BDS Australia news, events and actions
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...
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...
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 civilian...
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...
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...
