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Updates from the palestinian BDS (Canada)

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Palestinian artists to Céline Dion: cancel apartheid Tel Aviv concerts

Fifty Palestinian artists urge Céline Dion to cancel her August 2020 concerts in apartheid Tel Aviv

Cultural Boycott
February 17, 2020
By: 
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
By: 
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
In the News

Canada’s Federal Court Rules that “Product of Israel” Labels on West Bank Settlement Wines Are “False, Misleading and Deceptive”

As I have previously

Economic Boycott
July 29, 2019
By: 
Dimitri Lascaris
In the News

Vancouver City Council rejects misguided definition of antisemitism

Vancouver City Council rejected a proposal to adopt the misguided International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism

Right To Boycott
Local governments
July 26, 2019
By: 
Independent Jewish Voices Canada
In the News

Australian, Canadian firms pull out of Israeli settler railway

Ali Abunimah

Economic Boycott
CAF get off Israel's apartheid train
May 8, 2019
By: 
Electronic Intifada
In the News

Jewish group welcomes revocation of Beth Oloth’s charitable status

Beth Oloth Charitable Organization has had its tax-deductible status revoked by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) due to its support for Israel's army and activities in Israel's illegal settlements.

January 28, 2019
By: 
Independent Jewish Voices Canada
In the News

Boycott Eurovision Song Contest Hosted by Israel

More than 140 artists from Europe and beyond support the appeal from Palestinian artists to boycott the contest next year. Quotes from signatories here.

 

Cultural Boycott
Boycott Eurovision 2019
September 7, 2018
By: 
More than 140 Artists from Europe and beyond, published in The Guardian