BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 12 – February, 2009 Highlights: March 30 and boycott impact Global day of action a success! On March 30, people across the world organized film screenings, sit-ins, demonstrations and new boycott campaigns on the first global BDS action day. Some highlights included South America, which is quickly taking up the BDS call, […]

Occupation forces began constructing a fence on the northern side of ‘Azzun, east of Qalqilya. Soldiers sealed the area, where they began destroying trees for the path of the fence. The projected route cuts across agricultural roads and will block beleaguered farmers from utilizing their land. Construction on the fence began several weeks ago, when […]

On March 30, local boycotts against Connex and Motorola were launched respectively in Melbourne and New York City, building on larger, established campaigns. The boycott of Connex and Veolia for their roles in the Jerusalem light rail has achieved a series of victories in Europe, while the Motorala boycott is a nation-wide initiative of the […]

Friday saw the wrapping up of Land Day activities in the Bethlehem and Ramallah areas. This week villages joined together in protest, and one person shot with live ammunition. People gathered in Irtas to plant trees before joining the weekly Ma’sara demonstration. In Ni’lin and Bi’lin organizers finished out the week around Land Day with […]

List of Global Actions March 30: Palestinian Land Day celebrated as the First Global BDS Action Day ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, March 30: Commemoration of Land Day as a shared history of land confiscation in both Argentina and Palestine and film screenings organized by Ya Basta! association. AUSTRALIA Melbourne, March 28: “Dump Connex” Campaign action. Also, […]

Large numbers of participants was a feature of this Friday’s actions, which were held in commemoration of Land Day. Protests against the Wall were held in the usual locations of Jayyous, Ni’lin, al-Ma’sra and Bi’lin. After a brief hiatus last week, violence is escalating again in Ni’lin, where a local youth was shot with live […]

The people in Palestine are mobilizing for the 32nd annual commemoration of Land Day, happening March 30. Land Day marks the date of the Palestinian demonstration that occurred in the Galilee against a wide-scale land confiscation, when Israeli forces killed 6 Palestinians, injured 96 and arrested 300. ***image2***Today, the Land Day protests of the people […]