BDS Australia news, events and actions
MEDIA RELEASE – Palestinian academics call on RMIT to cut ties with Elbit
(This statement was co-ordinated by PACBI - the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel - https://bdsmovement.net/pacbi which is part of the Palestinian led BDS movement. ) Palestinian academics call on RMIT to cut ties with Elbit - 11...
Israeli Filmmakers Against Settler Film Fund: ‘Part of the Apartheid Mechanism’
Sept 1, 2022 Boycott of Israeli film fund by Israeli filmmakers In a significant development against Israel's use of culture to attempt to hide and normalise it's crimes against Palestinians, key Israeli film directors and creatives have called out Israel's apartheid,...
University of Melbourne Student Union stands with Palestine and supports BDS
The University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) passed an historic motion on August 15, 2022 in solidarity with Palestinians and in support of BDS. BDS Australia believes this is a major turning point for BDS activism in Australian tertiary institutions and...
Letter from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE) to RMIT re Elbit collaboration
Letter from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE) to RMIT re Elbit collaboration (This statement was co-ordinated by PACBI - the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel ...
RMIT University partners with Israeli weapons manufacturer
BDS Australia condemns Melbourne's RMIT University partnering with the Israeli arms company, Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems of Australia’s (ELSA) Centre of Excellence has teamed up with RMIT University and the Victorian Government to develop drone technology for...
Letter of solidarity to Melbourne University Student Union
This is BDS Australia's response to the Melbourne University Student Union Motion passed recently in support of BDS as a non-violent means to pressure Israel to end its violations of Palestinian human rights. (See below for the motion). We are writing to congratulate...
MEDIA RELEASE – Palestinian academics call on RMIT to cut ties with Elbit
(This statement was co-ordinated by PACBI - the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel - https://bdsmovement.net/pacbi which is part of the Palestinian led BDS movement. ) Palestinian academics call on RMIT to cut ties with Elbit - 11...
Civil society organisations welcome the Future Fund’s exclusion of Elbit Systems, and call on the Federal and Victorian Governments to drop Elbit or risk complicity in serious violations of international law
15 March 2022 | For immediate release Civil society organisations working for human rights for Palestinians and others welcome the news of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund’s exclusion of Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems Limited from...
Let’s Push PUMA Over to the Right Side of History. Global Day of Action, February 12
BDS Australia is joining groups around the world for the Global Day of Action on February 12 and regular rolling protests as we step up pressure on PUMA to ends its partnership with Israeli apartheid. PUMA’s continued support for Israeli apartheid puts it squarely on...
Amnesty International declares Israel guilty of apartheid
The declaration by Amnesty International that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid, in its treatment of Palestinians, must lead to enforcement action by the international community, BDS Australia said today. The AI report, which echoes previous findings by...
BDS Alert: Join the global days of action 28, 29, 30 January 2022
The BDS Palestine National Committee and the Palestinian Stop the Wall campaign are calling for global mobilization in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their steadfast resistance against Israel’s forced displacement in Jerusalem’s neighborhoods...
A landslide of support for Sydney Festival boycott Jan 18, 2022
Photo credit: Aman Kapoor The Sydney Festival boycott over funding from Israel is now Australia’s largest and most successful boycott campaign since the anti-apartheid movement against South African apartheid and the Green bans of the 1970s, according to BDS...
Israeli Government sponsorship of the Sydney Festival 2022
Photo/Graceenee TAKE ACTION Tell Sydney Festival 2022 not to take money from apartheid Israel Sign the petition here BDS Australia has written to the Sydney Festival and to the Sydney Dance Company regarding their acceptance of sponsorship by the Israeli government....
We’re making Puma’s CEO nervous. Join the Boycott Puma Day of Action, September 18
August 17, 2021 / By Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) As Palestinians continue to struggle against Israel’s illegal land grabs, and companies like Ben & Jerry’s pledge to end involvement in illegal...
Australian government defense contracts with Israel exposed
Australia's defense contracts with Israel have been exposed in this article 'Defence hides Australia’s weapon sales to Israel amid war crimes investigation into Palestine' published by Michael West Media and written by Michelle Fahey. The Defence Department...
BDS Australia calls on Victorian Premier to end support for Elbit
In July 2021 BDS Australia wrote to the Premier of the Victorian government, Daniel Andrews calling on him to reconsider its support for the Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems. We will post any response we receive regarding this letter. The Hon. Daniel...
Sanction Israel petition
Update: This petition was signed by 21,991 Australians in the limited time it was online (4 weeks) and was presented to the Australian Federal parliament in August 2021. The then Foreign Minister, Senator Marise Payne responded to this petition and her letter is here...
