Israeli demolition process in Tubas

[ PIC 20/08/2014 – 02:55 PM ] TUBAS, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed on Wednesday morning Aqaba town east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley and started demolishing a number of homes and notifying several others with demolition. Head of the village council Sami Sadeq told a PIC reporter that the IOF demolished […]

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@Veolia transportation firm divests from Israeli settlement bus lines

 Monday September 30, 2013 00:13 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After a campaign beginning more than six years ago, activists with the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement have declared a major victory this week, when the French transportation company Veolia Transdev (partially owned by environmental services company Veolia Inc.) sold off its bus […]

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Got to love the Irish! Roger Waters launches education resource on Palestine in #Dublin

Maan News Agency | Sept 22, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Iconic British musician Roger Waters launched an education resource on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Dublin this week, an Irish solidarity group said. Mr Waters told a packed audience in Dublin that he “wholeheartedly endorsed” a teaching pack entitled ‘Palestine & Israel – How will there […]

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500 European Academics urge EU to maintain stance on Israeli settlements

 Sunday September 15, 2013 21:55 by bdsmovement.net | IMEMC News Over 500 academics, including researchers from 13 European Union member states, have today written to the EU’s head of Foreign Policy, urging the EU not to water down its new guidelines preventing EU funding from being awarded to Israeli projects and entities in the Occupied […]

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VIDEO | Pro-Palestinian groups denounce presence of Israeli official at forum in Buenos Aires official

Frequently Asked Questions :: BDS :: Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Thanks for guidance on these answers to: BDS National Committee Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel Institute for Middle East Understanding Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Birthright Unplugged 1 – What is BDS? On July 9, 2005, Palestinian civil society issued […]

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Three major Dutch supermarkets no longer sell Israeli settlement produce (Updated)

Updated July 25, 2013 Aldi: we don’t sell stolen potatoes (but DO sell stores and rent from Israeli Ravad !)   Monday, 22 July 2013 11:38 Alternative Information Center (AIC) Three major supermarket chains in the Netherlands – the multinational Aldi, Hoogvliet and Jumbo – have announced that they will no longer sell products coming […]

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Why boycott can’t be limited only to Israeli occupation and settlements

Electronic Intifada | Andrew Kadi on Wed, 07/17/2013 – 15:38 Israeli columnist Gideon Levy has been writing for Haaretz for at least two decades. His writings have brilliantly illuminated the reality of Israeli apartheid, as it affects Palestinian citizens of Israel, Palestinians living in the Gaza Stip, as well as in Jerusalem and the rest […]

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Protests Held In 12 Cities Against Tiaa-cref Investments In Israeli Military Occupation

 Thursday July 18, 2013 09:28 by We Divest at IMEMC News On Day Of Shareholder Meeting July 17, Oakland, CA – On Tuesday, July 16th at TIAA-CREF offices in over a dozen cities nationwide, human rights advocates protested the retirement giant’s investments in Israeli military occupation, on the same day that TIAA-CREF held its annual […]

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Israeli Diamonds in the Dubai Diamond Exchange

A customer looks at gold jewellery displayed in a store at the Gold Souq in Dubai in this 16 January 2008 file photo. (Photo: Reuters – Jumana El Heloueh) By: Ali Haydar | Al Akhbar English | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 While the Arab press is reporting that Arab expatriates are facing deportation from Gulf […]

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Muslims in UK boycott dates produced in illegal Israeli settlements

PressTV | June 16, 2013 The British Muslim community is planning to launch a campaign during this year’s holy month of Ramadan aimed at Israeli regime’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The campaign advises Muslims to boycott Israeli dates produced in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley, according to […]

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UK-based G4S quits operations in occupied West Bank amid protests

A campaign group called ‘Stop G4S’ has pledged to continue their protest against the UK-based security services company over its involvement in apartheid Israel. PRESSTV | April 23, 2013 The pledge came after Britain’s G4S plc unveiled plans to cancel key contracts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories amid protests against its involvement in illegal settlements, […]

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VIDEO | Australian universities starting to boycott Israel

PressTV | Published on Apr 20, 2013 The boycott, divest and sanction campaign, known as the BDS campaign, is a global civil movement that strongly opposes Israel’s occupation of Palestine. It says it hopes to promote a message of impunity of Israel in its serial breaches of international law and internal humanitarian law. The BDS […]

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Roger Waters clarifies his position on the boycott – IN SUPPORT! ~ by @docjazzmusic

Musical Intifada | 20 April 2013 | by Dr. Tariq Shadid aka Doc Jazz Here is some really good news to report. Roger Waters has published a response on Facebook, clarifying misunderstandings that had arisen after his Huffington Post interview. Read the open letter here, if you want to have an idea of how the […]

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Calls to obligate European sanctions on occupation

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 28/02/2013 – 04:59 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) called on the EU to impose obligatory economic sanctions on the occupation, in response to the recommendations […]

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YES!!! Quakers Divest from Veolia and Hewlett Packard! | Another #BDS Success!

Wednesday September 26, 2012 02:10 by Anna Baltzer – National Organizer endtheoccupation.org The US Campaign is thrilled to announce that the Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC) has become the first U.S. national fund to divest from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Veolia Environment following concerns expressed by Palestinian rights advocates about the companies’ involvement in the Israeli […]

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