BDS

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International

“Israeli forces are now murdering one Palestinian child every 15 minutes”

By Kouthar Sambo The SA Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions South Africa Coalition's (BDS) Associate Professor Haidar Eid reported that Israeli forces are now murdering one Palestinian child every 15 minutes. Marking the 18th consecutive day of aggression by Israeli forces, according to Eid, women and children are being deliberately targeted. "Children are being operated upon in the dark, without anesthesia after Israel refused to allow any essential supplies into Gaza […]

today25 October 2023

International

The BDS movement called for respective countries to put pressure on Israel by imposing embargoes and sanctions

By Kouthar Sambo The co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Omar Barghouti, has called for respective countries to put pressure on Israel by imposing embargoes and sanctions. Speaking on VOC's Drive Time show on Monday, Barghouti said Israel’s impunity is far greater than South Africa’s Apartheid regime. "Since BDS was launched by the majority in Palestinian society, it was modeled after the South African anti-Apartheid movement, the […]

today24 October 2023

International

Boycott bill: Campaigners call out UK government for conflating BDS with antisemitism

Campaigners have called out the UK government for linking boycotts of Israel to antisemitism in a statement announcing its plans to ban local councils and other public bodies from backing such boycotts. Presented to parliament on Monday, the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill would prohibit procurement and investment decisions made by public bodies "influenced by political or moral disapproval of foreign state conduct", such as those encouraged by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In […]

today21 June 2023

International

Dozens of groups oppose UK’s anti-divestment bill singling out Israeli boycotts

Dozens of civil society groups have called on the UK government to drop a proposed anti-boycott bill that they say is primarily aimed at stopping local councils from supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement opposing Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) bill, which is due to be presented in parliament this week, would prohibit procurement and investment decisions made by public bodies that […]

today20 June 2023

International News

Israel approves funds for ‘anti-Muslim hate group’ to fight BDS

Casting further light on the nexus between Zionism and the rise of the Islamophobia industry, the Israeli government has approved a grant to an American “anti-Muslim hate group”. Documents obtained by Jewish-American magazine, Forward, through a Freedom of Information Act request, revealed that Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, transferred $40,000 to a Tennessee-based Christian Zionist organisation which is on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLT) watch list of hate groups. […]

today4 September 2020

International News

UN releases list of companies with ties to illegal Israeli settlements

The UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) has released a long-anticipated list of companies that operate in illegal Israeli settlements. More than 100 companies are listed in the document, including 18 international companies, who are working in settlements across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. International companies placed in the document include Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, JCB, Opodo, TripAdvisor and Motorola Solutions. Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human rights, […]

today13 February 2020

Local

BDS and Shashi Naidoo to hold press conference over celeb’s Gaza comments

Human rights and Palestinian solidarity organisation BDS South Africa will be holding a press conference with South African TV personality Shashi Naidoo on Wednesday following her recent pro-Israeli social media post. The 37-year-old's lengthy Instagram post referred to Gaza as a "shithole country" and defended Israeli actions. Her views generated a massive public outcry. News24's sister publication Channel24 reported that Naidoo had made numerous apologies for her comments. Naidoo said: […]

today20 June 2018

Events

Great March of Solidarity Tent for CT, ahead of Nakba Day march

South African pro-Palestinian organisations are galvanising support for a mass demonstration to Parliament on Tuesday 15th May, known globally as Nakba Day - ‘The Catastrophe’. This year marks the 70th year of the Nakba - observed annually as the day in which 700,000 Palestinians were forced to flee Palestine as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and seek refuge in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza […]

today11 May 2018

News

Calls for Black Coffee and other artists to support cultural boycott of Israel

The ANC has reiterated a call for a cultural boycott of Israel, in the wake of the fallout over South African DJ Black Coffee’s performance in Israel at the weekend. The international DJ has been accused of being insensitive and irresponsible for performing in Tel Aviv, just hours before Israeli snipers shot and killed 16 unarmed Palestinians protesting in the Right of Return march in Gaza. Black Coffee was trending […]

today3 April 2018

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