(Excerpt from "BDS Update: April-July 2008," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, last accessed August 25, 2016)
"On the 46th commemoration of Land Day, Israeli colonizers inhabit 86 percent of Mandatory Palestinian... Accordingly, the 45 members of the Global Palestinian Refugee Network (GPRN) call for the following:...
Boycotting the Israeli colonial-apartheid regime, including rejecting and confronting all its policies and practices at the local and international levels and rejecting normalization."
(Excerpt from "Statement by the Global Palestinian Refugee Network (GPRN): The 46th Commemoration of Land Day," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, March 29, 2022, last accessed November 22, 2022)
"...Unlike liberal Zionists, Rosen unequivocally condemns the Nakba, the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland. 'By any other name,' he writes, 'this would be called 'ethnic cleansing,' and I have no trouble saying so.' In response to a reader, he says, 'If Zionism means ethnic cleansing, inequity, and transfer of indigenous peoples without some form of justice or repatriation, then no, I do not consider it to be legitimate.' He asks how is it possible for Jews to have a 'right of return' while denying the right to the indigenous Palestinian people. ... 'Time-honored tactic' In opposition to most liberal Zionists, Rosen endorses the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, describing it as 'a time-honored nonviolent tactic used by disempowered peoples to leverage public support for social change.' In one of the more cogent responses to the charge that BDS is anti-Semitic because it singles out Israel among all the nations in the world that violate human rights, he argues that ignoring the call for BDS would be to ignore the Palestinian people themselves and their struggle for liberation.
Several blog entries tackle the so-called peace process, which Rosen views as unbalanced due to Israel's overwhelming power and its 'special relationship' with the US government. He writes that there will never be a genuine peace process until Israel approaches negotiations from the standpoint of 'restorative justice' - that is, accepting responsibility for the Nakba and the ongoing dispossession and oppression of the Palestinians. ... (Excerpt from "Book Review: A Rabbi's Journey from liberal Zionism to anti-Zionism", Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, June 22, 2013, last accessed February 19, 2014) "Despite the obstacles which the fight for Palestinian freedom faces, a South African-style sanctions campaign is not only necessary, but also possible. A boycott, divestment or sanctions campaign is necessary because one of the many parallels between the Palestinian and South African conflicts is that the dominators are militarily strong, but politically vulnerable. Palestinians will not be freed by weapons – apartheid could have survived a military assault indefinitely and so can the Israeli state - but they can be freed by effective politics. BDS may be even more important in Palestine than the sanctions campaign was in South Africa."
(Excerpt from "Lessons from the Campaign for Sanctions on Apartheid South Africa", by Steven Friedman, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, Autumn 2013, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, last accessed December 10, 2013) "To date, the elements of boycott and divestment have produced successes after only a few years of the official BDS Campaign's existence... After eight years of successful struggle, the most urgent issue that needs to be raised today is the 'S' in the BDS acronym, or the campaigning for Sanctions against Israel... all states are under an obligation not to recognize the illegal situation resulting from the establishment of the colonial Zionist apartheid regime in Palestine... The General Assembly and the Security Council – acting for instance under Chapter VI and VII of the Charter - should strongly consider what further action is required to bring to an end the illegal situation resulting from Israel's colonial Zionist apartheid regime."
(Excerpt from "What happened to the 'S' in BDS?", by Amjad Alqasis, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Right, Autumn 2013, last accessed December 10, 2013) "The growing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is a refreshing development for those outraged by the injustices committed in Palestine...The boycott movement speaks the language of human rights and international law."
(Excerpt from "Three Comments on the Boycott Movement", by Nimer Sultany, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Autumn 2013, last accessed December 10, 2013) "EU approved a grant to Ahava – an Israeli firm making cosmetics in a settlement in the occupied West Bank and contributing to the crime of pillaging [of the Dead Sea]... Civil society, including BDS campaigners, will have to continue playing an important role in monitoring the Guidelines' implementation and pressuring for all ineligible Israeli entities to be excluded from receiving EU money. We should also work to compel the EU to recognize that Israeli apartheid is the system that applies on both sides of the 1967 Green Line."
(Excerpt from "Campaigning for Palestinian Rights in Europe", by Aneta Jerska, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Autumn 2013, last accessed December 10, 2013) "The boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement is civil society's attempt to hold Israel to account where governments have failed. Since its launch in 2005 by a broad swath of Palestinian civil society, BDS's successes have been both symbolically and materially tremendous and have associated a high cost for those actors and institutions who are complicit in Israeli colonial and Apartheid practices. It is precisely the BDS movement's success and tangible impact in challenging Israeli impunity that has made it a target for Israeli repression."
(Excerpt from "BADIL Condemns new Israeli Law prohibiting boycott and limiting the freedom of association and speech," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, July 15, 2011) "We reiterate Palestinian and global civil society's 2005 calls to pressure Israel's apartheid regime through a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) until these rights are achieved."
(Excerpt from "ICNP Call to Action, Launch of Nakba-60 Campaign," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, November 29, 2007) Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Board of World Mission - Presbyterian Church in Canada, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People - "Seeking the Peace of Jerusalem: Overcoming Christian Zionism in the Quest for Justice, a conference convening this April in Vancouver, will address the above questions by shining a light on the impacts of Christian Zionism, as well as encouraging and informing resistance to it...It will include action workshops on B.D.S (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions)..."
(Excerpt from Seeking the Peace of Jerusalem – Overcoming Christian Zionism in the Quest for Justice – Conference – Apr. 23-25," Board of World Mission - Presbyterian Church in Canada, April 23, 2015, last accessed March 21, 2017) Canada Palestine Association, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People - "Sodastream Boycott Campaigns are growing around the world, an attempt to pressure Israel to obey international law and respect Palestinian human rights. Here in Vancouver we are asking London Drugs to remove these products from their shelves. Our next protest will be:
SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 2-3 P.M. In front of LONDON DRUGS, 525 W Broadway, Vancouver ... Israeli companies operating in the West Bank enjoy cheap land and water confiscated from the indigenous Palestinian owners; a captive Palestinian labour force...This demonstration is part of the Canada-wide SodaStream boycott campaign of the Canadian Boycott Coalition for Justice in Palestine and Israel. The primary strategy of the coalition is to support the member groups in their efforts to call for boycotts of goods produced in Israeli settlements (colonies) in the occupied West Bank. For more info, see: Canadian Boycott Coalition for Justice in Palestine/Israel... The Vancouver event is endorsed by the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, the Canada Palestine Association, the Canada-Palestinian Support Network, Independent Jewish Voices (Vancouver), and the United Network for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel.
Videos from previous picket in front of LONDON DRUGS Nov 3, 2013: Boycott SodaStream – Vancouver Protest Nov 3 and Solidarity Notes Serenade SodaStream Display – Boycott Now!"
(Excerpt from "DON'T BUY SODASTREAM! Protest in front of London Drugs", Canada Palestine Association, December 15, 2013, last accessed February 24, 2014) Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People - "Overpass Action
Thousands of rush hour commuters saw this powerful message "Boycott Israeli Apartheid"
(Excerpt from "Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions," Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel, last accessed August 25, 2016) EAFORD, Accredited with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC and associated with the DPI - "We support all calls to boycott Israel."
(Excerpt from "Oral statement by the International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD) to the UN Human Rights Council," Agenda Item 7, EAFORD, June 10, 2013, last accessed August 25, 2016) - "We join the Special Rapporteur Mr. Falk in calling upon the international community to insist on [a]...worldwide campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel..."
(Excerpt from "Israel's Aggression Against Humanitarian Relief Vessels," EAFORD, June 2, 2010) - "We wish here to recall...that the boycott call was one of the weapons that led to the fall of the apartheid regime in South Africa..."
(Excerpt from "The Campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions," EAFORD, September 27, 2010) European Coordinating Committee of Committees and Associations for Palestine, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People - "Recommendations
... the European Union and its member states should proactively advise businesses to: Cease all trade with Israeli export companies that operate inside illegal Israeli settlements, since trade with such companies provides capital to businesses involved in the maintenance and expansion of Israeli settlements Avoid involvement or investment in the provision of infrastructure products and services to illegal Israeli settlements such as transport, waste and environmental services, given that such projects violate international law End all investment in companies, projects and businesses operating inside illegal Israeli settlements, including by divesting existing investments Be aware of the risk of legal action against the business for breaches of international law
In addition, the European Union should: Conduct a Human Rights Impact Assessment of its trade agreements with Israel, given that companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements are able to export produce to Europe using procedures put in place by these agreements. Encourage its member states to withdraw state support from and not procure services from companies that refuse to address their contribution to human rights violations."
(Excerpt from "The contribution of European businesses to the existence and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements", European Coordinating Committee of Committees and Associations for Palestine, November 23, 2013, last accessed February 24, 2014) Friends of Al-Aqsa, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
- "#BoycottPuma
Calling PUMA to stop sponsoring Israel Football Association (IFA)
PUMA sponsors Israel Football Associations (IFA) which has football clubs in illegal Israeli settlements – on land stolen from Palestinians.
Write to the CEO of PUMA, Bjørn Gulden, urging him to remove PUMA as a sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA)."
(Excerpt from "#BoycottPuma," Friends of Al-Aqsa, undated, last accessed November 22, 2022)
- "Take Action: What you can do. 1. #CHECKTHELABEL. On all produce you buy. Do not buy produce from Israel, West Bank or the Jordan Valley...Through boycott, we isolate Israel and send a clear message that the global grassroots communities will not stand by and do nothing while Israel murders innocent Palestinian women and children."
(Excerpt from "#CHECKTHELABEL," Friends of Al-Aqsa, undated, last accessed August 25, 2016) - "The following aims and objectives are being pursued...(d) Mobilising international condemnation for Israel's apartheid policies to be manifested through the boycott of Israel."
(Excerpt from "Aims & Objectives," Friends of Al-Aqsa, undated, last accessed August 24, 2016) - "1) Every time you go shopping, 'Check the Label' on the produce you buy. Ensure they are not from Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley. If you do see produce from these places, take a photo and send it to info@checkthelabel.org.uk detailing the store and location.
2) If you find produce from Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley ask to speak to the store Manager and explain that the produce are from illegal Israeli Settlements as they are grown on land that has been stolen from Palestinians. Ask for them to be removed from the shelves and for them not to be stocked again. Please also ask for the suppliers name if it is not clear as this is useful information. Email your experience to info@checkthelabel.org.uk
3) If you do not want to approach the Manager whilst you are shopping, contact the stores Head office on their customer service number/email explaining your concern."
(Excerpt from "Check The Label - Boycott Israeli Produce," Friends of Al-Aqsa, November 7, 2013, last accessed August 15, 2016) - "A call to boycott Israeli Academic institutions is being made world-wide... The cultural boycott exposes Israel's violations on an international platform, preventing Israel's efforts to falsely present itself as a normal state. Many musicians and artists have joined the cultural boycott by cancelling tours and refusing to play in Israel.
Action: If you know of any artists or academics who are planning on visiting Israel or are being hosted in the UK for an event please inform FOA at info@aqsa.organd we can arrange an appropriate action alert."
(Excerpt from "Academic and Cultural Boycott," Friends of Al-Aqsa, November 3, 2013) - "The Don't Dance with Israeli Apartheid campaign, which FOA is part of is calling for the boycott of the Batsheva Dance Company when it embarks on its UK tour in August. Batsheva is funded by the Israeli state and is part of PR exercise designed by their Ministry of Foreign Affairs known as 'Brand Israel'. Its aim is to whitewash Israel's human rights abuses and violations of international law, creating a false image of a 'normally' functioning, democratic country... We request you to write a letter (template letter available) to your nearest venue which is scheduled to host Batsheva asking for the invitation to be withdrawn due to the apartheid state it represents."
(Excerpt from "Don't Dance with Israeli Apartheid", Friends of Al-Aqsa, July 31, 2012) - "Inspired by the struggle of South Africans against apartheid...We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era."
(Excerpt from 'Check The Label - Boycott Israeli Dates', Friends of Al-Aqsa, May 25, 2012) Free Palestine Movement, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People - "[T]he US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities...This act of solidarity with Palestinians constitutes a historic breakthrough among US-based academics. It signals an increased tendency to challenge the normalization of Israeli exceptionalism and the old norms of censorship and self-censorship, which have inhibited open criticism of Israel's oppression of Palestinians."
(Excerpt from "A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities," Free Palestine Movement, December 20, 2013, last accessed August 25, 2016) - "By: the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. ... This act of solidarity with Palestinians constitutes a historic breakthrough among US-based academics. It signals an increased tendency to challenge the normalization of Israeli exceptionalism and the old norms of censorship and self-censorship, which have inhibited open criticism of Israel's oppression of Palestinians."
(Excerpt from "A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities", Free Palestine Movement, December 20, 2013, last accessed February 24, 2014) Friends of Sabeel North America, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
(Excerpt from "United Nations: Drop G4S," Friends of Sabeel North America, last accessed April 20, 2016) - "Does FOSNA support boycott, divestment, and sanctions?
FOSNA is committed to nonviolent means to end the oppression of Palestinians in Israel and in the occupied territories. Boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) are nonviolent methods of working for justice, and FOSNA supports the use of these in the campaign against Israeli settler colonialism and discrimination. These are the same methods also used to target apartheid in South Africa, racial discrimination in the United States and colonial rule in India."
(Excerpt from "FAQ", Friends of Sabeel - North America, undated, last accessed February 26, 2014) Friends World Committee for Consultation, accredited with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC and by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People - "You can join the growing BDS movement by supporting a BDS campaign. Here are two options that AFSC works with:
- The We Divest Campaign asks investment giant TIAA-CREF to divest from companies that support Israel's occupation or violations of international law.
- The Interfaith SodaStream Boycott calls for a boycott of SodaStream due to the location of its production facilities in an illegal Israeli settlement."
(Excerpt from "Join a BDS campaign", American Friends Service Committee, Quakers are represented through the "Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), June 20, 2013, last accessed August 24, 2016) General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church, Accredited with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC, associated with DPI and Accredited by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Habitat International Coalition, Accredited with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC - "Now is the time to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to end the disastrous era of Israeli apartheid, occupation, and human rights violations against the Palestinian people."
(Excerpt from "Call for endorsement of boycott, divestment, sanctions" in Habitat International Coalition, undated, last accessed December 24, 2011)
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