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BDS campaigner: "Israel no longer the attractive investment that it once was"

Michael Deas of the Palestinian National BDS Committee assesses the eight years of boycott victories since the initial call by Palestinian civil society in 2005.

BDS roundup: mounting calls on Alicia Keys to cancel Israel show

African American notables issue open letter affirming Jim Crow analogy in Palestine.

Podcast: Will Israel boycott movement win policy victories in 2013?

Josh Ruebner of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation assess the victories and growth of the international boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.

BDS key to a "just peace," says Palestinian Christian boycott activist

Joe Catron
Gaza Strip
3 October 2012

While much work is still to be done, the coordinator of the project that produced the landmark Kairos Palestine document reflects on its successes.

United Church of Canada adopts resolution to boycott Israeli settlement products

On Friday, the United Church of Canada adopted a resolution to boycott products originating from illegal Israeli settlement colonies in the occupied West Bank.

BDS roundup: Members of United Church of Canada affirm resolution to boycott Israeli settlement products

Members of the United Church of Canada affirm a resolution to boycott Israeli settlement products; Red Hot Chili Peppers still slated to perform in Israel despite sustained international outcry; and much more!

BDS roundup: The BDS movement, 7 years on, "stronger, more effective and more diverse than ever"

Highlighting the spectacular growth and victories of the 7-year-old BDS movement; Palestinian civil society commends author Alice Walker for her refusal to have her book published by an Israeli publisher; and more!

Divestment vote fails, but Presbyterian Church (USA) resolves to boycott Israeli settlement products

“This very close divestment vote and the successful boycott vote, along with several other recent watershed victories, makes clear that Israel can no longer count on being singled out for special treatment.”

Committee of Presbyterian Church (USA) votes in favor of divestment; now heads for final vote

A committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of an upcoming divestment initiative that could pull the church’s funds from three major US companies.

United Methodist Church's shameful failure to divest from injustice

Susan Abulhawa
4 May 2012
This week, the United Methodist Church failed to pass a resolution to divest from three major beneficiaries of the most incendiary human rights abuses and colonial crimes of our time.

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