Updates from the palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
The following letters were sent to Marrickville Council, Sydney, Australia, in support of their BDS policy ahead of a vote on the policy on Tuesday.
As elected officials who have answered the Palestinian call for Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and implemented such policies in the Tudela de Duero, Cigales and Villanueva de Duero municipalities in Valladolid, Spain, we are writing to express our support and solidarity to the efforts currently being undertaken in Marrickville Council in Sydney, Australia.
The international community has failed to hold Israel accountable for
Occupied Ramallah, 6 April 2011 -- The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) mourns the tragic loss of our comrade, partner, and friend Juliano Mer-Khamis, and strongly condemns the cowardly murder that took his life. Along with all other Palestinians who fight against the grave injustice imposed on our people, Juliano embodied the hopeful and brave spirit of cultural resistance.
Read the latest reports from the day of action here.
Occupied Palestine-March 31st, 2011 - The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) is heartened by the BDS actions that took place in over 60 cities around the world in commemoration of Land Day and the Third Global BDS Day of Action.
Palestinian Land Day commemorates the day in 1976 when Israeli military forces shot and killed six young Palestinian citizens of Israel.