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1 August 2011
Indian artists, invited by the curators of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to participate in an exhibition of work from India next Spring, have refused the invitation in solidarity with the Palestinian-led call for boycott, divestment and sanctions.
28 July 2011
A coalition of groups in South Korea issued an English-language statement today calling on their government to cancel a planned sale of the Korean Aerospace Industries’ T-50 fighter jet to Israel.
28 July 2011
Palestinian civil society, as broadly represented within the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), wishes to express its sincere condolences to and deep solidarity with the people of Norway and to Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (AUF), the Norwegian labour youth party, in particular after the massacre of last Friday committed by a far right fanatic.
21 July 2011
A coalition of European solidarity organizations have issued a declaration today calling for a day of action against the Israeli produce company Agrexco on 26 November and affirming their “determination to put an end to Agrexco’s presence in Europe.”
19 July 2011
Omar Barghouti spoke at Socialism 2011 in Chicago on 3 July 2011, to explain why boycotting Israel is the right approach and a moral imperative for people who support justice and universal rights.
18 July 2011
Remi Kanazi, professor Sunaina Maira and Ali Abunimah lay out the current strategies of the current global BDS movement led by Palestinian civil society, and analyzed the movement’s gains as well as the mounting backlash against BDS actions and activists.
18 July 2011
The Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel and Palestinian Youth Against Israeli Apartheid have issued a call to their counterparts in South Africa to boycott a forthcoming tour of several South African university campuses by dozens of Israeli students designed to burnish Israel’s image. The Palestinian students write:
16 July 2011
Gaza Youth Break Out (GYBO) a Gaza-based youth activist group has produced a rap video celebrating the recent Gaza Freedom Flotilla and other efforts to break the siege of Gaza.
16 July 2011
Following last week’s call by Palestinians for immediate military sanctions on Israel, “similar to that imposed against apartheid South Africa in the past,” US trade union members released a statement announcing full support of the call, BDS, and the right of return.
13 July 2011
Days after Palestinians called for comprehensive military sanctions against Israel, the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) came out in public support of the arms embargo and for the Palestinian-led boycott (BDS) movement.