The last year has seen significant growth in the BDS movement.  Trade union commitments, student occupations and initiatives by groups working for solidarity with Palestine have together transformed the landscape here in the UK and elsewhere.  The Gaza massacres were the major factor in shifting opinion but, at enormous cost to Palestinians, this has greatly expanded support for the BDS campaign.

Jack Heyman #8780 ILWU 20/06/09

2009 Convention Resolution–Commend South African Dockers
adopted at the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) - Longshore Caucus June 2009

Whereas, the South African dockworkers union in the port of Durban organized a heroic action against the ZIM Lines ship Joannna Russ, on February 5, 2009 protesting the Israeli massacre in the Gaza War and in solidarity with the plight of the Palestinian people, and

[Business Week] - A German legal dispute over imports from Israel's settlements in the occupied territories could lead to the imposition of customs duties.

The Israeli settlement known as Maale Adumim sits fortress-like atop a red stone plateau. In the Bible, the road to the plateau was known as the "steep red road."

Safiyyah Surtee, [Afro-Middle East Centre] - A report published last month by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, and endorsed by the Palestinian BDS (Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions) Nat

[The Guardian] - Exports of spare parts halted in response to Gaza Strip attacks in December-January

Britain has revoked export licences for weapons on Israeli navy missile boats because of their use during the offensive against the Gaza Strip.

The licences apparently covered spare parts for guns on the Sa'ar 4.5 ships, which reportedly fired missiles and artillery shells into the Palestinian coastal territory during the three-week war, which started in late December.

Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 13 July 2009 - HeidelbergCement, one of the world's largest manufacturers of building materials, has become the target of legal action in Israel because of its activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).

In Queens, singing protesters urge Motorola boycott due to complicity in Israeli rights abuses