BDS Australia news, events and actions
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...
News report and video of our actions at Eurovision ‘Australia Decides’ on 9 February 2019
Justice for Palestine Brisbane and BDS Australia held a protest event to meet with the fans going in to Eurovision 'Australia Decides' to explain why we are calling for a boycott, that "we love Eurovision, but we love human rights more." https://youtu.be/CJmfYwEkg-8...
MEDIA RELEASE: Eurovision 2019 ‘Australia Decides’ Israel boycott and protest action on Saturday 9 February, Gold Coast Convention Centre
Australian artists are calling on SBS, Sony Music Australia, and all ten contestants in Saturday’s ‘Australia Decides’ Eurovision Song Contest event to hear the voices of Palestinians, including Palestinian musicians, who are calling for a boycott of Eurovision 2019...
Contact the ‘Australia Decides’ SBS Eurovision artists: Don’t celebrate Israeli Apartheid
SBS Australia and Blink TV have now announced the 10 contestants for the Eurovision - 'Australia Decides' - Gold Coast 2019 event happening on February 8 and 9. We have written to each contestant (see our letter below to Kate Miller-Heidke), but we really need your...
Boycotting Eurovision: Why Aren’t Progressives Doing More For Palestine?
It's a great question posed by our BDS Australia committee member Nick Riemer in New Matilda today - Boycotting Eurovision: Why Aren’t Progressives Doing More For Palestine? "Disapproval of the actions of Israel and sympathy for Palestinians in public opinion is high....
Media release: BDS Australia launches Boycott Eurovision 2019 campaign
10 September 2018 MEDIA RELEASE: BDS Australia launches Boycott Eurovision 2019 Campaign with 2018 SBS judge L-FRESH The LION* saying no to Eurovision in Israel. Australian artists are at the top of the list of more than 140 international artists who are calling for a...
BDS Australia welcomes Argentinian team’s cancellation of Israel game
MEDIA RELEASE 7 June 2018 BDS Australia* welcomes the Argentinian football team's decision to cancel its match with Israel ahead of the World Cup. "BDS Australia commends the...