Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.
In a statement, dozens of African organizations from the Pan-African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) call on the African Union to revoke Israel’s accreditation or any status allowing for its presence in the union, towards ending all forms of complicity with Israeli apartheid.
In a statement issued on Facebook, Jewish groups from over fifteen countries celebrate the decision by the Mayor of Barcelona to suspend all institutional ties with Israel.
The Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (PalAST) calls on the European Molecular Biology Organization to uphold its "moral obligation to end its complicity in whitewashing Israel’s crimes" by refraining "from holding workshops in Israel until its apartheid regime has been dismantled."
Letter from Right To Movement Palestine welcomes the decision by the South African Rugby Union to Withdraw an invitation to a team representing apartheid Israel. "SARU did the right thing!"
Palestinian football club Balata, whose player 16-year-old Seed Odeh was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers, calls on new PUMA CEO to end complicity in Israel's brutal apartheid regime.
Palestinian theatre companies and cultural organizations urge the society to "respect the essence of Bertolt Brecht’s thoughts" and not undermine the Palestinian struggle towards freedom, justice and equality.