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Dozens of new Apartheid Free Zones declared around the world

From Mexico to France, from Brazil to Canada and beyond, dozens of new spaces join the #ApartheidFreeZones campaign in response to the Palestinian call for mutual support and international solidarity. 

Ending racism, colonialism and apartheid is #InOurHands.

Apartheid Free Zones
Trade union solidarity
June 11, 2021
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In Unprecedented Numbers, University Departments and Scholars Urge End To Israeli Apartheid

Statements in support of Palestinian rights, many advocating for BDS, have been endorsed by more than 300 academic departments, programs, centers, unions and societies and garnered 15,000 signatures from scholars, researchers, students and university staff worldwide.

Academic Boycott
Student solidarity
Trade union solidarity
May 26, 2021
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
In the News

Canadian Association of University Teachers Censures University of Toronto After Job Rescinded Over Criticism of Israel

Faculty group’s first boycott order in over a decade affirms pro-Israel interference in hiring of scholar Valentina Azarova

Right To Boycott
April 23, 2021
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Times Higher Education
In the News

Canadian Association of University Teachers Imposes Rare Censure Against University of Toronto Over Azarova Hiring Controversy

Faculty union invokes censure against University of Toronto used only in cases of "serious violations of academic freedom" following "politically motivated" interference in hiring of scholar critical of Israel’s abuses of Palestinian human rights.

Right To Boycott
April 22, 2021
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Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
Artists and academics in Montréal oppose the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement
In the News

Artists and Academics in Montréal Oppose Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement in Stand for Palestinian Rights

More than 150 artists and academics and over 20 trade unions, cultural organizations, student groups and indigenous collectives in Montréal are calling on the Canadian government to cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

Cultural Boycott
Academic Boycott
Sanctions and governments
January 8, 2021
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Montreal Artists and Academics
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Artists’ pledges for Palestinian rights

Thousands of artists worldwide have publicly endorsed the cultural boycott of Israel. Find a pledge near you or in your field.

Cultural Boycott
July 3, 2020
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
Open Letter

#WeAreUnderApartheid: Exclude the complicit Jerusalem Film Festival from We Are One

Filmmakers, Palestinian rights groups and cultural organizations urge participating filmmakers to withdraw from We Are One

Cultural Boycott
May 29, 2020
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
In the News

Palestinian artists to Céline Dion: cancel apartheid Tel Aviv concerts

Fifty Palestinian artists urge Céline Dion to cancel her August 2021 concerts in apartheid Tel Aviv

Cultural Boycott
February 17, 2020
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l'Humanité
BNC Statement

Palestinians stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation

The TransCanada Coastal Gaslink pipeline aims to steal Wet’suwet’en land, use resource extraction to solidify control over Indigenous territories, destroy the environment and violate Indigenous laws.

February 13, 2020
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
In the News

Jewish group applauds Montreal City Council for abandoning controversial definition of antisemitism

Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) applauds the Montreal City Council for abandoning a motion to adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism today.

Right To Boycott
January 28, 2020
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Indpendent Jewish Voices Canada