Tag: BDS
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Launch of new BDSmovement.net website as part of Global BDS Day of Action
31 March 2011 | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) In celebration of the Global BDS Day of Action, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) has launched a new www.BDSmovement.net website. Designed specifically with the grassroots, bottom-up nature of our rapidly growing movement in mind, the website will showcase user-submitted articles and videos from BDS groups…
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Bill to punish anti-Israel boycotters passes first Knesset hurdle
09 March 2011 | Haaretz According to proposal, Israelis would face harsh punitive measures for such actions; controversial bill also calls for imposing sanctions on foreign nationals and groups and on states that give boycotts force of law. The Knesset plenum on Monday approved in its first reading a “boycott law,” which would levy harsh…
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April 20-23: The 6th Annual Bil’in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle
As nonviolent resistance for freedom sweeps across the Arab world, join us in harnessing the winds of change at the 6th annual Bil’in Conference. What: 6th Annual Bil’in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle When: 20-23 April 2011 Where: The Village of Bil’in, Occupied West Bank From Gaza to Bil’in, popular resistance to the occupation…
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Adalah-NY: New Yorkers protest Israel Philharmonic for whitewashing apartheid, protests planned in other US cities
22 February 2011 | Adalah-NY February 22 – Seventy New Yorkers protested the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s (IPO) performance at Carnegie Hall Tuesday evening, using chants, songs and street theater to highlight the IPO’s role in whitewashing Israel’s apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. The orchestra’s performances are being met with protests in six of the…
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Tribunal finds international businesses complicit in Israeli war crimes
22 November 2010 | Russel Tribunal Tribunal finds British and international business complicit in Israeli war crimes, identifies legal remedies and calls for civil society boycott action The Russell Tribunal on Palestine this morning announced its verdict after weekend deliberations. The jury said it had been presented with “compelling evidence of corporate complicity in Israeli…
