BDS Australia news, events and actions
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 and will be presented to the Australian Federal parliament in August 2021. The Foreign Minister, Senator Marise Payne is required to respond to this petition within 3 months. May 27, 2021 >>>>>SIGN...
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....
