Results for: Divestment

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Short history of BDS in France

As 2012 begins, a French activist looks at the short history of the French BDS movement, which mobilized in the wake of the Israeli assalt on Gaza, Operation Cast Lead. 

BDSFFrench BDSers on the march

The birth of a movement (January 2009 - June 2009)

Up until 2008, the 2005 call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions [BDS] against Israel that had been issued by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) was

Farming Injustice
February 1, 2012
By: 
José Luis Moraguès for the Alternative Information Center
Analysis

Point Counterpoint: Aim to Promote Human Rights of the Palestinians

I am coming to the University of Pennsylvania this week to incite violence against the State of Israel - pro-Israel groups and commentators have contended - and, along with hundreds of students and other speakers who will attend the 2012 National Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Conference, to engage in an "act of warfare."

Nothing could be further from the truth.

In fact, we are coming together to push forward an inclusive movement that supports nonviolent action to promote the human rights of the Palestinian people, because only full respect for these rights can lead to peace.

January 29, 2012
By: 
Ali Abunimah on Philly
In the News

The Italian Movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel Gains Strength

Over the weekend of January 21-22, the third national meeting of the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel was held in Bologna, Italy. Roughly 80 activists from over 20 Italian cities representing groups, associations and political parties throughout Italy participated.

January 27, 2012
By: 
BDS ITALIA
In the News

Divestment debate continues

Stanford Students for Palestinian Equal Rights (SPER) hosted a divestment campaign event Wednesday evening in the Oak Lounge at Tresidder, attended by approximately 30 Stanford students, affiliates and community members.

The divestment campaign calls for Stanford to stop investing its endowment in companies that contribute to what the group labels “the oppression of the Palestinian people.”

January 26, 2012
By: 
Natasha Weaser on Stanfordaily
In the News

Jewish Voice for Peace Statement on BDS

Summary: JVP has grown dramatically in size and influence in the past two years. As part of the ongoing assessment sparked by this growth, JVP reviewed its BDS policy. On the basis of an organization-wide conversation about BDS, we have refined our position while maintaining our strategy. JVP shares the aims of the Palestinian Boycott National Committee -- ending the occupation, achieving equality for Palestinians now living in Israel, and recognizing Palestinian refugees' right of return.

January 24, 2012
By: 
Jewish Voice for Peace
In the News

Call for the World Social Forum Free Palestine, Nov. 2012 in Brazil

Occupied Palestine is part of every free heartbeat in this world and her cause continues to inspire solidarity across the globe.  The World Social Forum Free Palestine is an expression of the human instinct to unite for justice and fr

January 19, 2012
By: 
StopTheWall Campaign
In the News

Success for the BDS French Campaign's third national weekend of training and debates

The third national weekend of training and debates organised by the BDS French Campaign and held in Lyons on 14 and 15 January 2012 was highly successful.

More than 100 activists came from all over France to share their experiences and exchange their views on different aspects of the campaign.

The French campaign's successful operations against the Israeli firm AGREXCO, which had been designated as our priority target last year, were underlined.  The citizens' actions  and demonstrations played a decisive role in the legal liquidation of the company, which re

Farming Injustice
January 15, 2012
By: 
BDS French Campaign
In the News

Report: Third National BDS Conference, Hebron, December 17

On 17 December 2011, Palestinians gathered in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank for the Third National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions  (BDS) Conference.

Trade union solidarity
January 9, 2012
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Conference team
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Sodastream's reply fails to convince

The Italian Stop Sodastream campaign exposes the Israeli company's deceptions

The Stop Sodastream campaign received a response from Sodastream Italy, via the public relations agency Edelman, to the letter signed by
January 9, 2012
By: 
Stop Sodastream - Italy
BNC Statement

Beit Surik and Stop the Wall thank Rho city council for condeming Pizzarotti for Complicity with Israeli Apartheid

For background on the issue, this is from a recent Press release from the Italian Coalition Stop That Train:On 30 November, the City Council of Rho, in the province of Milan, approved a resolution expressing “moral and political condemnation of Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. for its participation in the project for the construction of the A1 Jerusalem – Tel Aviv railway”.Pizzarotti is a contractor for the Israeli project for the new A1 high-speed railway that will connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

December 19, 2011