BDS Australia news, events and actions
ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK
2021 Callout Racism, discrimination, xenophobia, and inequality continue to grow around the world. In recent months, we have seen how people in the Global South and people of color, political prisoners, unhoused people, migrants, and refugees, among many others, have...
She Moves Us. But Puma helps oppress Palestinian Women.
On International Women's Day, as Puma launches the "She Moves Us" marketing campaign while supporting Israeli apartheid, Palestinian and international women in sports respond with #SheBoycotts. Today, International Women’s Day, Puma is launching “She Moves Us,” a...
An Open letter from academics, researchers and students: Professor Alison Bashford – Please reconsider the Dan David Prize
Dear Professor Bashford, We are academics, researchers and students. We ask you to please reconsider accepting your share of the prestigious 2021 Dan David Prize,[1] the academic award administered by and headquartered at Tel Aviv University (TAU).[2] This year’s...
BDS Australia calls on UNSW Laureate Professor Alison Bashford to support Palestinians in their struggle against apartheid and brutal repression by rejecting the Dan David Prize.
BDS Australia calls on UNSW Laureate Professor Alison Bashford to support Palestinians in their struggle against apartheid by rejecting the Dan David Prize. The 2021 prize, which is administered by Tel Aviv University, rewards contributions to the understanding of...
Statement on Victorian government’s partnership with Elbit
BDS Australia condemns the Victorian government’s recent announcement of a partnership with the major Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. Elbit produces numerous weapons, including rocket launch systems, super-high explosive projectiles, mortar bombs, armoured...
Invasion Day statement 2021
On Invasion Day 2021, BDS Australia expresses our unequivocal solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations. Since 1788, First Nations people have been the objects of relentless colonial violence, first from the British and then from the Australian...
Boycott Puma Global Day of Action
Support the Global Day of Action and Boycott Puma - Worst. Gift. Ever. Israel’s far-right government is escalating its expansion of illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land. At the same time, it is demolishing Palestinian homes in record numbers,...
Urge Lewis Hamilton To Help Convince Puma To End Support for Israeli Apartheid
Take two quick actions HERE to thank Lewis Hamilton for his stand against racism and to urge him to take that stand to Puma over its support for Israeli apartheid that South Africans say is worse than what they endured. Lewis Hamilton, Formula One's first and only...
Update: Israel releases human Rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa after international pressure.
August 17, 2020 - Palestinian human rights defender and BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa was released by an Israeli military court, after 19 days of illegal detention without charges. Since his arrest on July 30, the Israeli internal security Shin Bet has failed to...
Black Palestinian forum with Omar Barghouti – Sat Aug 29
BDS Australia is pleased to host this important forum featuring Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) co founder, Omar Barghouti with key First Nations and Palestinian Australian speakers discussing the shared experience of dispossession, state-based discrimination...
ACIJ media release: Australian government attempts to block ICC Palestine investigation
“The position of the Australian Government is unprecedented. This kind of direct engagement in an international court process simply does not make sense. Why is Australia going out of its way to hold back an investigation into Palestine?”
Media Release: BDS Australia welcomes the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate Israeli war crimes
The decision by the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to pursue war crimes investigations into Israel’s actions against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip is welcomed by BDS Australia. Bensouda’s...
BDS Australia condemns the attack on Canadian students supporting Palestinian human rights
BDS Australia condemns the recent violence against students and human rights defenders at York University in Canada. BDS Australia is a coalition of 12 Australian pro-Palestine associations, dedicated to informing and raising awareness in the Australian community in...
Salman Abu Sitta on BDS for the Right of Return – Why? – Sydney October 9, Redfern Town Hall
A presentation by the renowned Palestinian writer, scholar and commentator, Dr Abu Sitta in Sydney whose work has meticulously documented the Palestinian Nakba. What: BDS for the Right of Return - Why? When: Wednesday October 9, 6.45pm-8pm Where: Redfern Town Hall....
Don’t Buy HP – National Week of Action 28: August – 4 September 2019 – see events here
Wednesday 28 August - Wednesday 4 September is our first national week of action to encourage consumers face-to-face not to buy HP products (laptops, scanners, printers and ink) while HP technology underpins Israeli occupation and apartheid. All are welcome to help...
Professor Richard Falk speaks at NSW Parliament on ‘A future for Palestine – BDS, international law and beyond’
Hear Professor Richard Falk speaking in Sydney on July 4, 2019. Presented by BDS Australia and presented in conjunction with the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Palestine. 1) - Welcome and introductory comments by Sara Saleh and Hilmi Dabbagh 2) - Professor Falk's...