A call from Palestinian civil society on European universities, academics, students and people of conscience from Palestinian academics, students and civil society organisations. Download the call in English and French. The State of Israel practises a system of occupation, colonialism and apartheid over the Palestinian people, but it does not do so unaided. Israeli military companies are […]
Campaigns Archives:BDS Movement
Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, Celebrates BDS victory
For Immediate Release – September 12, 2011 Supporters of Palestinian rights claim victory as target Agrexco ordered into liquidation Court papers warn that company is Israeli symbol whose downfall will have "wider implications" Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on the movement internationally to celebrate this victory and to intensify BDS campaigns Campaigners […]
Public Demonstration to Boycott Israeli Goods and Products in Hebron
In the framework of a series of events organized by the Grassroots Campaign to Boycott Israeli Goods including participation from some national political figures and representatives of local youth groups, a mass march was held in the streets and supermarkets in the city of Hebron on Monday, August 15, 2011. Lifting of the organizers, waving […]
Veolia, major target of Palestinian BDS campaign, in financial crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 8 August 2011 French multinational Veolia to cut back global operations after €67.2 million losses BDS campaign has cost Veolia large contracts across Europe over its illegal Israel project Losses comes on heals of Agrexco’s financial woes, another main BDS target Only days after losing out on another lucrative contract in […]
Seizing on Agrexco’s financial woes, campaigners vow to eject Israeli exporter from Europe
For Original Press-release, Click Here. Facing a bankruptcy hearing in a Tel Aviv court Tuesday, Israeli export company Agrexco has been beset by bad headlines in recent months. Now its problems look set to worsen, after Palestinian solidarity groups from across Europe joined forces to escalate a boycott campaign. A new coalition on Thursday promised […]
Illegal Israeli train project A1 faces heat from BDS movement
The second large scale Israeli public transport infrastructure project is now feeling the heat of BDS campaigners. The Israeli light rail project in Jerusalem has been since years targeted by BDS activists that support Palestinian calls for boycotts and divestments from companies that participate in this project, which links Israeli settlements to West Jerusalem and […]
The Domino Effect: World Council of Churches joins growing movement for divestment against Israel
This week the World Council of Churches (WCC) joined an ever expanding movement across the Christian World and condemned the “illegal” Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza while highlighting plans to apply “economic pressure” on Israel. Reminiscent of the Anti-Apartheid boycotts which rocked the racist regime of South Africa during the 1980s, the […]
Ireland PSC Calls for a Boycott of Israeli Potatoes, Fruit, and Herbs Sold in Ireland
Recently the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign called for a Boycott of Israeli potatoes, fruit, and herbs being sold in supermarkets throughout Ireland. The IPSC writes: "In South Africa, an international boycott was key in ending apartheid. You can help defeat the brutal apartheid system that Israel is imposing on the Palestinians. Our governments have failed […]