Who Are The Palestinians? Part 2

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Plight Of Christians Under Zionist Occupation / Holy Land Report

 

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So you post a report from fake Christians.

 

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Plight Of Christians Under Zionist Occupation / Holy Land Report

So you cut and paste from faux xtians?

 

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One Country: Ali Abunimah on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

 

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One Country: Ali Abunimah on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

This video is 2 hours long. People have lives.

 

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Amani Al-Khatahtbeh

11 PEOPLE WE SHOULD BAN INSTEAD OF MUSLIMS (ft. Lilly Singh / iiSuperwomanii)

 

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UK elects first Member of Parliament of Palestinian heritage

Britain’s first elected Member of Parliament (MP) has overturned a Conservative Majority to win the Oxford West and Abingdon seat in the recent general election.

MP Layla Moran won the closely contested election by 816 votes, earning 26,252 in total.

Prior to the election, Moran told The New Arab that she will be “a representative of our community in parliament, and it will be a great honour which I take humbly.”

UK elects first Member of Parliament of Palestinian heritage

 

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BDS is organized mainly by the Barghouti tribe. Palestinians have some 6-7 main tribal clans each ruling the area in and around major cities, not one tribe speaks for the other:

Here's the Sheikh of the al-Jaabri tribe that rules Hebron:

 

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BDS is organized mainly by the Barghouti tribe....

BDS is now a massive movement and it appears that there is no end in site.

It has been only 10 years Palestinian civil society issued the call for BDS.

Check it out...

May 10, 2017 – Associated Students, Inc. Senate at Cal State University – Long Beach (CSULB) passes resolution to divest from Israel – Long Beach, California


April 25, 2017 – University of California at Riverside Student Senate calls for divestment – Riverside, California


April 19, 2017 – Pitzer College passes new bylaws prohibiting use of student funds for companies or products associated with Israeli occupation – Claremont, California


April 9, 2017 – Tufts Community Union Senate passes divestment – Medford, Massachusetts


March 21, 2017 – Sacramento City College becomes first city college to pass divestment resolution – Sacramento, California


March 15, 2017 – De Anza becomes first Community College Student Senate to pass divestment – Cupertino, California


March 3, 2017 – University of South Florida students pass referendum to divest from Israeli apartheid, fossil fuels, private prisons, human rights violations – Tampa, Florida


February 2, 2017 – University of California at Riverside Associated Students vote unanimously to remove Israeli military-associated company Sabra hummus from campus – Riverside, California


November 13, 2016 – Manchester University — home of first Peace Studies in world — Student Senate votes unanimously in support of BDS, divestment – North Manchester, Indiana


October 26, 2016 – Associated Students of Portland State University Pass Divestment Resolution In Support of Palestinian Human Rights – Portland, Oregon


May 31, 2016 – Evergreen State College students vote to condemn the presence of Caterpillar equipment on campus – Olympia, Washington


May 31, 2016 – Overwhelming 73.9% Vote by Evergreen State College Students to Deshelve Sabra Hummus on Campus – Olympia, Washington


May 19, 2016 – University of Wisconsin at Madison Graduate Student Union Endorses BDS – Madison, Wisconsin


May 17, 2016 – Religious Studies Scholars Endorse BDS


April 26, 2016 – University of California at Merced Student Government Passes Divestment Resolution – Merced, California


April 12, 2016 – University of Minnesota student government passes divestment – Minneapolis, Minnesota


April 12, 2016 – University of Chicago College Council Votes to Divest from Israeli Apartheid – Chicago, Illinois


April 4, 2016 – Rutgers University-Newark Student Governing Association Passes Divestment Resolution – Newark, NJ


April 2, 2016 – University of Indianapolis Student Senate passes resolution to divest from companies profiting from occupation, deshelve Sabra hummus – Indianapolis, IN


March 6, 2016 – Vassar Student Association Passes Resolution Endorsing the BDS Movement – Arlington, NY


February 22, 2016 – Thirty Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Faculty and Staff Group Endorses Boycott of Israel – Indianapolis, IN


February 16, 2016 – University of Illinois at Chicago Undergraduate Student Government Assembly Passes Divestment Resolution Unanimously – Chicago, Illinois


January 19, 2016 – University of South Florida Student Government Senate Passes Joint Resolution for Divestment – Tampa, Florida


November 18, 2015 – San Jose State University Students Pass Resolution to Divest from Corporations that profit from the Israeli Occupation – San Jose, California


June 22, 2015 – Columbia University divests from private prisons including G4S, following coalition-led campaign – Manhattan, New York


April 30, 2015 – Oglethorpe University student goverment passes resolution to divest from Israeli occupation – Atlanta, Georgia


April 29, 2015 – Princeton graduate students pass divestment referendum – Princeton, New Jersey


April 22, 2015 – Earlham Student Senate passes resolution in support of divestment from Israeli occupation – Richmond, Indiana


April 16, 2015 – Wesleyan University president agrees to divest university from prisons as first step when Wesleyan students call for divestment from fossil fuels, prisons, and Israeli occupation – Middletown, Connecticut


March 25, 2015 – Student Government of Loyola Chicago passes resolution to divest – Chicago, Illinois


March 2, 2015 – Toledo student government calls for University divestment by margin of 21:4 – Toledo, Ohio


February 19, 2015 – Northwestern University Student Government calls for university divestment – Evanston, Illinois


February 17, 2015 – Stanford divestment passes in a landslide victory – Stanford, California


February 8, 2015 – University of California Student Association — representing hundreds of thousands of UC students statewide — endorses call for UC divestment in support of Palestinian rights – State of California


May 29, 2015 – University of California at Davis Associated Students pass divestment bill – Davis, California


December 5, 2014 – Wesleyan University Dining Facilities Remove Sabra Following Successful Boycott Campaign – Middletown, Connecticut


November, 2014 – University of California at Los Angeles undergraduate student government passes divestment resolution – Los Angeles, California


August 9-10, 2014 – United Students Against Sweatshops Endorses BDS


May 28, 2014 – University of California at Santa Cruz student government passes divestment resolution – Santa Cruz, California


May 23, 2014 – DePaul student body votes for divestment despite Israeli government interference – Chicago, Illinois


May, 2014 – Wesleyan Students Association divests its student endowment from Israeli occupation, calls for full university divestment – Middletown, Connecticut


April, 2014 – More than 10,000 Univ. of South Florida students call for divestment — largest petition in state’s history – Tampa, Florida


April, 2014 – University of New Mexico Graduate & Professional Student Association vote for divestment from companies involved in human rights violations in Palestine and on U.S.-Mexico border – Albuquerque, New Mexico


May 5, 2013 – Oberlin College Student Senate passes divestment Resolution – Oberlin, OH


April, 2013 – University of California at Berkeley Student Senate passes divestment – Berkeley, California


March 7, 2013 – University of California at Riverside Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment – Riverside, California


March, 2013 – University of California at San Diego Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment – San Diego, California


November 14, 2012 – Brown University Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies calls on Brown Corporation to divest from the Israeli occupation – Providence, Rhode Island


November, 2012 – University of California at Irvine Associated Students unanimously pass resolution urging divestment from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine – Irvine, California


September 2012 – Swarthmore College Deshelves Sabra Following Student Petition – Philadelphia, PA


September 5, 2012 – Earlham College Dining Services Stops Selling Sabra in Response to Student and Faculty Concerns – Richmond, Indiana


June 5, 2012 – Arizona State University Student Government Votes to Divest from Israel – Tempe, Arizona


June 4, 2012 – The Evergreen State College Flaming Eggplant Cafe Announces Boycott of Israeli Products – Olympia, Washington


April 18, 2012 – UMass-Boston Student Government passes resolution to divest from Boeing – Boston, Massachusetts


March 30 , 2012 – National Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán (MEChA) Endorses Palestinian Boycott of Israel


May/November, 2011 – Majority of DePaul students vote to boycott Sabra Hummus; force ethical alternatives offered – Chicago, Illinois


June 2, 2010 – Evergreen State College student body votes for boycott of Caterpillar equipment, becoming “CAT-free campus”; Student Senate votes unanimously to support BDS


Spring, 2010 – Evergreen State College Student Body votes for divestment from companies involved in Israeli occupation – Olympia, Washington


February 12, 2009 – Hampshire College becomes first campus to divest from the Israeli occupation – Amherst, Massachusetts


2005, 2006, 2010, 2014 – University of Michigan at Dearborn Student Government passes divestment resolution – Dearborn, Michigan


April, 2003 – Wayne State University student council votes for divestiture – Detroit, Michigan


Cultural Boycott

(See joint Cultural/Academic Boycott victories listed below under Academic Boycott)


February 23, 2017 – U.S. Literary Festival PEN America proceeds without Israeli government sponsorship following appeals from leading writers – National


February 22, 2017 – Oscars Celebrities #Skipthetrip to Israel – National


February 9, 2017 – Super Ball star Michael Bennett boycotts trip to Israel, says he won’t be used by Israel – National


December, 2015 – American journalist Doug Henwood refuses to have his book on Hillary Clinton translated into Hebrew


July, 2015 – Thurstoj Moore of Sonic Youth endorses BDS


June 19-21, 2015 – Three Queer Cultural Organizations Cut Ties with Frameline SF International LGBT Film Festival Over Israeli Sponsorship – San Francisco, California


June, 2015 – Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project Announces Support for BDS, boycotts Frameline LGBT Festival – San Francisco, California


May 4, 2015 – Lauryn Hill cancels performance in Israel in response to calls for boycott


May, 2015 – Black Lives Matter Co-founder Patrisse Cullors endorses BDS


October, 2014 – Musician and Poet Boots Riley of The Coup endorses the call for the cultural and academic boycott of Israel


October, 2014 – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and MacArthur “genius award” recipient Junot Diaz endorses BDS


May 26, 2014 – American Rapper Talib Kweli cancels Israel gig


April 7, 2014 – Milwaukee People’s Books Coop endorses BDS – Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Spring, 2014 – Public Enemy’s Chuck D endorses BDS


August 14, 2013 – Influential jazz drummer Chris Daddy Dave cancels participation in Red Sea Jazz Festival


July 11, 2013 – Rock band The Killers pulls out of of Tel Aviv concert


November 29, 2012 – Stevie Wonder cancels performance for Friends of Israeli Defense Forces in response to calls for boycott


October, 2012 – Hip Hop duo Rebel Diaz cancel performance at Creative Time Summit, 2012, due to sponsorship by Israeli government-funded institution


June 21, 2013 – Mira Nair boycotts Haifa Film Festival


June 20, 2012 – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker refuses permission to Israeli publisher, Yedhiot Books, to publish The Color Purple


March, 2012 – Seattle LGBT Commission Cancels “Pinkwashing” Event Sponsored by Israeli Consulate (Events in Olympia and Tacoma Also Canceled) – Seattle, Olympia, and Tacoma, Washington


February, 2012 – Singer-songwriter Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv concert


February, 2012 – American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson cancels performance at Holon International Women’s Festival


February, 2012 – American Indie Pop Band “The Pains of Being Pure at Heart” cancels Tel Aviv show


January, 2012 – Tune-Yards band cancels gig in Israel; Merrill Garbus, lead singer, is a signatory of the Artists Against Israeli Apartheid pledge


Summer, 2011 – 11 Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists, including prominent intellectual & activist Angela Davis, unequivocally endorse BDS


June, 2011 – Basketball legend and actor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cancels visit to Israel in response to “Nakba Day violence”


April, 2011 – Washington University Hip-Hop Program Revokes Invitation to Israeli Cultural Ambassador – St. Louis, Missouri


July 7, 2010 – Dustin Hoffman & Meg Ryan pull out of 2010 Film Festival after Mavi Marmara massacre


June, 2010 – Carlos Santana cancels concert in Tel Aviv following boycott calls


June, 2010 – The Pixies cancel concert in wake of Mavi Marmara massacre


May, 2010 – Renowned American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron cancels concert in Israel


November, 2009 – New Orleans Theatre Zeitgeist signs on to BDS guidelines– New Orleans, Louisiana


August 17, 2009 – Amnesty International Withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel Concert Fund


December 2008 – Stars’ Photos Removed from Leviev Website as Celebs Seek Distance from Rights Abuser


July 23, 2008 – Snoop Dogg cancels performance in Israel


Academic Boycott

April 15, 2016 – CUNY Graduate Students Vote for Academic Boycott of Israel – New York, NY


November 27, 2015 – National Women’s Studies Association Members Join the BDS Movement


November 21, 2015 – American Anthropological Association (AAA) Conference Passes BDS Resolution with 88% Majority


April, 2015 – National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies endorses boycott of Israeli academic institutions


January 14, 2014 & November 10, 2015 – Green Party of the U.S. defends and endorses ASA and AAA boycotts of Israeli academic institutions


November 15, 2014 – Peace and Justice Studies Association endorses BDS – International


July 18, 2014 – Critical Ethnic Studies Association passes BDS resolution supporting academic boycott – International


December 15, 2013 – Native American and Indigenous Studies Association endorses boycott of Israeli academic institutions


December, 2013 – American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel by sweeping majority membership vote after national council passes unanimously


October 24, 2013 – Association for Humanist Sociology Votes to Support the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel – International


April, 2013 – General Membership of Association for Asian American Studies votes to support academic boycott of Israel


September, 2012 – Prominent academic Judith Butler reaffirms support for BDS


May 4, 2012 – Columbia University Prof. Franke boycotts conference with “featured nation” Israel & Israeli Ambassador keynote speech


November, 2009 – Prominent intellectual Sarah Schulman boycotts Lesbian & Gay Studies conference at Tel Aviv


Faith-Based Actions

January 19, 2017 – Majilis Ash-Shura / Islamic Leadership Council of New York endorse BDS – New York, New York


December 10, 2016 – Pax Christi International endorses BDS – International


August 13, 2016 – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Overwhelmingly Passes Investment Screen


August 13, 2016 – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Votes 82% Against Unconditional U.S. Aid to Israel


April 10, 2016 – Alliance of Baptists Divests from Companies Profiting from Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Land


April 7, 2016 – Unitarian Universalists Divest from Companies Profiting from Israel’s Occupation


March 30, 2016 – Catholic Conference of Major Superiors of Men Calls for Boycott of Illegal Settlements


January, 2016 – United Methodist Church Excludes Top 5 Israeli Banks for Involvement in Illegal Settlements


December 2015 – United Methodist Church declares Israeli company Elbit Systems, long excluded for weapons production, also ineligible for investment due to involvement in human rights violations


June 30, 2015 – United Church of Christ General Synod votes overwhelmingly to boycott and divest from Israeli occupation


June, 2015 – National Council of Fellowship of Reconciliation Unanimously Endorses BDS


July 31, 2014 – No Más Muertes endorses Palestinian call for BDS


June 20, 2014 – Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly divests from companies involved in Israeli occupation


June 12, 2014 – United Methodist Church divests from G4S in response to role in Israeli prisons


Winter 2013/2014 – United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society Boycotts Sodastream


March 16, 2013 – Mennonite Central Committee unanimously adopts AFSC 29-company no-buy list for divestment


18 Victories spanning 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 – 18 Quaker Meetings Across 15 States Endorse Boycott, Divestment, and, in some cases, Both


September, 2012 – Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation divests from HP, Veolia


July, 2012 – Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly votes to boycott settlement products


May, 2012 – United Methodist Church General Conference votes to boycott settlement products


May, 2012 – Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation divests from Caterpillar


June, 2010 – Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly calls for U.S. Government to place sanctions on military assistance to Israel


March 8, 2008 – American Friends Service Committee approves Israel-Palestine Investment Screen


October 21, 2007 – National Coalition of American Nuns Publicly Urges Boycott of Caterpillar


Summer, 2005 – United Church of Christ General Synod calls for the use of Economic Leverage — including ending military aid and divestment — to promote peace in Middle East


Dozens of Victories spanning 2005 – 2015 – 18 United Methodist Church Annual Conferences — representing thousands of churches and hundreds of thousands of members — adopt 30 resolutions and statements calling for divestment; several divest their own conference funds


Pensions & Other Investment Funds

(Not otherwise listed above)


August 3, 2014 – Soros Fund Management drops SodaStream


June 6, 2014 – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation divests from G4S


Between July and November, 2013 – Pension giant TIAA-CREF divests Social Choice fund from Veolia


Between March and August, 2013 – TIAA-CREF divests from SodaStream


July, 2012 – Abigail Disney renounces shares of Ahava


June, 2012 – Morgan Stanley Capital International removes Caterpillar from socially responsible companies list


May/June, 2012 – Pension giant TIAA-CREF divests Social Choice fund from Caterpillar


September 12, 2009 – TIAA-CREF divests from Africa-Israel company due to violations of “human rights and international law”


Boycotting & De-Shelving Israeli Products

(Many more listed above in other sections)


April 21, 2014 – Earth Day Network cuts ties with Sodastream


July, 2014 – Cambridge fixture Pemberton Farms stops selling Sabra following Boston BDS campaign – Cambridge, Massachusetts


2014 – Balady Foods deshelves Sabra hummus – Brooklyn, New York


January 24, 2014 – KQED Public Radio Pulls SodaStream from Gifts to Donors – Bay Area, California


January, 2014 – Hollywood Star Scarlett Johansson resigns as Oxfam International Global Ambassador due to deal with Sodastream


December, 2013 – Harvest Coop deshelves Sabra following boycott Boston BDS campaign – Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts


January, 2012 – Lincoln-Way High School deshelves Sabra hummus – Chicago, Illinois


March, 2011 – National Cathedral gift store affiliated with Episcopal Church removes Ahava products after complaints from patrons – Washington, DC


July 15, 2010 – Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli goods from shelves; first US store to institute boycott – Olympia, Washington


January 18, 2010 – Costco stops selling Ahava


Municipal & State Victories

April 6, 2017 – Portland City Council Permanently Halts All Investments in Private Corporations Following Historic Campaign – Portland, Oregon


December 21, 2016 – In Historic Vote, City of Portland Votes to Temporarily Cease Investments in All Corporate Securities Including Occupation Profiteer Caterpillar and Prison Profiteer Wells Fargo – Portland, Oregon


July 19, 2016 – City of Berkeley divests from G4S – Berkeley, CA


Spring 2016 – Denver Water Board Drops G4S Following BDS Campaign – Denver, CO


March 17, 2016 – Portland’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee Recommends City Boycott of Caterpillar – Portland, OR


January 2016 – Delaware Neighbors Against the Occupation Defeats Anti-BDS Bill – New Castle County, DE


October 12, 2015 – Portland Human Rights Commission Unanimously Endorses Placing 4 Companies on No-Buy List, First Step Towards Becoming Occupation Free City – Portland, Oregon


April, 2015 – Oregon Dept of Justice Mandates that SodaStream Change Misleading Product Labels – Portland, Oregon


December 3, 2014 – Baltimore Rejects Veolia following coalition campaign – Baltimore, Maryland


November, 2014 – Durham severs ties with G4S – Durham, North Carolina


January 8, 2014 – Veolia loses Massachusetts commuter rail contract – Boston, Massachusetts


October 29, 2013 – St. Louis Dumps Veolia – St. Louis, Missouri


January, 2013 – Veolia Withdraws from California Water Contract Bidding -Yolo County (Woodland and Davis), California


Corporate Announcements

(Not listed elsewhere)


December 2, 2016 – Following years of BDS campaigns, G4S ends most illegal business in Israel, sells most Israel business – International


March 9, 2016 – Ahava Announces Factory Relocation Outside of Occupied West Bank


August 28, 2015 – Veolia divests completely from Israeli market


October 29, 2014 – SodaStream moves factory out of Palestinian West Bank


Labor, Diplomatic, & Other

August 1, 2016 – Movement for Black Lives Platform Calls for BDS


June 6, 2016 – Green Party Candidate for President Endorses BDS


April 22, 2016 – New York University Graduate Employee Union Becomes First Private University Labor Union to Support Full BDS – New York, NY


April 14, 2016 – UMass Amherst Graduate Employee Union (UAW) Overwhelmingly Endorses BDS – Amherst, Massachusetts


October 22, 2015 – Connecticut AFL-CIO Convention Calls on National Federation to Adopt BDS – Connecticut


August 16-20, 2015 – United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) Becomes First National Union in U.S. to Endorse BDS


August, 2015 – Over 1,000 Black activists, artists, scholars, students and organizations sign Black Solidarity Statement with Palestine, endorsing BDS


March 3, 2015 – 60 U.S. elected officials publicly #SkiptheSpeech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, effectively boycotting him


December 10, 2014 – Members of University of California Graduate Student-Worker’s Union UAW 2865 ratify resolution to join BDS movement – State of California


November, 2014 – Dream Defenders endorse BDS at National Conference


Fall, 2014 – West Coast “Block the Boat” Port Actions Prevent Zim Lines from Docking – West Coast


July 7, 2010 – California International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 Branch refuses to unload Israeli cargo ship – Oakland, California


October, 2008 – Oxfam International publicly denounces donor Lev Leviev due to support for Israeli settlements


June 21, 2008 – UNICEF severs ties with Israeli mogul Lev Leviev over settlement building


November 28, 2005 – Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel

UPDATED: List of 200+ U.S. BDS Victories! - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

 

[rylah]

BDS is organized mainly by the Barghouti tribe....

BDS is now a massive movement and it appears that there is no end in site.

It has been only 10 years Palestinian civil society issued the call for BDS.

Check it out...

May 10, 2017 – Associated Students, Inc. Senate at Cal State University – Long Beach (CSULB) passes resolution to divest from Israel – Long Beach, California


April 25, 2017 – University of California at Riverside Student Senate calls for divestment – Riverside, California


April 19, 2017 – Pitzer College passes new bylaws prohibiting use of student funds for companies or products associated with Israeli occupation – Claremont, California


April 9, 2017 – Tufts Community Union Senate passes divestment – Medford, Massachusetts


March 21, 2017 – Sacramento City College becomes first city college to pass divestment resolution – Sacramento, California


March 15, 2017 – De Anza becomes first Community College Student Senate to pass divestment – Cupertino, California


March 3, 2017 – University of South Florida students pass referendum to divest from Israeli apartheid, fossil fuels, private prisons, human rights violations – Tampa, Florida


February 2, 2017 – University of California at Riverside Associated Students vote unanimously to remove Israeli military-associated company Sabra hummus from campus – Riverside, California


November 13, 2016 – Manchester University — home of first Peace Studies in world — Student Senate votes unanimously in support of BDS, divestment – North Manchester, Indiana


October 26, 2016 – Associated Students of Portland State University Pass Divestment Resolution In Support of Palestinian Human Rights – Portland, Oregon


May 31, 2016 – Evergreen State College students vote to condemn the presence of Caterpillar equipment on campus – Olympia, Washington


May 31, 2016 – Overwhelming 73.9% Vote by Evergreen State College Students to Deshelve Sabra Hummus on Campus – Olympia, Washington


May 19, 2016 – University of Wisconsin at Madison Graduate Student Union Endorses BDS – Madison, Wisconsin


May 17, 2016 – Religious Studies Scholars Endorse BDS


April 26, 2016 – University of California at Merced Student Government Passes Divestment Resolution – Merced, California


April 12, 2016 – University of Minnesota student government passes divestment – Minneapolis, Minnesota


April 12, 2016 – University of Chicago College Council Votes to Divest from Israeli Apartheid – Chicago, Illinois


April 4, 2016 – Rutgers University-Newark Student Governing Association Passes Divestment Resolution – Newark, NJ


April 2, 2016 – University of Indianapolis Student Senate passes resolution to divest from companies profiting from occupation, deshelve Sabra hummus – Indianapolis, IN


March 6, 2016 – Vassar Student Association Passes Resolution Endorsing the BDS Movement – Arlington, NY


February 22, 2016 – Thirty Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Faculty and Staff Group Endorses Boycott of Israel – Indianapolis, IN


February 16, 2016 – University of Illinois at Chicago Undergraduate Student Government Assembly Passes Divestment Resolution Unanimously – Chicago, Illinois


January 19, 2016 – University of South Florida Student Government Senate Passes Joint Resolution for Divestment – Tampa, Florida


November 18, 2015 – San Jose State University Students Pass Resolution to Divest from Corporations that profit from the Israeli Occupation – San Jose, California


June 22, 2015 – Columbia University divests from private prisons including G4S, following coalition-led campaign – Manhattan, New York


April 30, 2015 – Oglethorpe University student goverment passes resolution to divest from Israeli occupation – Atlanta, Georgia


April 29, 2015 – Princeton graduate students pass divestment referendum – Princeton, New Jersey


April 22, 2015 – Earlham Student Senate passes resolution in support of divestment from Israeli occupation – Richmond, Indiana


April 16, 2015 – Wesleyan University president agrees to divest university from prisons as first step when Wesleyan students call for divestment from fossil fuels, prisons, and Israeli occupation – Middletown, Connecticut


March 25, 2015 – Student Government of Loyola Chicago passes resolution to divest – Chicago, Illinois


March 2, 2015 – Toledo student government calls for University divestment by margin of 21:4 – Toledo, Ohio


February 19, 2015 – Northwestern University Student Government calls for university divestment – Evanston, Illinois


February 17, 2015 – Stanford divestment passes in a landslide victory – Stanford, California


February 8, 2015 – University of California Student Association — representing hundreds of thousands of UC students statewide — endorses call for UC divestment in support of Palestinian rights – State of California


May 29, 2015 – University of California at Davis Associated Students pass divestment bill – Davis, California


December 5, 2014 – Wesleyan University Dining Facilities Remove Sabra Following Successful Boycott Campaign – Middletown, Connecticut


November, 2014 – University of California at Los Angeles undergraduate student government passes divestment resolution – Los Angeles, California


August 9-10, 2014 – United Students Against Sweatshops Endorses BDS


May 28, 2014 – University of California at Santa Cruz student government passes divestment resolution – Santa Cruz, California


May 23, 2014 – DePaul student body votes for divestment despite Israeli government interference – Chicago, Illinois


May, 2014 – Wesleyan Students Association divests its student endowment from Israeli occupation, calls for full university divestment – Middletown, Connecticut


April, 2014 – More than 10,000 Univ. of South Florida students call for divestment — largest petition in state’s history – Tampa, Florida


April, 2014 – University of New Mexico Graduate & Professional Student Association vote for divestment from companies involved in human rights violations in Palestine and on U.S.-Mexico border – Albuquerque, New Mexico


May 5, 2013 – Oberlin College Student Senate passes divestment Resolution – Oberlin, OH


April, 2013 – University of California at Berkeley Student Senate passes divestment – Berkeley, California


March 7, 2013 – University of California at Riverside Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment – Riverside, California


March, 2013 – University of California at San Diego Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment – San Diego, California


November 14, 2012 – Brown University Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies calls on Brown Corporation to divest from the Israeli occupation – Providence, Rhode Island


November, 2012 – University of California at Irvine Associated Students unanimously pass resolution urging divestment from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine – Irvine, California


September 2012 – Swarthmore College Deshelves Sabra Following Student Petition – Philadelphia, PA


September 5, 2012 – Earlham College Dining Services Stops Selling Sabra in Response to Student and Faculty Concerns – Richmond, Indiana


June 5, 2012 – Arizona State University Student Government Votes to Divest from Israel – Tempe, Arizona


June 4, 2012 – The Evergreen State College Flaming Eggplant Cafe Announces Boycott of Israeli Products – Olympia, Washington


April 18, 2012 – UMass-Boston Student Government passes resolution to divest from Boeing – Boston, Massachusetts


March 30 , 2012 – National Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán (MEChA) Endorses Palestinian Boycott of Israel


May/November, 2011 – Majority of DePaul students vote to boycott Sabra Hummus; force ethical alternatives offered – Chicago, Illinois


June 2, 2010 – Evergreen State College student body votes for boycott of Caterpillar equipment, becoming “CAT-free campus”; Student Senate votes unanimously to support BDS


Spring, 2010 – Evergreen State College Student Body votes for divestment from companies involved in Israeli occupation – Olympia, Washington


February 12, 2009 – Hampshire College becomes first campus to divest from the Israeli occupation – Amherst, Massachusetts


2005, 2006, 2010, 2014 – University of Michigan at Dearborn Student Government passes divestment resolution – Dearborn, Michigan


April, 2003 – Wayne State University student council votes for divestiture – Detroit, Michigan


Cultural Boycott

(See joint Cultural/Academic Boycott victories listed below under Academic Boycott)


February 23, 2017 – U.S. Literary Festival PEN America proceeds without Israeli government sponsorship following appeals from leading writers – National


February 22, 2017 – Oscars Celebrities #Skipthetrip to Israel – National


February 9, 2017 – Super Ball star Michael Bennett boycotts trip to Israel, says he won’t be used by Israel – National


December, 2015 – American journalist Doug Henwood refuses to have his book on Hillary Clinton translated into Hebrew


July, 2015 – Thurstoj Moore of Sonic Youth endorses BDS


June 19-21, 2015 – Three Queer Cultural Organizations Cut Ties with Frameline SF International LGBT Film Festival Over Israeli Sponsorship – San Francisco, California


June, 2015 – Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project Announces Support for BDS, boycotts Frameline LGBT Festival – San Francisco, California


May 4, 2015 – Lauryn Hill cancels performance in Israel in response to calls for boycott


May, 2015 – Black Lives Matter Co-founder Patrisse Cullors endorses BDS


October, 2014 – Musician and Poet Boots Riley of The Coup endorses the call for the cultural and academic boycott of Israel


October, 2014 – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and MacArthur “genius award” recipient Junot Diaz endorses BDS


May 26, 2014 – American Rapper Talib Kweli cancels Israel gig


April 7, 2014 – Milwaukee People’s Books Coop endorses BDS – Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Spring, 2014 – Public Enemy’s Chuck D endorses BDS


August 14, 2013 – Influential jazz drummer Chris Daddy Dave cancels participation in Red Sea Jazz Festival


July 11, 2013 – Rock band The Killers pulls out of of Tel Aviv concert


November 29, 2012 – Stevie Wonder cancels performance for Friends of Israeli Defense Forces in response to calls for boycott


October, 2012 – Hip Hop duo Rebel Diaz cancel performance at Creative Time Summit, 2012, due to sponsorship by Israeli government-funded institution


June 21, 2013 – Mira Nair boycotts Haifa Film Festival


June 20, 2012 – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker refuses permission to Israeli publisher, Yedhiot Books, to publish The Color Purple


March, 2012 – Seattle LGBT Commission Cancels “Pinkwashing” Event Sponsored by Israeli Consulate (Events in Olympia and Tacoma Also Canceled) – Seattle, Olympia, and Tacoma, Washington


February, 2012 – Singer-songwriter Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv concert


February, 2012 – American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson cancels performance at Holon International Women’s Festival


February, 2012 – American Indie Pop Band “The Pains of Being Pure at Heart” cancels Tel Aviv show


January, 2012 – Tune-Yards band cancels gig in Israel; Merrill Garbus, lead singer, is a signatory of the Artists Against Israeli Apartheid pledge


Summer, 2011 – 11 Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists, including prominent intellectual & activist Angela Davis, unequivocally endorse BDS


June, 2011 – Basketball legend and actor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cancels visit to Israel in response to “Nakba Day violence”


April, 2011 – Washington University Hip-Hop Program Revokes Invitation to Israeli Cultural Ambassador – St. Louis, Missouri


July 7, 2010 – Dustin Hoffman & Meg Ryan pull out of 2010 Film Festival after Mavi Marmara massacre


June, 2010 – Carlos Santana cancels concert in Tel Aviv following boycott calls


June, 2010 – The Pixies cancel concert in wake of Mavi Marmara massacre


May, 2010 – Renowned American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron cancels concert in Israel


November, 2009 – New Orleans Theatre Zeitgeist signs on to BDS guidelines– New Orleans, Louisiana


August 17, 2009 – Amnesty International Withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel Concert Fund


December 2008 – Stars’ Photos Removed from Leviev Website as Celebs Seek Distance from Rights Abuser


July 23, 2008 – Snoop Dogg cancels performance in Israel


Academic Boycott

April 15, 2016 – CUNY Graduate Students Vote for Academic Boycott of Israel – New York, NY


November 27, 2015 – National Women’s Studies Association Members Join the BDS Movement


November 21, 2015 – American Anthropological Association (AAA) Conference Passes BDS Resolution with 88% Majority


April, 2015 – National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies endorses boycott of Israeli academic institutions


January 14, 2014 & November 10, 2015 – Green Party of the U.S. defends and endorses ASA and AAA boycotts of Israeli academic institutions


November 15, 2014 – Peace and Justice Studies Association endorses BDS – International


July 18, 2014 – Critical Ethnic Studies Association passes BDS resolution supporting academic boycott – International


December 15, 2013 – Native American and Indigenous Studies Association endorses boycott of Israeli academic institutions


December, 2013 – American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel by sweeping majority membership vote after national council passes unanimously


October 24, 2013 – Association for Humanist Sociology Votes to Support the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel – International


April, 2013 – General Membership of Association for Asian American Studies votes to support academic boycott of Israel


September, 2012 – Prominent academic Judith Butler reaffirms support for BDS


May 4, 2012 – Columbia University Prof. Franke boycotts conference with “featured nation” Israel & Israeli Ambassador keynote speech


November, 2009 – Prominent intellectual Sarah Schulman boycotts Lesbian & Gay Studies conference at Tel Aviv


Faith-Based Actions

January 19, 2017 – Majilis Ash-Shura / Islamic Leadership Council of New York endorse BDS – New York, New York


December 10, 2016 – Pax Christi International endorses BDS – International


August 13, 2016 – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Overwhelmingly Passes Investment Screen


August 13, 2016 – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Votes 82% Against Unconditional U.S. Aid to Israel


April 10, 2016 – Alliance of Baptists Divests from Companies Profiting from Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Land


April 7, 2016 – Unitarian Universalists Divest from Companies Profiting from Israel’s Occupation


March 30, 2016 – Catholic Conference of Major Superiors of Men Calls for Boycott of Illegal Settlements


January, 2016 – United Methodist Church Excludes Top 5 Israeli Banks for Involvement in Illegal Settlements


December 2015 – United Methodist Church declares Israeli company Elbit Systems, long excluded for weapons production, also ineligible for investment due to involvement in human rights violations


June 30, 2015 – United Church of Christ General Synod votes overwhelmingly to boycott and divest from Israeli occupation


June, 2015 – National Council of Fellowship of Reconciliation Unanimously Endorses BDS


July 31, 2014 – No Más Muertes endorses Palestinian call for BDS


June 20, 2014 – Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly divests from companies involved in Israeli occupation


June 12, 2014 – United Methodist Church divests from G4S in response to role in Israeli prisons


Winter 2013/2014 – United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society Boycotts Sodastream


March 16, 2013 – Mennonite Central Committee unanimously adopts AFSC 29-company no-buy list for divestment


18 Victories spanning 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 – 18 Quaker Meetings Across 15 States Endorse Boycott, Divestment, and, in some cases, Both


September, 2012 – Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation divests from HP, Veolia


July, 2012 – Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly votes to boycott settlement products


May, 2012 – United Methodist Church General Conference votes to boycott settlement products


May, 2012 – Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation divests from Caterpillar


June, 2010 – Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly calls for U.S. Government to place sanctions on military assistance to Israel


March 8, 2008 – American Friends Service Committee approves Israel-Palestine Investment Screen


October 21, 2007 – National Coalition of American Nuns Publicly Urges Boycott of Caterpillar


Summer, 2005 – United Church of Christ General Synod calls for the use of Economic Leverage — including ending military aid and divestment — to promote peace in Middle East


Dozens of Victories spanning 2005 – 2015 – 18 United Methodist Church Annual Conferences — representing thousands of churches and hundreds of thousands of members — adopt 30 resolutions and statements calling for divestment; several divest their own conference funds


Pensions & Other Investment Funds

(Not otherwise listed above)


August 3, 2014 – Soros Fund Management drops SodaStream


June 6, 2014 – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation divests from G4S


Between July and November, 2013 – Pension giant TIAA-CREF divests Social Choice fund from Veolia


Between March and August, 2013 – TIAA-CREF divests from SodaStream


July, 2012 – Abigail Disney renounces shares of Ahava


June, 2012 – Morgan Stanley Capital International removes Caterpillar from socially responsible companies list


May/June, 2012 – Pension giant TIAA-CREF divests Social Choice fund from Caterpillar


September 12, 2009 – TIAA-CREF divests from Africa-Israel company due to violations of “human rights and international law”


Boycotting & De-Shelving Israeli Products

(Many more listed above in other sections)


April 21, 2014 – Earth Day Network cuts ties with Sodastream


July, 2014 – Cambridge fixture Pemberton Farms stops selling Sabra following Boston BDS campaign – Cambridge, Massachusetts


2014 – Balady Foods deshelves Sabra hummus – Brooklyn, New York


January 24, 2014 – KQED Public Radio Pulls SodaStream from Gifts to Donors – Bay Area, California


January, 2014 – Hollywood Star Scarlett Johansson resigns as Oxfam International Global Ambassador due to deal with Sodastream


December, 2013 – Harvest Coop deshelves Sabra following boycott Boston BDS campaign – Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts


January, 2012 – Lincoln-Way High School deshelves Sabra hummus – Chicago, Illinois


March, 2011 – National Cathedral gift store affiliated with Episcopal Church removes Ahava products after complaints from patrons – Washington, DC


July 15, 2010 – Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli goods from shelves; first US store to institute boycott – Olympia, Washington


January 18, 2010 – Costco stops selling Ahava


Municipal & State Victories

April 6, 2017 – Portland City Council Permanently Halts All Investments in Private Corporations Following Historic Campaign – Portland, Oregon


December 21, 2016 – In Historic Vote, City of Portland Votes to Temporarily Cease Investments in All Corporate Securities Including Occupation Profiteer Caterpillar and Prison Profiteer Wells Fargo – Portland, Oregon


July 19, 2016 – City of Berkeley divests from G4S – Berkeley, CA


Spring 2016 – Denver Water Board Drops G4S Following BDS Campaign – Denver, CO


March 17, 2016 – Portland’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee Recommends City Boycott of Caterpillar – Portland, OR


January 2016 – Delaware Neighbors Against the Occupation Defeats Anti-BDS Bill – New Castle County, DE


October 12, 2015 – Portland Human Rights Commission Unanimously Endorses Placing 4 Companies on No-Buy List, First Step Towards Becoming Occupation Free City – Portland, Oregon


April, 2015 – Oregon Dept of Justice Mandates that SodaStream Change Misleading Product Labels – Portland, Oregon


December 3, 2014 – Baltimore Rejects Veolia following coalition campaign – Baltimore, Maryland


November, 2014 – Durham severs ties with G4S – Durham, North Carolina


January 8, 2014 – Veolia loses Massachusetts commuter rail contract – Boston, Massachusetts


October 29, 2013 – St. Louis Dumps Veolia – St. Louis, Missouri


January, 2013 – Veolia Withdraws from California Water Contract Bidding -Yolo County (Woodland and Davis), California


Corporate Announcements

(Not listed elsewhere)


December 2, 2016 – Following years of BDS campaigns, G4S ends most illegal business in Israel, sells most Israel business – International


March 9, 2016 – Ahava Announces Factory Relocation Outside of Occupied West Bank


August 28, 2015 – Veolia divests completely from Israeli market


October 29, 2014 – SodaStream moves factory out of Palestinian West Bank


Labor, Diplomatic, & Other

August 1, 2016 – Movement for Black Lives Platform Calls for BDS


June 6, 2016 – Green Party Candidate for President Endorses BDS


April 22, 2016 – New York University Graduate Employee Union Becomes First Private University Labor Union to Support Full BDS – New York, NY


April 14, 2016 – UMass Amherst Graduate Employee Union (UAW) Overwhelmingly Endorses BDS – Amherst, Massachusetts


October 22, 2015 – Connecticut AFL-CIO Convention Calls on National Federation to Adopt BDS – Connecticut


August 16-20, 2015 – United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) Becomes First National Union in U.S. to Endorse BDS


August, 2015 – Over 1,000 Black activists, artists, scholars, students and organizations sign Black Solidarity Statement with Palestine, endorsing BDS


March 3, 2015 – 60 U.S. elected officials publicly #SkiptheSpeech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, effectively boycotting him


December 10, 2014 – Members of University of California Graduate Student-Worker’s Union UAW 2865 ratify resolution to join BDS movement – State of California


November, 2014 – Dream Defenders endorse BDS at National Conference


Fall, 2014 – West Coast “Block the Boat” Port Actions Prevent Zim Lines from Docking – West Coast


July 7, 2010 – California International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 Branch refuses to unload Israeli cargo ship – Oakland, California


October, 2008 – Oxfam International publicly denounces donor Lev Leviev due to support for Israeli settlements


June 21, 2008 – UNICEF severs ties with Israeli mogul Lev Leviev over settlement building


November 28, 2005 – Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel

UPDATED: List of 200+ U.S. BDS Victories! - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

And to that Sheikh Jaabri said:

"These people - we've realized that the damage they cause is much greater than the benefit. And every place they go they cause friction, and cause us social and financial damage. I insist that they leave; that they allow us - the Arabs and Jews to settle our difference on our own"

 

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[Hollie]

 

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Tensions Rise Over Mural in Arab Bakery

A painting of Rasmeah Odeh is causing controversy in Oakland

Whether intentional or not, Reem’s prominent mural depicting Rasmea Odeh is a shot fired. Odeh is a Palestinian activist who was convicted by the Israeli government in 1970 for her connection to a 1969 grocery store bombing in Jerusalem that killed two university students.

The bakery’s positive depiction of her has spawned a controversy as summarized in this sharply worded op-ed in J., the Jewish News of Northern California. In the piece, venture capitalist Daniel Frankenstein criticized Assil’s decision to feature a mural of Odeh. A series of coordinated Yelp attacks followed, in which users claimed there was blood in the bakery’s dough and an open endorsements of terrorism on the walls.

To her supporters, Odeh’s confession is another symbol of oppression — a forced admission of guilt made after she allegedly suffered 45 days of torture and interrogation in the weeks after her arrest. The life sentence she received in Israel was eventually cut short 10 years later, when she was freed as part of a prisoner exchange with the U.S. in 1979. Upon her release, Odeh testified before a U.N. special committee that she was tortured, beaten, and sexually abused at the hands of her Israeli interrogators. Her father told the U.N. that he witnessed some of the torture.

Updated: Tensions Rise Over Mural in Arab Bakery

 

[Hollie]

Tensions Rise Over Mural in Arab Bakery

A painting of Rasmeah Odeh is causing controversy in Oakland

Whether intentional or not, Reem’s prominent mural depicting Rasmea Odeh is a shot fired. Odeh is a Palestinian activist who was convicted by the Israeli government in 1970 for her connection to a 1969 grocery store bombing in Jerusalem that killed two university students.

The bakery’s positive depiction of her has spawned a controversy as summarized in this sharply worded op-ed in J., the Jewish News of Northern California. In the piece, venture capitalist Daniel Frankenstein criticized Assil’s decision to feature a mural of Odeh. A series of coordinated Yelp attacks followed, in which users claimed there was blood in the bakery’s dough and an open endorsements of terrorism on the walls.

To her supporters, Odeh’s confession is another symbol of oppression — a forced admission of guilt made after she allegedly suffered 45 days of torture and interrogation in the weeks after her arrest. The life sentence she received in Israel was eventually cut short 10 years later, when she was freed as part of a prisoner exchange with the U.S. in 1979. Upon her release, Odeh testified before a U.N. special committee that she was tortured, beaten, and sexually abused at the hands of her Israeli interrogators. Her father told the U.N. that he witnessed some of the torture.

Updated: Tensions Rise Over Mural in Arab Bakery

Who is surprised that Arabs would celebrate a mass murderer?

 

[P F Tinmore]

Tensions Rise Over Mural in Arab Bakery

A painting of Rasmeah Odeh is causing controversy in Oakland

Whether intentional or not, Reem’s prominent mural depicting Rasmea Odeh is a shot fired. Odeh is a Palestinian activist who was convicted by the Israeli government in 1970 for her connection to a 1969 grocery store bombing in Jerusalem that killed two university students.

The bakery’s positive depiction of her has spawned a controversy as summarized in this sharply worded op-ed in J., the Jewish News of Northern California. In the piece, venture capitalist Daniel Frankenstein criticized Assil’s decision to feature a mural of Odeh. A series of coordinated Yelp attacks followed, in which users claimed there was blood in the bakery’s dough and an open endorsements of terrorism on the walls.

To her supporters, Odeh’s confession is another symbol of oppression — a forced admission of guilt made after she allegedly suffered 45 days of torture and interrogation in the weeks after her arrest. The life sentence she received in Israel was eventually cut short 10 years later, when she was freed as part of a prisoner exchange with the U.S. in 1979. Upon her release, Odeh testified before a U.N. special committee that she was tortured, beaten, and sexually abused at the hands of her Israeli interrogators. Her father told the U.N. that he witnessed some of the torture.

Updated: Tensions Rise Over Mural in Arab Bakery

Who is surprised that Arabs would celebrate a mass murderer?

Says the guy who cheers when Israel kills thousands of Palestinians.