Members of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) voted by a majority to support the nonviolent Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. The Resolution garnered 53% approval in an unprecedented vote of 217 (“Approve”) to 142 (“Deny”), with 51 abstaining. However, due to a recent rule change necessitating a two-thirds majority, the BDS resolution fell short.
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Occupied Palestine, 23 August 2020 - In response to apartheid Israel’s ongoing bombing of the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) reiterates Palestinian civil society’s calls for targeted and lawful sanctions on Israel, in particular an urgent and comprehensive military embargo, and for escalating boycott and divestment campaigns to end its crimes.
Palestinian sports clubs have called for a boycott of Puma over its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association, which includes and advocates on behalf of teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. Puma has repeatedly attempted to distance itself or justify its actions, rather than abiding by its stated commitment to human rights and ending all activity in illegal Israeli settlements.
Israel’s decades-old regime of apartheid and theft of Palestinian land is continuing unabated. Reports that Israel is “suspending” formal annexation are a smokescreen for continued colonisation and piecemeal ethnic cleansing of Indigenous Palestinians.
August 17, 2020 -- Today, Palestinian human rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa was released by an Israeli military court, after 19 days of illegal detention without charges. Since his arrest on July 30, the Israeli internal security Shin Bet has failed to present any formal charges against him.
Palestinian civil society stands with the silenced majority in the United Arab Emirates and the Arab world in strongly condemning the agreement reached between the despotic rulers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel, with support from the Trump White House. This is the UAE regime’s gravest betrayal of the struggle for Palestinian liberation and self-determination.
13 August 2020 -- Today, an Israeli military court extended by five more days the illegal detention of Palestinian human rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa, who was arrested on July 30th. Israel’s internal security Shin Bet has failed to present any charges against Nawajaa to date.
Today, an Israeli military court extended by five more days the illegal detention of Palestinian human rights defender and BDS General Coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa. Israel has failed to present any charges against Mahmoud to date. It is time to step up our pressure now to #FreeMahmoud!
12 August 2020 -- Yesterday, after 13 days of interrogation and denial of access to his lawyer and family, Israeli authorities allowed Palestinian human rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa to meet his lawyer for the first time since his late night arrest on July 30th.
9 August 2020 -- Ignoring Amnesty International’s call for his immediate and unconditional release, an Israeli military judge today extended by eight days the detention of Palestinian human rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa for continued interrogation, according to Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
As Israeli authorities continue to deny Palestinian human rights defender and BDS Coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa his right to see his lawyer, keeping him in their interrogation dungeons, Amnesty International calls for international pressure to #FreeMahmoud and to protect BDS campaigners globally.
Amnesty International Public Statement 7 August 2020 ISRAEL/OPT: RELEASE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MAHMOUD NAWAJAA Israeli authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Palestinian human rights defender Mahmoud Nawajaa, 34, the General Coordinator of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Amnesty International said today. He has been detained solely for exercising his rights to freedom of expression and association and is therefore a prisoner of conscience.