BDS Australia news, events and actions
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...
Media release: International legal scholar Professor Richard Falk in Sydney next week speaking on A Future For Palestine amid fake ‘controversy’
27 June 2019: Eminent American-Jewish international legal scholar Emeritus Professor Richard Falk, will be in Sydney next week. Professor Falk is a tireless advocate for the universal application of international human rights law as the basis for a sustainable peace...
Professor Richard Falk’s point-by-point response to Australian Jewish News (June 20, 2019) article “Furore Over Falk Visit”
EDITOR: Disappointingly the editor of Australian Jewish News has so far refused to publish Professor Falk's point-by-point refutation of the allegations made in AJN last week, so we publish it here: The article starts by reporting ‘concerns’ over my visit to Australia...
Letter to Xavier Rudd: Put Palestinians’ human rights first – Don’t play in Israel!
3 June 2019 Dear Xavier We are Australians, some of Palestinian background, some Jewish, and all for universal and equal human rights, who support the Palestinian call for artists, sportspeople, and others to boycott Israel until indigenous Palestinians win...
MEDIA RELEASE: BDS Australia condemns baseless attacks on pro-Palestine candidates
The Palestinian human rights advocacy organisation, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Australia, condemns the baseless and unprincipled attacks on candidates who expressed their support for Palestine in the recent federal election. In the lead-up to the election,...
BDS Australia statement on recent attacks on us and on supporters of Palestinians in federal politics
17 May 2019 In recent weeks, BDS Australia and its supporters, particularly in the Australian Greens and the ALP, have been the subject of concerted attacks in the pages of the Murdoch press and the Australian Jewish community media. #BDS is an international...
MEDIA RELEASE: Prominent Australians join Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Australia’s calls for a boycott of this weekend’s SBS broadcast of Eurovision in Israel
MEDIA RELEASE 16 May 2019 Prominent Australians join Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Australia’s calls for a boycott of this weekend’s SBS broadcast of Eurovision in Israel Palestinians have asked international viewers not to watch the event this year while the...
MEDIA ALERT: BOYCOTT EUROVISION 2019 PROTEST TOMORROW SATURDAY 11AM AT SBS
MEDIA ALERT: BOYCOTT EUROVISION 2019 PROTEST TOMORROW SATURDAY 11AM AT SBS PURPOSE Supporters of Palestinians’ equal human rights will be loudly telling SBS board and management how disappointed they are that Eurovision 2019 – happening in apartheid Israel in 3 weeks’...
MEDIA RELEASE: Netanyahu wins as Palestinians lose hope and boycotts, divestment and sanctions become more urgent
11 April 2019 Benjamin Netanyahu is now heading towards his fifth term as Israel’s Prime Minister, built on a coalition of far right and extremist politicians. In what has proven a winning strategy, Netanyahu’s last minute pre-election statements promising to annex...
Statement on the latest bombing of Gaza: Israel must end the 11-year blockade of Gaza
Palestinians have a right to resist the Israeli occupation, including the illegal and brutal 11-year blockade of Gaza. The living situation for the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza is terrible and getting worse. We stand in solidarity with the Great March of Return...
In many languages these SBS viewers have one message: “We love Eurovision, but we love human rights more.” #BoycottEurovision2019
Diverse members of the Australian community send a message to SBS, Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service, to support the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) Australia call to cancel this year's Eurovision broadcast from Israel. In many languages these SBS viewers...