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.
A majority of SSSP members stand in solidarity with Palestinian academics and support the call from Palestinian civil society for effective measures to hold Israel accountable for its denial of the fundamental human rights of millions of Palestinians.
Thanks to sustained international pressure, Palestinian human rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa was released after being held without charge by Israel for 19 days.
As response to Israeli raids, 60+ musicians, artists, writers and filmmakers say Britain should support Palestinians' call for targeted and lawful sanctions
Former Prime Ministers, Ministers and diplomats; prominent cultural and civil society figures - call for “a broad range of effective sanctions” to counter Israeli apartheid and illegal annexation
The Emilia Romagna Regional Council and the Turin City Council respond to the call from more than 70 Palestinian civil society organizations for effective countermeasures to stop Israel’s illegal annexation of the occupied West Bank and its grave human rights violations.
Following engagement with local Palestinian rights supporters over Puma's support for illegal Israeli settlements, UK Championship League club Luton Town FC drops Puma.
ABP, the biggest pension fund in the Netherlands and among the five biggest in the world, announced in June that it would divest from the Israeli banks Leumi and Hapoalim.
We, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions BDS movement to support equality and justice for Palestinians.