Africa Alliance of YMCAs, Accredited by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Al Mezan Center For Human Rights, Accredited by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and with special consultative status by ECOSOC
Al-Awda, Accredited by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
(Excerpt from "ACTION: DEMAND INTEL CLOSE ITS PLANTS IN "KIRYAT GAT", Al-Awda, October 21, 2012, last accessed July 13, 2016)
(Excerpt from 'ACTION: SUPPORT AL-AWDA, A GREAT ORGANIZATION AND CAUSE!', Al-Awda, April 22, 2012)
Al-Awda unequivocally supports the rights of all Palestinian refugees to return to their original towns, villages and lands anywhere in Palestine from which they were expelled.... All Palestinians are entitled to the rights to self-determination, to political, economic and civil equality, and to live in a single democratic state for all its citizens in all of Palestine. The Palestinian national identity encompasses more than 5.5 million people living in exile, more than 2.5 million living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and more than 1.2 million living within the areas of Palestine controlled by "Israel" since 1948.
Al-Awda firmly stands against the continued displacement of Palestinians, the construction of illegal Jewish-only colonies in the form of residential settlements, the racist confiscation of land and the demolition of homes since 1948....Al-Awda abhors and condemns the use of massacres and abuse of civilians to further the expansion of 'Israel' to the detriment of Palestinian society.
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Al-Awda will work to educate the public about "Israeli" injustices the US government subsidizes with billions of dollars annually. Until the dismantlement of the exclusionary and racist character of "Israel", and until all Palestinians are granted the right to return and achieve equality, Al-Awda is united in working for and demanding:
- An end to all US political, military and economic aid to 'Israel'
- The divestment of all public and private entities from all 'Israeli' corporations and American corporations with subsidiaries operating within 'Israel'
- An end to the investment of Labor Union members' pension funds in 'Israel'
- The boycott of all "Israeli" products...
- The formation of an independent, democratic state for all its citizens in all of Palestine
(Excerpt from "Points of Unity," Al-Awda, last accessed August 15, 2016)
(Excerpt from Action Alert, "Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights," Al-Awda, July 9, 2005)
Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man, Accredited with Special Consultative Status by ECOSOC
Alternative Information Centre, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
G.R.: HP companies are being targeted by the Palestinian-led international BDS movement because HP profits from Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights...As with successful campaigns against other complicit corporations, such as Veolia, Orange and G4S, BDS is pressuring HP companies by advocating consumer boycotts as well as institutional divestment...
G.R.: With the withdrawal from the Israeli economy of major international corporations such as Veolia (2015) and Orange (2016) after successful BDS campaigns, as well as the very recent sale of most of G4S' (December, 2016) involvement with Israeli human rights abuses due to the ongoing G4S boycott campaign, corporations are starting to see that it is not only morally wrong to profit from Israel's occupation and apartheid system but also that it is bad for business. The growing impact and clout of the BDS movement, coupled with the McCarthyite war of repression against it by Israel and its allies are bringing BDS closer to the mainstream. We continue to build the movement at the grassroots level to pressure decision-makers to stop their complicity in Israel's regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid, as was done in the struggle against apartheid South Africa."
(Excerpt from "Young American Jew works for Palestinian justice", American Friends Service Committee, December 19, 2012, last accessed January 30, 2013)
American Friends Service Committee, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Alternatives: Solidarity in Action, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Arab Thought Forum, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Australians for Palestine, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Accredited by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and with Special Consultative Status by ECOSOC
(Excerpt from "BDS Update: April-July 2008," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, last accessed August 25, 2016)
Boycotting the Israeli colonial-apartheid regime, including rejecting and confronting all its policies and practices at the local and international levels and rejecting normalization."
(Excerpt from "Statement by the Global Palestinian Refugee Network (GPRN): The 46th Commemoration of Land Day," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, March 29, 2022, last accessed November 22, 2022)
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'Time-honored tactic'
In opposition to most liberal Zionists, Rosen endorses the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, describing it as 'a time-honored nonviolent tactic used by disempowered peoples to leverage public support for social change.' In one of the more cogent responses to the charge that BDS is anti-Semitic because it singles out Israel among all the nations in the world that violate human rights, he argues that ignoring the call for BDS would be to ignore the Palestinian people themselves and their struggle for liberation.
Several blog entries tackle the so-called peace process, which Rosen views as unbalanced due to Israel's overwhelming power and its 'special relationship' with the US government. He writes that there will never be a genuine peace process until Israel approaches negotiations from the standpoint of 'restorative justice' - that is, accepting responsibility for the Nakba and the ongoing dispossession and oppression of the Palestinians.
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(Excerpt from "Book Review: A Rabbi's Journey from liberal Zionism to anti-Zionism", Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, June 22, 2013, last accessed February 19, 2014)
(Excerpt from "Lessons from the Campaign for Sanctions on Apartheid South Africa", by Steven Friedman, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, Autumn 2013, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, last accessed December 10, 2013)
(Excerpt from "What happened to the 'S' in BDS?", by Amjad Alqasis, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Right, Autumn 2013, last accessed December 10, 2013)
(Excerpt from "Three Comments on the Boycott Movement", by Nimer Sultany, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Autumn 2013, last accessed December 10, 2013)
(Excerpt from "Campaigning for Palestinian Rights in Europe", by Aneta Jerska, published in BADIL's Al-Majdal, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Autumn 2013, last accessed December 10, 2013)
(Excerpt from "BADIL Condemns new Israeli Law prohibiting boycott and limiting the freedom of association and speech," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, July 15, 2011)
(Excerpt from "ICNP Call to Action, Launch of Nakba-60 Campaign," BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, November 29, 2007)
- "I anticipate that political forces will sustain the impunity of Israeli leaders, and that no mechanism of accountability will be established. In the light of this institutional vacuum, the role of civil society is crucial in establishing the grounds for the imposition of accountability in symbolic form. Such a proceeding, if well arranged, will also give additional support to the many initiatives now under way around the world involving boycotts, divestment, and the like, moves that were so effective in the anti-apartheid campaign. So I would encourage you to move ahead with your plans..."
(Excerpt from "Russell Tribunals," Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, last accessed March 21, 2017)
- "Seeking the Peace of Jerusalem: Overcoming Christian Zionism in the Quest for Justice, a conference convening this April in Vancouver, will address the above questions by shining a light on the impacts of Christian Zionism, as well as encouraging and informing resistance to it...It will include action workshops on B.D.S (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions)..."
(Excerpt from Seeking the Peace of Jerusalem â Overcoming Christian Zionism in the Quest for Justice â Conference â Apr. 23-25," Board of World Mission - Presbyterian Church in Canada, April 23, 2015, last accessed March 21, 2017)
- "Sodastream Boycott Campaigns are growing around the world, an attempt to pressure Israel to obey international law and respect Palestinian human rights. Here in Vancouver we are asking London Drugs to remove these products from their shelves. Our next protest will be:
SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 2-3 P.M.
In front of LONDON DRUGS, 525 W Broadway, Vancouver
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Israeli companies operating in the West Bank enjoy cheap land and water confiscated from the indigenous Palestinian owners; a captive Palestinian labour force...This demonstration is part of the Canada-wide SodaStream boycott campaign of the Canadian Boycott Coalition for Justice in Palestine and Israel. The primary strategy of the coalition is to support the member groups in their efforts to call for boycotts of goods produced in Israeli settlements (colonies) in the occupied West Bank. For more info, see: Canadian Boycott Coalition for Justice in Palestine/Israel... The Vancouver event is endorsed by the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, the Canada Palestine Association, the Canada-Palestinian Support Network, Independent Jewish Voices (Vancouver), and the United Network for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel.Videos from previous picket in front of LONDON DRUGS Nov 3, 2013: Boycott SodaStream â Vancouver Protest Nov 3 and Solidarity Notes Serenade SodaStream Display â Boycott Now!"
(Excerpt from "DON'T BUY SODASTREAM! Protest in front of London Drugs", Canada Palestine Association, December 15, 2013, last accessed February 24, 2014)
- "Overpass Action
Thousands of rush hour commuters saw this powerful message "Boycott Israeli Apartheid"
- "We support all calls to boycott Israel."
(Excerpt from "Oral statement by the International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD) to the UN Human Rights Council," Agenda Item 7, EAFORD, June 10, 2013, last accessed August 25, 2016)
- "We join the Special Rapporteur Mr. Falk in calling upon the international community to insist on [a]...worldwide campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel..."
(Excerpt from "Israel's Aggression Against Humanitarian Relief Vessels," EAFORD, June 2, 2010)
- "We wish here to recall...that the boycott call was one of the weapons that led to the fall of the apartheid regime in South Africa..."
(Excerpt from "The Campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions," EAFORD, September 27, 2010)
- "Recommendations
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the European Union and its member states should proactively advise businesses to: Cease all trade with Israeli export companies that operate inside illegal Israeli settlements, since trade with such companies provides capital to businesses involved in the maintenance and expansion of Israeli settlements
Avoid involvement or investment in the provision of infrastructure products and services to illegal Israeli settlements such as transport, waste and environmental services, given that such projects violate international law
End all investment in companies, projects and businesses operating inside illegal Israeli settlements, including by divesting existing investments
Be aware of the risk of legal action against the business for breaches of international lawIn addition, the European Union should:
Conduct a Human Rights Impact Assessment of its trade agreements with Israel, given that companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements are able to export produce to Europe using procedures put in place by these agreements.
Encourage its member states to withdraw state support from and not procure services from companies that refuse to address their contribution to human rights violations."(Excerpt from "The contribution of European businesses to the existence and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements", European Coordinating Committee of Committees and Associations for Palestine, November 23, 2013, last accessed February 24, 2014)
- "#BoycottPuma
Calling PUMA to stop sponsoring Israel Football Association (IFA)
PUMA sponsors Israel Football Associations (IFA) which has football clubs in illegal Israeli settlements â on land stolen from Palestinians.
Write to the CEO of PUMA, Bjørn Gulden, urging him to remove PUMA as a sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA)."(Excerpt from "#BoycottPuma," Friends of Al-Aqsa, undated, last accessed November 22, 2022)
- "Take Action: What you can do. 1. #CHECKTHELABEL. On all produce you buy. Do not buy produce from Israel, West Bank or the Jordan Valley...Through boycott, we isolate Israel and send a clear message that the global grassroots communities will not stand by and do nothing while Israel murders innocent Palestinian women and children."
(Excerpt from "#CHECKTHELABEL," Friends of Al-Aqsa, undated, last accessed August 25, 2016)
- "The following aims and objectives are being pursued...(d) Mobilising international condemnation for Israel's apartheid policies to be manifested through the boycott of Israel."
(Excerpt from "Aims & Objectives," Friends of Al-Aqsa, undated, last accessed August 24, 2016)
- "1) Every time you go shopping, 'Check the Label' on the produce you buy. Ensure they are not from Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley. If you do see produce from these places, take a photo and send it to info@checkthelabel.org.uk detailing the store and location.
2) If you find produce from Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley ask to speak to the store Manager and explain that the produce are from illegal Israeli Settlements as they are grown on land that has been stolen from Palestinians. Ask for them to be removed from the shelves and for them not to be stocked again. Please also ask for the suppliers name if it is not clear as this is useful information. Email your experience to info@checkthelabel.org.uk
3) If you do not want to approach the Manager whilst you are shopping, contact the stores Head office on their customer service number/email explaining your concern."
(Excerpt from "Check The Label - Boycott Israeli Produce," Friends of Al-Aqsa, November 7, 2013, last accessed August 15, 2016)
- "A call to boycott Israeli Academic institutions is being made world-wide... The cultural boycott exposes Israel's violations on an international platform, preventing Israel's efforts to falsely present itself as a normal state. Many musicians and artists have joined the cultural boycott by cancelling tours and refusing to play in Israel.
Action:
If you know of any artists or academics who are planning on visiting Israel or are being hosted in the UK for an event please inform FOA at info@aqsa.organd we can arrange an appropriate action alert."(Excerpt from "Academic and Cultural Boycott," Friends of Al-Aqsa, November 3, 2013)
- "The Don't Dance with Israeli Apartheid campaign, which FOA is part of is calling for the boycott of the Batsheva Dance Company when it embarks on its UK tour in August. Batsheva is funded by the Israeli state and is part of PR exercise designed by their Ministry of Foreign Affairs known as 'Brand Israel'. Its aim is to whitewash Israel's human rights abuses and violations of international law, creating a false image of a 'normally' functioning, democratic country... We request you to write a letter (template letter available) to your nearest venue which is scheduled to host Batsheva asking for the invitation to be withdrawn due to the apartheid state it represents."
(Excerpt from "Don't Dance with Israeli Apartheid", Friends of Al-Aqsa, July 31, 2012)
- "Inspired by the struggle of South Africans against apartheid...We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era."
(Excerpt from 'Check The Label - Boycott Israeli Dates', Friends of Al-Aqsa, May 25, 2012)
- "[T]he US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities...This act of solidarity with Palestinians constitutes a historic breakthrough among US-based academics. It signals an increased tendency to challenge the normalization of Israeli exceptionalism and the old norms of censorship and self-censorship, which have inhibited open criticism of Israel's oppression of Palestinians."
(Excerpt from "A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities," Free Palestine Movement, December 20, 2013, last accessed August 25, 2016)
- "By: the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. ... This act of solidarity with Palestinians constitutes a historic breakthrough among US-based academics. It signals an increased tendency to challenge the normalization of Israeli exceptionalism and the old norms of censorship and self-censorship, which have inhibited open criticism of Israel's oppression of Palestinians."
(Excerpt from "A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities", Free Palestine Movement, December 20, 2013, last accessed February 24, 2014)
- "Does FOSNA support boycott, divestment, and sanctions?
FOSNA is committed to nonviolent means to end the oppression of Palestinians in Israel and in the occupied territories. Boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) are nonviolent methods of working for justice, and FOSNA supports the use of these in the campaign against Israeli settler colonialism and discrimination. These are the same methods also used to target apartheid in South Africa, racial discrimination in the United States and colonial rule in India."
(Excerpt from "FAQ", Friends of Sabeel - North America, undated, last accessed February 26, 2014)
Friends World Committee for Consultation, accredited with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC and by UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People - "You can join the growing BDS movement by supporting a BDS campaign. Here are two options that AFSC works with:
- The We Divest Campaign asks investment giant TIAA-CREF to divest from companies that support Israel's occupation or violations of international law.
- The Interfaith SodaStream Boycott calls for a boycott of SodaStream due to the location of its production facilities in an illegal Israeli settlement."
(Excerpt from "Join a BDS campaign", American Friends Service Committee, Quakers are represented through the "Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), June 20, 2013, last accessed August 24, 2016)
- "At its annual conference here, The Methodist Church of Great Britain voted unanimously June 30 to boycott all products from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, and to encourage Methodists across Britain to do the same."
(Excerpt from "Boycott Illegal Israeli Settlement Goods" in the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church, undated; last accessed December 24, 2011)
- "Now is the time to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to end the disastrous era of Israeli apartheid, occupation, and human rights violations against the Palestinian people."
(Excerpt from "Call for endorsement of boycott, divestment, sanctions" in Habitat International Coalition, undated, last accessed December 24, 2011)
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(Excerpt from "United Nations: Drop G4S," Friends of Sabeel North America, last accessed April 20, 2016)
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