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No Room for Genocide!
Palestinian BDS National Committee calls for global pressure on states to ensure war criminals are not allowed into their territory and/or to prosecute them for their crimes. The BNC acknowledges the efforts by private businesses in ensuring war criminals are not welcome on their premises.
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Indicators of the BDS movement’s global impact: Q4 2023 & Q1 2024
INTRODUCTION: Over the last 18 years, the BDS movement has built a massive network worldwide, supported by trade unions, farmers’ coalitions...
Belgian trade mission to Israel and Palestine has been cancelled
(MENAFN - Palestine News Network) The mission, which would have taken place between the 8th and 11th of December, will not continue. A lot of...
Norway’s capital Oslo is banning Israeli settlement goods and services
October 28, 2019 - In a historic step, Oslo’s newly installed City Council is banning Israeli settlement goods and services from public procurements...
Democratic Socialists of America commit to national BDS organizing
On August 3, at the 2019 national convention of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) - the largest and fastest growing socialist...
Vancouver City Council rejects misguided definition of antisemitism
VANCOUVER – Local members of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) — in partnership with Palestinian groups and free speech and social justice advocates —...
Belfast councillors ban development boss from Israel trade trip
By Gareth Cross Belfast councillors have voted against sending a representative on a business and investment mission to Israel. Councillors...
Glasgow City Council ditch defence industry in new ethical events policy
By Ben Wray The ‘People Make Glasgow’ logo was removed before the arms conference in June last year after the Council came under pressure from...
Mexico City Metro partially cancels Israeli events and photo exhibit due to Israeli Embassy lies
Following protests, the Mexico City Metro removed 12 photographs from the exhibition "A look at Israel" sponsored by Israel’s embassy in Mexico. The...
Vienna museum cancels Palestine event with leader of South African anti-apartheid struggle
March 21, 2019 — A Vienna museum, Volkskundemuseum, has cancelled an event on Palestinian rights where former minister in Nelson Mandela’s...
Tayside Pension Fund in Scotland drops Israel's Bank Hapoalim
Nya Bashir, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Dundee SPSC welcomes the confirmation from Dundee City Council that Tayside Pension Fund no...
Belgian City Votes to Ban Contracts with Companies that Violate Human Rights
December 7, 2018 — Last month, the City Council in Ghent, Belgium voted to ban companies involved in human rights violations from doing business with...