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Human Rights for SomeOpen LetterRich in speculation and poor in evidence, Human Rights Watch’s Report Enables the US-Israeli Genocide and Further Undermines the Credibility and Impartiality of International Law
August 2, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
From the River to the Sea: Stop Israel’s #GazaGenocide, Free Palestinian PrisonersBNC StatementUrgent Action Alert: Join the Global Day of Action on 3 August for Palestinian Prisoners and to end the Genocide in Gaza.
Economic BoycottMilitary EmbargoBoycott HPJuly 30, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Israel at the Olympics. The Genocide Games.Action AlertAs part of its Gaza Genocide, Israel has killed 69 Palestinian Olympians. Take action for the hundreds of Palestinian athletes killed by Israel in Gaza.
Ban Apartheid Israel from SportsJuly 24, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Historic ruling: ICJ finds Israel guilty of apartheid against Palestinians and its military occupation and annexation of Palestinian Territory as illegalBNC StatementThe BDS movement calls for maximizing pressure on all states to impose immediate targeted sanctions on apartheid Israel including a comprehensive military embargo.
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsJuly 19, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee
FIFA Enables Genocide. Take Action Now! Action AlertThe world football governing body is guaranteeing the Israeli football team’s participation in the Paris Games as Israel escalates its genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza and continues its sporticide against Palestinian sports.
Ban Apartheid Israel from SportsJuly 19, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Israel’s Genocide against Palestinians Accelerating its Economic CollapseAnalysisEconomic BoycottJuly 17, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
BDS impacts in times of genocideBlogJoin us in marking the 19th anniversary of the BDS movement.
Economic BoycottCultural BoycottAcademic BoycottMilitary EmbargoBoycott HPApartheid Free ZonesLocal governmentsStudent solidarityTrade union solidaritySanctions and governmentsBan Apartheid Israel from SportsBoycott PumaSay No to PinkwashingSIEMENS AND CHEVRON: STOP FUELING APARTHEID AND CLIMATE DISASTERBOYCOTT CARREFOURJuly 9, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Military embargo against Israel – Europe Campaign GuideAction AlertThe complicity of Europe in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians is both criminal, immoral and unwise. Various military embargo campaigns in Europe have been successful in exposing, scandalizing and even stopping arms shipments to Israel. The campaigns can learn from each other and build stronger coordination.
Military EmbargoJune 19, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Illegal arms transiting through the Mediterranean must stop!UpdateStates and corporations that arm and otherwise enable Israel’s genocide are complicit and must one day be held accountable.
Military EmbargoJune 17, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Intel halts its $25b investment in Israel’s sinking economyUpdateIntel still remains deeply complicit in feeding Israel’s genocidal war chest, so let’s escalate our #BoycottIntel campaign to make it end complicity.
June 19, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Withdraw from RIMPAC 2024: Oppose Colonialism and GenocideBNC StatementOppose colonialism and genocide: Demand your country withdraws from the Rim of the Pacific war exercise with genocidal Israel.
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsJune 19, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Illegal arms transiting through the Mediterranean must stop!UpdateStates and corporations that arm and otherwise enable Israel’s genocide are complicit and must one day be held accountable.
Military EmbargoJune 13, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood: Stop Artwashing GenocideUpdatePerforming in apartheid Israel – while it burns Palestinian refugees alive a short drive away in Gaza – is profoundly immoral and covers up genocide
Cultural BoycottMay 30, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Boycott Technion Conference in Crete: Universities Implicated in Israel’s #GazaGenocide Must Be IsolatedUpdatePalestinians call to boycott the “5th Symposium on Management of Future Motorway and Urban Traffic Systems,” organized by Israel’s Technion, which is deeply complicit in Israel’s gross violations of Palestinian human rights and international law, including Israel’s ongoing Gaza genocide.
Academic BoycottMay 30, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Block the boat – Urgent call for actionAction AlertLast night Israel carried out one of its bloodiest massacres in its ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza yet.
Military EmbargoMay 27, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Urgent Action Alert as Israel intensifies its genocide in GazaAction AlertIsrael has carried out one of its bloodiest massacres yet, in open defiance of last Friday’s explicit order by the International Court of Justice that Israel cease its military offensive in Rafah immediately.
Economic BoycottMilitary EmbargoApartheid Free ZonesSanctions and governmentsMay 27, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Block the Boat: End maritime arms transfer to IsraelBNC StatementPalestinian civil society urgently calls on governments to stop ships carrying weapons to Israel’s #GazaGenocide
Military EmbargoMay 22, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Universities Are Ending Complicity in Israeli Apartheid and Its Gaza Genocide in Numbers Never Seen BeforeUpdateGlobal campus mobilizations for Palestinian rights have compelled dozens of universities across the world to commit to steps toward divestment from complicit companies and/or cutting ties with complicit Israeli academic institutions.
Academic BoycottStudent solidarityMay 19, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Campus Uprisings for Palestine: Strategic Radicalism, Ethical Principles, and Incremental WinsPACBI StatementStrategic radicalism calls on the movement to employ multiple tactics that take local contexts into account to mutually build on and amplify each other. A strategic and incremental win for one campus is a win for all.
Academic BoycottStudent solidarityMay 15, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Nakba76: Demand action and accountability to end #GazaGenocide and #DismantleApartheidBNC StatementAs we commemorate Nakba Day, we refuse to stand idly by as mere witnesses to injustice. We demand action, accountability, and transformative change to ensure a future of dignity, justice and liberation for the Palestinian people.
May 15, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Supporting the student-led solidarity mobilizations in their demands for boycott and divestment and against repressionBNC StatementProtecting the Palestine solidarity movement worldwide from police repression, sabotage and agents provocateurs.
Academic BoycottApartheid Free ZonesStudent solidarityMay 14, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
United by Genocide: Eurovision boycotted over Israel's participationUpdateThousands of international artists, hundreds of LGBTQIA+ organisations and artists, dozens of Eurovision screening parties and European politicians call for apartheid Israel’s exclusion
Cultural BoycottMay 11, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
76 Universities in Spain Suspend Ties With Complicit Israeli UniversitiesUpdateGroundbreaking decision of the Conference of University Rectors in Spain to hold Israel and its complicit institutions accountable for Israel's genocide in Gaza and its underlying regime of settler-colonial apartheid
Academic BoycottMay 10, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Take Action: Urge Olympic Torchbearers To Help Stop Israel’s #GazaGenocideAction AlertAs genocidal Israel threatens to use “extreme force” against displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the occupied Gaza Strip and the Olympic torch arrives in France, be a torchbearer for Palestinian rights.
Ban Apartheid Israel from SportsMay 8, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Olympic Torchbearers, Join Calls for #CeasefireNow. Help Stop Israel’s #GazaGenocide.Action AlertHelp ensure Olympic values are upheld and to stand in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
Ban Apartheid Israel from SportsApril 20, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Hold the Line: Palestinian unions urge global solidarity against Israel's genocide, apartheid and exploitation of workersBNC StatementTrade union solidaritySanctions and governmentsMay 1, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Israeli Universities Attacking Campus Uprising Uphold Israel's Crimes Against PalestiniansUpdateHere’s how they do it, and the reason why Palestinians call for a boycott of complicit Israeli universities.
Academic BoycottStudent solidarityMay 1, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
End Israel’s Genocide - Escalate Pressure to End EU Complicity in the Ongoing NakbaAction AlertJoin us in Brussels on May 19th for a mass mobilization commemorating the 76 years of the ongoing Nakba and demanding an end to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and its underlying regime of settler-colonial apartheid.
April 29, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinians salute the inspiring student uprising worldwide against Israel’s Gaza genocide and settler-colonial apartheid BNC StatementStudents and faculty across the world - from the US to Australia, from the UK to France - are rising up in what is rapidly escalating to a global mobilization focusing on Is
Economic BoycottAcademic BoycottApartheid Free ZonesApril 29, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinians Salute Unprecedented Wave of Protest and Divestment Camps on US CampusesUpdateThis is precisely the type of peaceful disruption of business-as-usual that is needed to help stop Israel’s #GazaGenocide and divest from and sanction Israeli apartheid.
Academic BoycottStudent solidarityApril 24, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Palestinians Condemn Arrest of Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Call for Escalating Academic Boycott CampaignsUpdateThe internationally renowned Palestinian feminist scholar was arrested by Israeli forces in occupied Jerusalem.
Academic BoycottApril 18, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Israel holds over 10,000 Palestinians captive. This Palestinian Prisoners’ Day act to #FreeThemAllBNC StatementIsrael is abusing and torturing thousands of Palestinian prisoners. The BDS movement calls for urgent and meaningful pressure to #FreeThemAll.
Economic BoycottMilitary EmbargoBoycott HPApartheid Free ZonesSanctions and governmentsApril 17, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Pitzer College Council Votes for Full Institutional Boycott of Complicit Israeli UniversitiesUpdatePitzer became the first US higher education institution whose highest governance body voted by an overwhelming majority for a full academic boycott of all complicit Israeli universities. Shamefully, the Pitzer president undemocratically vetoed the motion.
Academic BoycottApril 15, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Pitzer College Closes Study Abroad Program With Complicit Haifa UniversityUpdateThe University of Haifa has provided equipment to Israeli soldiers carrying out the #GazaGenocide, hosts three Israeli military colleges, and the Israeli military base of Glilot is an extension of the university.
Academic BoycottApril 2, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Amidst Israel’s #GazaGenocide, AXA divests from all Israeli banks EXCEPT ONE! Escalate #BoycottAXA now! UpdateNew research by Ekō shows that AXA has sold all its shares from Israel Discount Bank and Bank Leumi that finance Israel’s illegal settlements, but still owns shares worth $2.6 million in Bank Hapoalim, one of the largest Israeli commercial banks that is blocklisted by the UN for financing Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise.
Economic BoycottAXA DivestApril 12, 2024
Samsung Next Withdraws From IsraelBlogThe withdrawal of the tech giant is yet another strong indicator of the dramatically declining confidence in the Israeli economy.
April 10, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Giro d’Italia and Tour de France: Road Closed to GenocideAction AlertPalestinians call for more protests than ever against the participation of the Israeli government-sponsored team in the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France cycling races this year. Let’s make sure the road is closed to genocide.
Ban Apartheid Israel from SportsApril 8, 2024 By: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Land Day: We won’t back down, we won’t get tired until we stop the genocide!Action AlertTo commemorate Palestine’s Land Day during genocide, we urgently call for more protests and peaceful disruptions.
Economic BoycottMilitary EmbargoApartheid Free ZonesLocal governmentsTrade union solidaritySanctions and governmentsMarch 30, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Indicators of the BDS movement’s global impact: Q4 2023 & Q1 2024BNC StatementSince the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on 2.3 million Palestinians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, the impact of the BDS movement has grown substantially and has begun to influence some states.
Economic BoycottCultural BoycottAcademic BoycottMilitary EmbargoApartheid Free ZonesLocal governmentsBan Apartheid Israel from SportsMarch 29, 2024 By: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
The Trades Union Congress pass motion supporting Palestine and #RightToBoycottIn the NewsThe Trades Union Congress (TUC), of England and Wales, with 5.5 million members across 48 unions, pass a motion reaffirming its commitment to supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom, including the #RightToBoycott.
September 13, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Activists in Malta protest performance by apartheid Israel cultural ambassador Netta Barzilai at EuroPride "as reminder that Israeli state efforts to erase its oppression of the Palestinian people from the international agenda will never be successful."
A six-year BDS campaign helped to end the German festival's Israeli embassy partnership
Palestine is a Climate Justice Issue
Swimming South Africa: Don’t Swim in Apartheid Israeli WatersIn the NewsSouth Africans call on governing body of aquatic sports to withdraw national teams from the 2023 World Junior Swimming Championship in apartheid Israel.
Red Card IsraelAugust 29, 2023
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South African BDS Coalition
Gabor Maté urges Imagine Dragons to cancel apartheid Israel showUpdatePressure mounts on the US group to ditch concert in Tel Aviv on the ruins of Palestinian village
Cultural BoycottAugust 23, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
University of Sydney Students’ Representative Council Votes to Support BDSIn the NewsThe Students’ Representative Council motion expresses "solidarity with the Palestinian people living under an Apartheid state" and supports the Palestinian call for BDS "to achieve freedom, justice and equality for Palestinians."
Academic BoycottStudent solidarityAugust 15, 2023
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University of Sydney Students’ Representative Council
Anthropologists in Latin American Stand With Palestinians, Recognize BDS as Counter-Hegemonic Tool Against ApartheidIn the NewsScholars gathered at the XIV Mercosur Anthropology Conference in Rio de Janeiro pass motion recognizing BDS as a counter-hegemonic tool "against regimes based on colonialism and apartheid state practices."
Academic BoycottAugust 5, 2023
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Anthropologists in Latin America
Angela Davis among 250 figures supporting Dominican book fair boycottIn the NewsThe Santo Domingo Book Fair 2023 will honour apartheid Israel
Cultural BoycottAugust 16, 2023
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Movimiento Socialista de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de la República Dominicana
Palestinians Stand in Solidarity with the Oppressed in Brazil’s FavelasBNC StatementPalestinians demand an end to the killings and militarization of the impoverished and racialized communities and call for an immediate military embargo on Israel to stop Israel’s weapons from killing also in Brazil
Military EmbargoAugust 9, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinians call on Imagine Dragons to skip apartheid Israel concertUpdateThe US group’s August 29 Tel Aviv concert will help Israel’s far-right government artwash apartheid
Cultural BoycottJuly 27, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Palestinians, fans, call on Christina Aguilera to cancel apartheid Israel showUpdateXtina’s scheduled August 10 concert will artwash apartheid and grave human rights violations
Cultural BoycottJuly 27, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
U.S. Public Opinion is Changing Dramatically on Apartheid Israel, but Elected Officials Haven’t Received the MemoBlogA few days ago, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal accurately described Israel as a “racist state,” and the lobby impulsively pushed Congress to pass an unusual statement, with the usual automatic majority, saying Israel “is not a racist or apartheid state.”
Sanctions and governmentsJuly 25, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinian Professors' Unions Applaud American Anthropological Association Vote to Boycott Complicit Israeli Universities In the News"Principled stands such as the AAA’s bring us closer to a future of freedom, justice and equality for all Palestinians."
Academic BoycottJuly 24, 2023
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Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE)
American Anthropological Association Endorses Resolution Supporting Palestinian Rights and Boycotting Israeli ApartheidIn the NewsFounded in 1902, the 12,000-member AAA is the largest and oldest scholarly body in the United States to endorse a boycott of complicit Israeli academic institutions.
Academic BoycottJuly 24, 2023
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AnthroBoycott Collective
American Anthropological Association Votes by 71% to Boycott Complicit Israeli UniversitiesUpdateThe historic vote makes the AAA the largest academic association to endorse the Palestinian call to boycott Israeli academic institutions complicit in Israel’s regime of military occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid.
Academic BoycottJuly 24, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Filmmakers withdraw from apartheid Israel's Jerusalem Film FestivalUpdateJane Campion, Estíbaliz Urresola Solaguren and other filmmakers asked for their films to be withdrawn from the festival, which is partnered with the Israeli ministry of culture
Cultural BoycottJuly 22, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
More Than 300 Israeli Apartheid Free Zones Across ItalyIn the NewsAs Palestinians continue to resist the increasingly oppressive policies of colonization, military occupation, and apartheid by the most right-wing and racist government in Israel's history, effective solidarity with their struggle for freedom, justice, and equality continues to grow.
Apartheid Free ZonesJuly 19, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
On Nelson Mandela Day, 250 civil society organizations worldwide call on UN to investigate Israeli apartheidBNC StatementTrade union solidaritySanctions and governmentsJuly 18, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Our 9 year old Website is COLLAPSING!!BlogWe need to be able to cope with millions of new requests each month and welcome tens of thousands of unique visitors every week.
July 12, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
ShutDownNation: Admitted by former Israeli PMs. Ignored by Western mediaAnalysisFinally, Israel’s opposition leaders, not just its leading economists and business executives, are admitting that under the current government, the most far-right, fundamentalist and corrupt ever,
July 11, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinians respond to Orlando Pirates: don't sportswash apartheid IsraelUpdateThe South African team is hiding behind rules to justify its "friendly" match with apartheid Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv
Red Card IsraelJuly 10, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
18 Years of BDS. 18 Years of Impact in Turning Darkness into LightBlogBDS helps Palestinians to continue enduring and resisting the darkness of settler-colonialism and apartheid until we reach the light of freedom, justice, equality and dignity.
Stop G4SEconomic BoycottCultural BoycottAcademic BoycottMilitary EmbargoBoycott HPFarming InjusticeRight To BoycottApartheid Free ZonesLocal governmentsStudent solidarityTrade union solidaritySanctions and governmentsRed Card IsraelRelocate the RaceBoycott Eurovision 2019AXA DivestSay No to PinkwashingGreenwashing ApartheidIsraeli spyware facilitates human rights violationsBOYCOTT CARREFOURJuly 8, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Groups Across the World Join Boycott PUMA Global Day of Action UpdateFrom Kuala Lumpur to Paris, from Tokyo to Berlin, from Kuwait City to London, actions were held at PUMA shops and retailers, at human rights festivals, football matches and anti-racist football tournaments urging PUMA to end complicity in Israeli apartheid.
Boycott PumaJuly 3, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Pop-Kultur must clarify partnership with apartheid IsraelUpdateThe Berlin festival has a track record of lying to artists to protect its partnership with apartheid
Cultural BoycottJune 28, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
UN again leaves Israel off "List of Shame"BNC StatementFor another year, UN's António Guterres has left Israel's army off the “list of shame” of forces endangering children. This year Russia was added to the list. The BDS movement condemns in the strongest terms this blatant colonial hypocrisy.
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsJune 27, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinian civil society demands: end EU complicity in illegal and repressive Israeli surveillanceBNC StatementAfter years of civil society pressure, the European Parliament had to set up a special committee to investigate the use of Israel’s Pegasus and similar surveillance spyware, called PEGA.
Israeli spyware facilitates human rights violationsJune 27, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Orlando Pirates and AFC Bournemouth, Cancel "Friendly" Matches With Apartheid Israel Team in SpainUpdateThere’s nothing “friendly” about playing football with teams representing apartheid Israel.
Red Card IsraelJune 26, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Israel just murdered another footballer. PUMA is complicit.Action AlertAs groups around the world join the Boycott PUMA Global Day of Action, use social media to show PUMA your outrage over its ongoing support for Israeli apartheid.
Boycott PumaJune 22, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Cats Vs PUMA. Cats Stand Against Israeli Apartheid.Action AlertPUMA is nervous!
Boycott PumaJune 21, 2023
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Palestinians Honored by The Association of Black Anthropologists' Endorsement of #AnthroBoycott MotionUpdateThe Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE) and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) are
Academic BoycottJune 20, 2023
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Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE) and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
The Association of Black Anthropologists Endorses the Resolution to Boycott Israeli Academic InstitutionsIn the NewsThe ABA stands in solidarity with Palestinian academics, against Israeli apartheid and the oppression of Palestinians.
Academic BoycottJune 15, 2023
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The Association of Black Anthropologists
Mauritius should support Palestinian call for UN apartheid investigation, say country's trade union federationsUpdateLargest trade union federations in Mauritius call on Prime Minister Jugnauth to heed the Palestinian Trade Unions call for reconstitution of UN anti-apartheid mechanisms
Trade union solidarityJune 19, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
AXA, a smash hit with apartheid?UpdateMarking AXA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), Palestine solidarity activists once again demonstrated creatively in front of the building where the “AGM ceremony” was taking place to increase pressure on AXA to divest from Israeli apartheid.
Economic BoycottAXA DivestJune 14, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
The unprecedented opportunity to reach the S in BDSBlogWe have no illusions, though. We know it will take a lot of “B” and “D” to get to the “S.” Indeed, we are building grassroots power like never before to have real influence in decision-making circles.
Military EmbargoLocal governmentsTrade union solidaritySanctions and governmentsJune 13, 2023
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
You won’t believe what PUMA’s new CEO said in front of 200 shareholders in May.
BDS!
In a major win for human rights activism against corporate complicity, the world's largest private security company Allied Universal, which owns G4S, has decided to sell all its remaining business in apartheid Israel. This follows years of an effective #StopG4S campaign waged by the BDS movement for Palestinian rights.
The artworkers’ strike against the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma resulted with significant negotiation leading to a substantial milestone for the art community and the museum world in Finland, and hopefully abroad.
The US Secretary of Justice just said what in a recent White House meeting?
Verviers joins Liége (Belgium), Oslo (Norway), Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) and Belém (Brazil) in ending complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.
Why EU regulations on spyware may harm people across the globe
PUMA was forced to acknowledge the protests in front of 200 shareholders, as activist shareholders and the new ThisIsPUMA.com website punctured PUMA's lies.
Join us for a virtual teach-in on Palestinian Nakba and tech complicity
#BoycottCarrefour campaign is organizing a week of action from May 21 to May 26, ahead of the Annual General Meeting of the multinational retailer. Join us to tell Carrefour to end its complicity in apartheid Israel, take action, send letters of protest to your local store, and to join our global Twitter storm on May 23.
The mayor of Belém (Brazil), Edmilson Rodrigues, declares his city an Apartheid Free Zone, denouncing Isael’s “expulsion of a people from their ance
As we approach the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) we call on our supporters worldwide to join us in solidarity by taking 5 actions to help #EndIsraeliApartheid.
Investing in Israel, a 75-year-old settler-colony that imposes apartheid on Indigenous Palestinians, has always been unethical and illegal.
The Brit and Grammy award-winning artist canceled their performance in the Summer in the City festival in Tel Aviv, following multiple calls not to perform in apartheid Israel.
The festival’s decision is a significant BDS victory in Belgium
Palestinian film and arts organizations call for boycotts of Captain America: New World Order
The Belgian of Liège votes to end all ties with Israel citing its regime of “apartheid, colonization and military occupation” against Palestinians
Norway's capital, Oslo, announced that it will not trade in goods and services produced in areas that are illegally occupied in violation of international law.
German municipalities and cultural institutions should end their racist repression. Otherwise, they will face intensified pressure.
#ShutDownNation
Palestinian teams salute the people of Indonesia for refusing apartheid Israel’s sportswashing and FIFA's double standards and hypocrisy. They urge Argentina not to step in as host of FIFA’s U20 Men’s World Cup.
This #PalestinianPrisonersDay stand with Palestinian prisoners facing barbaric treatment.
The Intercept has recently revealed that David Fingold, a pro-Israel investment fund manager, has dubiously invested $500M for
In recent years, spyware—technology secretly installed on digital devices which covertly collects confidential information
Occupied Palestine, April 10th, 2023 - The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring
"Israel Calling" participants will literally cover up the ethnic cleansing of Indigenous Palestinians
Infamous Israeli war criminal Moshe Dayan once said, “Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.” Drunk with impunity and unparalleled influence in Washington a
FIFA’s decision to remove Indonesia as host of the upcoming FIFA Under-20 Men’s World Cup is an act of jaw-dropping hypocrisy. We salute the people of Indonesia who have stood for Palestinian rights and stand with them in rage against FIFA’s colonial arrogance.
On this day in 1976, six Palestinians were murdered by Israel’s apartheid forces as they took part in non-violent protests against the theft of their land.
The Brit and Grammy award winning artist is scheduled to perform at the Summer in the City Festival in apartheid Tel Aviv on May 31. Palestinians are calling on them to withdraw.
Solidarity with Palestinians living under Israel’s apartheid regime is urgently needed.
12 new reasons (+1 ongoing) to divest from Israel
As the 2023 edition of Israel Apartheid Week (IAW 2023) enters its last days, the International Coordination Committee of IAW 2023 sends its warmest wishes of a blessed Rama
Nobel laureate says majority of participants “would not want to cross lines of peaceful protestors or signal tacit support to the actions of the Netanyahu government”
1,300 Israeli artists and academics hypocritically call for the same, having fought BDS for years
As Palestinians face Israel’s most racist, fundamentalist government to date, which is escalating the violent oppression that has dominated our lives for decades, we call on recipients to reject recognition from institutions so deeply complicit in the silencing and erasure of an entire population.
The widespread and ongoing Jewish Israeli protests are largely aimed at defending Israel’s supremacist settler democracy.
Palestinians call for protests as the top cycling races go our of their way reward apartheid Israel with special invitations to the Israeli government-sponsored team.
BREAKING: Racist Israeli film fund, the Rabinovich Foundation, will reportedly end its insistence that filmmakers seeking its support must sign a loyalty oath to deny in their films the reality of
In a statement, dozens of African organizations from the Pan-African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) call on the African Union to revoke Israel’s accreditation or any status allowing for its presence in the union, towards ending all forms of complicity with Israeli apartheid.
In a statement issued on Facebook, Jewish groups from over fifteen countries celebrate the decision by the Mayor of Barcelona to suspend all institutional ties with Israel.
The Mayor of Gaza has written a letter to the Mayor of Barcelona saluting her decision to suspend ties with apartheid Israel.
We thank the many South Africans, including those who campaigned against that country’s apartheid regime, for standing up for Palestinian rights and taking swift action to compel SARU to reverse the misguided decision.
Letter from Right To Movement Palestine welcomes the decision by the South African Rugby Union to Withdraw an invitation to a team representing apartheid Israel. "SARU did the right thing!"
The Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (PalAST) calls on the European Molecular Biology Organization to uphold its "moral obligation to end its complicity in whitewashing Israel’s crimes" by refraining "from holding workshops in Israel until its apartheid regime has been dismantled."
Thinking of investing in Israel? Here are 17 reasons why you should THINK AGAIN.
Join leaders around the world celebrating Barcelona's decisions to stand up for Palestine by suspending all relations with the State of Israel.
Barcelona Mayor suspends institutional relations with apartheid Israel, including twinning agreement with Tel Aviv, “until the Israeli authorities put an end to the system of viola
Take these 5 actions now and together we can help to #DismantleApartheid.
The BDS movement’s leadership condemns the World Economic Forum sponsored normalization efforts with apartheid Israel.
The PLO, the BDS movement and Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations issue a historic call to intensify global pressure to dismantle Israel's regime of settler-colonialism and apartheid.
Palestinian rights supporters delivered a letter to PUMA’s CEO from players of the Palestinian football club Balata, whose player 16-year-old Saeed Odeh was gunned down by Israeli soldiers in May 2021 as PUMA shareholders met to talk about profits.
Santo Domingo International Book Fair has invited apartheid Israel as guest of honor
Palestinian football club Balata, whose player 16-year-old Seed Odeh was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers, calls on new PUMA CEO to end complicity in Israel's brutal apartheid regime.
Europe is infiltrated with spyware from apartheid Israel and is complicit in financing this harmful sector. #banspyware #militaryembargo #IntellexaOutofEurope
The Santo Domingo International Book Fair in the Dominican Republic is slated to be a tribute to apartheid Israel
#UnitedAgainstRacism
Call out for the 2023 Israeli Apartheid Week: 13-27 March 2023
As we work towards a broad, global, Palestinian-led anti-apartheid movement, we take a look back at some highlights in our struggle for Palestinian rights in the second half of 2022.
Another Palestinian prisoner has died in custody due to Israel’s systematic medical negligence.
In Latin America, since the 29th of November, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, several Apartheid Free Zones have been created across Latin America.
Since 1967, 233 Palestinian prisoners have died in apartheid Israel’s dungeons as part of a systematic policy of medical negligence and delays in providing treatment.
Last year we pledged #NoRestForPUMA until it ends complicity in Israeli apartheid. We’re keeping that pledge. Groups in dozens of cities around the world will join the Boycott PUMA Global Day of Action. Make sure your group is one of them!
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian civil society coalition that leads the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, calls on suppo
The France-based multinational retailer Carrefour Group is involved in war crimes committed by the Israeli regime of occupation, settler...
Palestinian theatre companies and cultural organizations urge the society to "respect the essence of Bertolt Brecht’s thoughts" and not undermine the Palestinian struggle towards freedom, justice and equality.
We started with 500 schools already, and we are aiming to reach 100 thousand students per year.
French multinational insurance giant AXA currently holds shares worth US$ 15.5M in four Israeli banks that finance Israel’s illegal settlements according to the recently launched, second #DontBuyIntoOccupation report. In total, AXA invests US$ 957M in companies directly involved in Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.
International Day of Solidarity with PalestineAnalysisLet’s further isolate apartheid!
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsNovember 29, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Marking the 44th UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian PeopleAction AlertTo mark UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People the BDS movement have released a special video and reiterates the demand for #UNinvestigateApartheid.
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsNovember 29, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Fatoumata Diawara - Don't artwash Israeli apartheid!UpdateThe venue the Malian musician will play, Barby, is notorious for upholding Israel's colonial violence
Cultural BoycottNovember 28, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
International Film Festival of India: Don't glorify Israeli war crimes!UpdateBy hosting the Asian premiere of Fauda’s new season, IFFI is complicit in promoting and justifying grave human rights violations.
Cultural BoycottNovember 24, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Palestinians call on UN Member States to speak up against Israeli apartheid in the General Assembly on November 29 - 30Open Letter29 November is the United Nations’ international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people. This year, the day marks 75 years since the UN first debated the Question of Palestine.
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsNovember 24, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Email Siemens now and tell it to #StopFuelingIsraeliApartheid and climate crisisAction AlertTake action now by urging Siemens to #StopFuelingIsraeliApartheidSIEMENS AND CHEVRON: STOP FUELING APARTHEID AND CLIMATE DISASTERNovember 23, 2022
Love Football. Hate Apartheid. Score a Goal for Palestinian Rights. Action AlertAs social movements across the world take advantage of the visibility of the men’s World Cup to call for justice for all, let’s shine a spotlight on Palestinian rights and on companies complicit in Israeli apartheid.
Red Card IsraelBoycott PumaNovember 14, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
FIDE’s Gambit. Don't Sacrifice Palestinian Rights for Israeli Apartheid.Action AlertTake action to tell the International Chess Federation to relocate its chess championship away from Israeli-occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. There are no good moves in apartheid Israel!
November 11, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Palestinian Chess Forum to FIDE: Move World Team Chess Championship From Occupied East Jerusalem In the NewsThe Palestinian Chess Forum of the Shatila Refugee Camp calls on the International Chess Federation to relocate tournament from Israeli-occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem.
November 10, 2022
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Palestinian Chess Forum
COP27: Climate Justice Demands Free Civic SpaceOpen LetterAs the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) was launched in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on 6 November, and as global leaders, governmental representatives a
November 10, 2022
BDS Statement on apartheid Israel's WMDsBNC Statement152 States voted for IAEA supervision of Israel’s nuclear facilities, yet apartheid Israel avoids supervision thanks to European and US support.
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsNovember 8, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Omani and Kuwaiti firms pull out of Bahrain air show over Israeli presenceIn the NewsGulf air companies withdraw from Bahrain show.
November 7, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
COP27: Palestine is a climate justice issueBNC StatementLet’s unite our struggles to stop the greenwashing of systematic oppression.
Greenwashing ApartheidSIEMENS AND CHEVRON: STOP FUELING APARTHEID AND CLIMATE DISASTERNovember 7, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinians Urge International Chess Federation to Relocate Tournament from Occupied East JerusalemUpdateWe call on the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to immediately relocate the 2022 World Team Championship away from apartheid Israel to a country not committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
November 2, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Boycott the apartheid Israel Music Showcase FestivalUpdateThe event is proud of its collaboration with Israel’s apartheid regime
Cultural BoycottNovember 1, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Vieux Farka Touré: Cancel apartheid Israel concert!UpdateBarby in apartheid Tel Aviv celebrates Israeli forces massacring Palestinians
Cultural BoycottNovember 1, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Boycott the Jerusalem International Oud FestivalUpdateThe festival fails to attract the range of international artists it once boasted
Cultural BoycottOctober 31, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
The BDS Movement’s Anti-Normalization Guidelines ExplainedBNC StatementDue to rising demand for a better understanding of the anti-normalization guidelines among non-Arabic speakers in recent years, we present the most important points below in English
October 30, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee
Uruguay National Football Team Will Not Hold World Cup Training in Apartheid IsraelUpdateThe decision follows compelling letters from Palestinian football teams, including those whose players have lost lives and limbs to Israeli bullets, urging Uruguay not to sportswash Israeli apartheid
Red Card IsraelOctober 17, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Nothing to celebrate in Nicosia BNC Statement Economic BoycottSIEMENS AND CHEVRON: STOP FUELING APARTHEID AND CLIMATE DISASTEROctober 14, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinians call to boycott Red Sea Jazz FestivalUpdateThe festival is partnered with apartheid Israel's far-right ministries of culture and tourism
Cultural BoycottOctober 14, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
BDS movement congratulates Nobel Prize winner Annie ErnauxBNC StatementThe French author understands the responsibility of intellectuals towards ending complicity in oppression
Cultural BoycottOctober 13, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) and BDS France
Palestinians Urge Academics to Boycott “History of Prison Reform in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts: Hope and Disappointment” Workshop at Complicit Israeli CollegeIn the NewsProposals for the academic workshop are due in October 2022. The workshop is due to take place between 17 and 19 June 2024.
Academic BoycottSeptember 22, 2022
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Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
Victory for Palestinian Political Prisoners!BNC Statement Boycott HPSeptember 2, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Palestinians Urge Speakers to Withdraw From PUMA’s Greenwashing ConferenceUpdatePUMA is using its "Conference of the People" to promote itself as ethical and sustainable – while continuing its complicity in Israel's apartheid regime committing grave human rights violations against Palestinians.
Boycott PumaGreenwashing ApartheidAugust 31, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Palestinians thank artists boycotting apartheid Israel-partnered Pop Kultur BerlinUpdateAt least four artists withdrew from the festival, joining fifteen others since 2017
Cultural BoycottAugust 26, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Palestinians urge Africa Creative Market to drop complicit Israeli film fundUpdateThe Rabinovich Foundation obligates filmmakers to deny apartheid Israel’s colonial violence
Cultural BoycottAugust 26, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Lafawndah withdraws from apartheid Israel-partnered Pop Kultur Berlin festivalIn the NewsThe festival has resumed its partnership with apartheid Israel despite 15+ withdrawals since 2017
Cultural BoycottAugust 22, 2022
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Lafawndah
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Stands With The 6BNC Statement Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsAugust 18, 2022
Rodrigo y Gabriela cancel apartheid Israel concertUpdateFans at Belgian festival had called on the Mexican duo to skip apartheid Tel Aviv
Cultural BoycottAugust 11, 2022
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Largest Palestinian Professors' Union Urges RMIT To End Partnership With Israeli Weapons ProducerIn the NewsThe 6,000 members of the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE) "know that Elbit Systems markets its weapons around the world, including to other oppressive regimes, as 'battle-proven' and 'field-tested,' and that "they are the subjects of those tests."
Academic BoycottMilitary EmbargoAugust 11, 2022
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Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE)
Israeli filmmakers call on Locarno Festival to drop ‘complicit’ Israeli filmIn the NewsRabinovich Foundation obligates filmmakers to deny the reality of Israel’s regime of apartheid and ethnic cleansing
Cultural BoycottAugust 2, 2022
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Artists for Palestine UK
Following Israel’s latest massacre in Gaza: It’s high time for the UN to act to dismantle apartheidAction AlertOver the last few days, we have witnessed yet another televised massacre by
Military EmbargoSanctions and governmentsAugust 8, 2022
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)