The United Nations and BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions): Modern Antisemitism

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  • October 21, 2013: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, October 21, 2013," Voice of Palestine

    "The Palestinian BDS Movement urges the American pop artist Rihanna to cancel her concert in Tel Aviv scheduled on 22 October 2013.
    ...
    The Voice of Palestine presented on 12 October 2013 its new programme featuring a discussion with David Klein, professor at California State University Northridge who has been targeted by Zionist groups for his support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The music closing the programme, entitled They're Building a Wall, was performed by the Jewish American folksinger David Rovics."

    Editor's note: The word "programme" on the UNISPAL website is a direct link to the following:

    "This week Voice of Palestine talks with Professor David Klein, who teaches at California State University Northridge, and is being targeted by Zionist groups for his support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement."

  • January 14, 2013: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, January 14, 2013," Electronic Intifada

    "Electronic Intifada looks back at the 2012 successes of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). Read Nora Barrows-Friedman's article, BDS roundup: The victories of 2012."

    Editor's note: The word "article" on the UNISPAL website is a direct link to the following:

    "BDS roundup: The victories of 2012. 2012: A year of BDS successes Worldwide: From Glasgow to Cairo, Jerusalem to Olympia, activists tirelessly campaigned on behalf of the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement to hold Israel accountable for its ongoing human rights violations. Here's a look back at The Electronic Intifada's coverage of the significant BDS victories of 2012."

  • January 14, 2013: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, January 14, 2013," BDS Movement

    "The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) on 6 January 2013 issued its monthly Newsletter."

    Editor's note: The word "newsletter" on the UNISPAL website is a direct link to the following:

    " Palestinian organisations called on the EU to suspend its trade agreement with Israel and end the trade in settlement goods...Palestinian agricultural organisations are calling for the launching of worldwide campaigns on February 9 against Israeli agricultural export corporations..."

  • January 14, 2013: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, January 14, 2013"
    "US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation launched on 8 January 2013 a new initiative inviting its supporters to gather in Washington, D.C. for the presidential inauguration and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on 21 January 2013. Interested participants will distribute the brand-new US Campaign flyers calling on President Obama to end US aid to Israel. Volunteers should sign-up to take part in the event organization."

  • January 14, 2013: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, January 14, 2013"

    "Stanley Jordan the American jazz/jazz fusion guitarist and pianist cancelled his planned appearance as the headlining artist for the Israel Red Sea Jazz Festival."

  • October 19, 2012: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, October 19, 2012," The Palestinian BDS National Committeea
    "The Palestinian BDS National Committee in its Newsletter on 10 October announced that Friends Fiduciary Corporation, the socially responsible investment firm serving over 300 Quaker institutions in the United States, had dropped its holdings in Hewlett Packard and Veolia Environment, two corporations that supported Israel's occupation of Palestinian Territory."

    Editor's note: The word "Newsletter" on the UNISPAL website is a direct link to the following:

    "Friends Fiduciary Corporation, the socially responsible investment firm serving over 300 Quaker institutions in the United States, has dropped its holdings in Hewlett Packard and Veolia Environment, two corporations that support Israel's occupation of Palesitnian [sic] territory"

  • October 19, 2012: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, October 19, 2012"

    "The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in its newsletter on 5 October announced that PSC was working to block a new EU trade agreement with Israel (called ACAA). It said that soon all MEPs would be voting on this new trade agreement and PSC was working with members and supporters to persuade them to vote 'no.'"

  • October 19, 2012: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, October 19, 2012," Palestinagruppen i Stockholm (PSG)

    "Palestinagruppen i Stockholm (PSG) on 13 October organized a talk about BDS in Stockholm with Anna Wester, President of PSG."

  • April 30, 2012: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, April 30, 2012," Australian Friends of Palestine Association

    "Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) in Adelaide organized their latest BDS action against Seacret in the Rundle Mall on 22 April. The latest YouTube video shows the protesters' actions. The next BDS action in the Mall will be held on 29 April. Seacret promote their products as originating from the Dead Sea. They are one of a number of Israeli companies selling such products around the world, including AHAVA."

    Editor's note: The word "video" on the UNISPAL website is a direct link to a Youtube video promoting the boycott of Israel

  • April 30, 2012: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, April 30, 2012"

    "London BDS on 15 April launched several YouTube videos, exposing the sales practices of Dead Sea Kiosks in shopping malls, selling Dead Sea beauty products. These kiosks have attracted a lot of attention, not just for the origin of their natural resources, but also for their shady practices and coercive sales techniques. Kiosks stocking Dead Sea beauty products can be found in many malls run by Israeli companies who employ almost exclusively Israelis. These kiosks are legitimate targets for BDS campaigns, as every sale supports companies who in turn support the apparatus of oppression and apartheid policies in Israel."

  • April 30, 2012: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, April 30, 2012"

    "Association Belgo-Palestinienne (ABP) on 28 April organized a day of public-outreach entitled "Dare to boycott: No to the disintegration of Palestine!" The public-outreach campaign will be continued on 1 May, when ABP will set up a stall on the Place Rouppe in the centre of Brussels to inform the public about potatoes imported from Israel in connection to the dispossession of Palestinian land where the potatoes are grown."

  • February 16, 2011: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, February 11, 2011," Adalah-NY

    "Adalah-NY will hold a protest at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's performance in New York on 22 February, as part of a boycott of 'institutions that work to normalize the occupation.'"

  • February 16, 2011: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, February 11, 2011"

    "The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will demonstrate on 19 February in London against AHAVA, the Israeli company whose cosmetics come from Dead Sea minerals and are manufactured in an illegal settlement. For additional PSC events, visit their website."

  • February 16, 2011: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, February 11, 2011"

    "Stop the Wall reports that, on 28 January, Brazil's largest trade union confederation, known as CUT, issued a statement supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign and called for the suspension of Israeli-Brazilian economic agreements and military ties."

  • February 16, 2011: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, February 11, 2011"

    "The Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine reports that a discussion entitled "Holding Israel Accountable- Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Campaign" will be held on 18 February in Sydney, Australia."

  • February 16, 2011: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, February 11, 2012"

    "The Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) has posted videos of its ongoing protests in Adelaide, which promote the boycott of the Israeli cosmetic company, Seacret, which, according to AFOPA, uses Palestinian mineral resources from the Dead Sea."

  • December 2008: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, December 2008"

    "Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) issued on 21 November 2008 an action alert support call to support the ban on Israeli settlement produce sold in the UK and labelled "West Bank" and "Israel" in fact originating from Israeli settlements. The organization posted a list of supermarkets that stock settlement produce. PSC two announced two events: a public meeting on 29 November entitled "The Occupation and Israeli Civil Society", with Gideon Levy, Ha'aretz; Samia al-Botmeh, Birzeit University; and Ilan Pappe, Exeter University, at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS). The second event will be held on 1 December entitled "Power and Water in the Middle East - the Hidden Politics of the Palestinian-Israeli Water Conflict" by Mark Zeitoun."

  • December 2008: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, December 2008"

    "United Civilians for Peace (UCP) issued a report in November 2008 entitled 'Improper Advantage: A Study of Unilever's Investment in an illegal Israeli settlement'."

  • June 2007: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, December 2008"

    "Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel issued a press release on 30 May 2007 informing about the decision by the University and College Union (UCU) Congress to support motions that endorse the logic of academic boycott against Israel. Palestinian calls for boycott have included the British National Union of Journalists (NUJ); Aosdana, the Irish state-sponsored academy of artists; Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU); and British and international architects led by Architects for Peace and Justice in Palestine (APJP)."

  • February 2007: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, February 2007," International Solidarity Group

    "International Solidarity Group (ISM) issued a press release on informing that the Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign (UK) held on 10 February 2007 a mass picket of the UK Carmel Agrexco depot in opposition to the sale of Israeli goods and in support of the Palestinian farmers who are not able to market their goods internationally. Agrexco is the largest exporter of settlement produce for sale overseas and the UK is the most important foreign market for Israeli fresh produce."

  • February 2007: Excerpt from "NGO Action News, February 2007"

    "The Arab Cultural Center issued a press release informing that on 3 February 2007 a motion of support for the BDS Campaign was passed at the National Congress of the Youth Section of the CUT, Brazil's largest trade union."