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