011 WESTBROOK: Euro-wide BDS Forum on Agrexco 11Jun11

June 9, 2011 Keep boycotting Israel say delegates, TULIP disendorsed 7Jun11

June 8, 2011 Cosmetics firm LUSH endorses “Freedom for Palestine” 4Jun11

June 8, 2011 UK’s largest academic trade union – University and College Union (UCU) – in the United Kingdom Passes Key Motions on Palestine

June 7, 2011 French Activist summoned to court over Israel Boycott Video 5Jun11

June 3, 2011 Statement of UK trade union delegation to Palestine 3Jun11

June 1, 2011 CURTHOYS, DOCKER & LOEWENSTEIN: Palestine’s Ghandi – Omar Barghouti, BDS & international humanitarian law 31May11

May 22, 2011 DePaul students vote by large margin to ban Sabra hummus 20May11

May 21, 2011 Palestine invites itself to the meeting of Veolia shareholders, 17May11   

May 19, 2011 Largest student union in Europe joins boycott of Israel 18May11

May 19, 2011 Israeli policy will end up isolating it to the point of sanctions 18May11

May 13, 2011 Rudd’s Pro-Palestine “Justin Bieber” artwork banned by human rights festival 12May11

May 10, 2011 Deutsche Bahn pulls out of Israel project 9May11

May 10, 2011 Scottish First Minister supports sanctions against Israel 9May11

May 8, 2011 Ehud Barak acknowledges the impact of BDS 6May11

May 6, 2011 Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for BDS (PTUC-BDS) formed at historic conference 5May11

May 5, 2011 COSATU statement for opening of Palestine BDS Conference 1May11

May 4, 2011 Deutsche Bahn withdraws from project of new railway line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem 4May11

May 2, 2011 WALBERG: BDS breaking new barriers 28Apr-04May11

April 25, 2011 The Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) condemns the Histadrut and declares its continued commitment to the campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against the state of Israel 20Apr11

April 18, 2011 South African Christians call for BDS 14Apr11

April 12, 2011 VEOLIA: Another BDS victory as Veolia dumped from possible billion pound tender 10Apr11

April 8, 2011 Ladysmith Black Mambazo not performing in Israel 7Apr11

April 8, 2011 British Quakers to boycott products from Israeli settlements 5Apr11

April 6, 2011 PEN debates cultural boycott 3Apr11

April 4, 2011 AHAVA: Major London retailer for Ahava Dead Sea salts forced to close; boycott campaign claims credit 3Apr11

April 3, 2011 Kiri Te Kanawa asked to support BDS campaign against Israeli apartheid 29Mar11

April 1, 2011 BIN VEOLIA: ACtion at Veolia HQ, London 31Mar11

April 1, 2011 ARGENTINA: Activists boycott Israeli products Mar11

March 30, 2011 NEW YORK: BDS Flash Mob in Grand Central Station 29Mar11

March 28, 2011 Boycott Israeli Diamonds – Join campaign 27Mar11

March 27, 2011 South African ex-minister and judge support boycott of Israel 27Mar11

March 25, 2011 IPSC Open Letter to Bob Geldof: Don’t Choose Side of Israeli Oppressor! 24Mar11

March 25, 2011 JOHANNESBURG UNIVERSITY: Joins academic boycott of Israel 24Mar11

March 25, 2011 Jerusalem Marathon held in face of Palestinian, international opposition 24Mar11

March 23, 2011 BDS Action: Tell Wikimedia not to hold 2011 Annual Conference in Israel! 22Mar11

March 20, 2011 EDEN SPRINGS WATER: contract won’t be renewed by LSE 19Mar11

March 18, 2011 NORWAY: EL&IT union calls for comprehensive boycott of Israel, break with Histadrut 13Mar11

March 16, 2011 Edinburgh University students vote overwhelmingly for boycott of Israeli goods 15MAr11

March 16, 2011 Statement by Jewish activists and organizations active in BDS against Israel 16Mar11

March 14, 2011 Coen Brothers: BRICUP calls on brothers not to accept Dan David prize 13Mar11

March 14, 2011 Jordan bans entry of Israeli settlements’ products 13Mar11