ISM London endorses the July 2005 Palestinian call for a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. See this page on the Global BDS Movement website for the full text of the call in six languages, along with the full list of Palestinian signatories (civil society groups, NGOs, trade unions and political factions).
- Global BDS Movement — the Palestinian grassroots campaign for the boycott of Israel. Includes the text and signatories of the original 2005 joint call to action
- Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott (PACBI) — includes detailed guidelines of when exactly to applu the cultural boycott of Israel (and when not to)
- BIG — the Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign (UK)
- The TUC campaign against Israeli settlment goods
Boycott news from Global BDS Movement
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- Palestinians call for boycott of Open Source Festival in Germany over its censorship of Talib Kweli -
Palestinians call for boycott of Open Source Festival in Germany over its censorship of Talib Kweli
PACBI StatementBlack American rapper Talib Kweli was cancelled by German festival due to his support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights
Monday, June 17, 2019GermanyUS - BDS campaigns intensify in the Arab World -
With G4S losing dozens of contracts with UN agencies and private companies in Jordan and Lebanon and investments in Kuwait, Medjoul Dates boycott adopted by whosale markets in Morocco, and active campaigns in Egypt and Gulf states, the BDS campaign is intesifying in the Arab World.
EnglishImpacthttps://bdsmovement.net/news/unicef-lebanon-ends-its-contracts-g4sOrder:0 - Experts say BDS having a growing economic impact - English
BDS was a major factor behind the 46% drop in foreign direct investment in Israel in 2014, according to a UN report. Israeli exporters have repeatedly complained that it is getting harder to export products to Europe. An Israeli business leader has said that European businesses are increasingly unwilling to invest in Israel because of BDS. A World Bank report reveals that Israel’s exports to the Palestinian economy dropped by 24% in the first quarter of 2015.
Impacthttps://bdsmovement.net/economic-boycott - Multinational Veolia sells Israel business - English
French multinational Veolia completely withdrew from Israel after a BDS campaign over its role in Israel’s colonisation of Palestinian land cost it billions of dollars in lost contracts.
Impactnews/bds-marks-another-victory-veolia-sells-all-israeli-operations - G4S announces plans to sell Israeli subsidiary - English
G4S provides security services and equipment to Israeli checkpoints, illegal settlements and prisons where Palestinian political prisoners are held without trial and subjected to torture.
G4S announced that it plans to completely sell its Israeli subsidiary after the international Stop G4S campaign cost the company lost contracts worth millions of dollars. High profile investors including the Bill Gates Foundation have cut their ties with the company. G4S has a record of breaking promises to end its support for Israeli apartheid so the campaign against G4S is ongoing until the sale is complete.
Impactstop-g4s - Thousands of artists support cultural boycott - English
Thousands of artists and cultural figures including Roger Waters, Marcel Khalife and Alice Walker support the cultural boycott of Israel and stars including Lauryn Hill, Elvis Costello and Vanessa Paradis have canceled shows in Israel following requests from the BDS movement.
Impacthttps://www.bdsmovement.net/cultural-boycott - Academic associations and student unions support BDS - English
Academic associations in the US, Canada, Ireland, Qatar, South Africa and the UK have voted to support BDS. Supporters include the Teachers Union of Ireland and the American Studies Association in the US.
Impacthttps://www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boycott - Major churches divest - English
US churches including the Presbyterian Church USA, the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church (UMC) and several Quaker bodies have voted to divest from Israeli and international companies targeted by the BDS movement.
Impacthttp://bdsmovement.net/news/us-churches-advance-effective-solidarity-palestinian-freedom-justice-and-equality - Divestment by governments and banks - English
Investors to have divested from companies targeted by the BDS movement include government pension funds in Sweden, Norway, New Zealand and Luxumbourg and investors including George Soros, the Bill Gates Foundation, the huge TIAA-CREF public sector pension fund in the US, Dutch pension giant PGGM and Norwegian bank Nordea.
Impacthttp://www.bdsmovement.net/economic-boycott