Why Boycott Israel?

The Palestinian people are experiencing their fortieth year of military occupation. The siege by the Israeli army and the economic blockade have devastated their daily lives so that 'normal' life is impossible.

Israel operates an entrenched system of racial Apartheid against its own non-Jewish inhabitants and has been illegally occupying Palestinian land in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights since 1967. It has sought to further annex these lands and has systematically transferred its own civilian population into these occupied territories in contravention of international law. Israel continues to build the illegal Apartheid wall, annexing vast swathes of Palestinian land in the West Bank and creating Palestinian ghettos, despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice that it is illegal.

180 Palestinian organisations and unions, in response to Israeli onslaught, have called for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Apartheid Israel.

Petition: Suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement

On the Future of Israel and Palestine — An Interview with Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky

Stop the Wall BDS newsletter #1

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What the Papers Say


McCartney to rock Israel 43 years after ban — The Independent

Sarandon refuses to renounce Israeli settlement-builder
Protesters target Israeli jeweller

Hang up on Motorola — US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

More4 news report on settlement produce labelling (video)

Letter to the Observer from Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights

Supermarkets accused of duping customers with 'West Bank' produce grown in Israeli settlements — the Observer

Israeli Foreign Ministry: Ministers may be arrested in Spain

UNICEF cuts ties to Israeli billionaire Leviev

Lorna Fitzsimons: The UCU is wasting time and moneyand some responses

High Time for BDS: 60 Years of Nakba, 41 Years of Occupation ...

Why a Cultural Boycott is Necessary

Egypt tries to thwart Israel's plans in Europe

Academic Boycotts, Anyone?

Adalah rally outside UAE UN office in New York

U.S. prof. gives Israeli prize money to Palestinian university — Haaretz

Why an absolute boycott? — The Electronic Intifada

Does Israel practice apartheid? — United Methodist Divestment

Canadian postal workers urge divestment of 'apartheid' Israel — Jerusalem Post

The Independent makes Peace Oil No. 1, but omits Zaytoun from its "ten best olive oils"

Palestinian education delegation to UK gets special treatment

Royal party rather too exclusive for some — Jewish Chronicle on the protest at JNF dinner, Windsor Castle, 7th April 2008

For Leviev, All That Glitters Isn't Gold

The JNF now prepared to openly admit its parks and reserves built on destroyed Palestinian villages and lands

New York activists take on Leviev, Israeli settlement builder

Photostory: Volvo equipment used in house demolitions

Double standard on divestment — Electronic Intifada

Two Palestinian villages ask Susan Sarandon to repudiate Leviev

Is charity Peace Oil really the best way to help the Middle East?


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Latest News

17 Jul 2008
General
Bil'in Village Council Submits Case before Canadian Court Against Canadian Corporations for Involvement in Illegal Settlement Construction

17 Jul 2008
Companies Profiting from the Occupation
Lev Leviev's Company Danya Cebus in Israeli Settlement Partnership with Boymelgreen

10 Jul 2008
General
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls for suspension the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

10 Jul 2008
General
Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Press release

09 Jul 2008
General
On 9 July 2008, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)* launched a major new online resource for the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. BDSmovement.net will bring together news, campaign materials and resources from Palestinian and global activists in a single site to support, coordinate, and provide information, updates and analysis about the international BDS movement.

08 Jul 2008
General
The Raytheon 9, who were facing jail time for occupying and destroying equipment in Derry Raytheon offices, have been found not-guilty by a unanimous verdict of the jury.

08 Jul 2008
Companies Profiting from the Occupation
The campaign against Leviev moves forward as UNICEF rejects Leviev donations and the Arab League considers blacklisting companies owned by the Israeli businessman.

08 Jul 2008
Companies Profiting from the Occupation
This month has seen a number of developments in the campaign against Veolia.

04 Jul 2008
General
Summer 2008 Callout

01 Jul 2008
Cultural Boycott
Today, a series of non-violent protest actions disrupted the 'Salute to Israel' parade.



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