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News and Information about BDS Campaigns

http://bdsmovement.net/  This website is overseen by the Palestinian BDS National Committee and is a good source of BDS news and links to other sources of information.

http://electronicIntifada.net/bytopic/boycott-divestment-sanctions.shtml includes many news and opinion articles about the issue, categorized as academic, consumer, or cultural boycott, and church, university or other divestment.

http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=28  
Links to other boycott and divestment campaigns, links to videos of boycott actions, and resources for starting a campaign.

http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/globalactions.pdf  Extensive compilation of actions, categorized by type of organization, to end Israel’s occupation, including BDS actions (88 pages).

Guides to Organizing BDS Campaigns

http://www.endtheoccupation.org/downloads/divestguide.pdf   A handbook for Student Divestment Campaigns  (42 pages).

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/divestmentaction.html Contains a guide: “Divesting from Israel: A Handbook”

http://alawda.rso.wisc.edu/docs/divestguide.pdf    A guide to campus divestment from Israel, from the University of Wisconsin Divestment from Israel Campaign

http://mn.breakthebonds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/MN-BBC-Template-with-Timeline.pdf   A timeline of the Minnesota Break the Bonds campaign to divest from Israeli Bonds.

Product/Company Lists

http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.php#resources  Broad list of products and companies to boycott or divest from, including companies with significant investment in Israel

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/divestment.html 
Provides two lists: U.S. companies with investments in Israel, and Companies providing arms to Israel.

http://www.baceia.org/resources/product-guide/  A list of Israeli products and where sold in the San Francisco Bay area.

http://www.palestineinformation.org/boycott.htm  Boycott campaign of the Palestine Solidarity Committee – Seattle, provides a list of Israeli products and the stores in Seattle where sold.

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/375 Report by the Divestment Task Force of the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church lists 29 publicly traded companies that support the Occupation.

http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/profiting.pdf List of companies that support the occupation by providing military support, or supporting the settlements, or that have operations on occupied land.

http://www.whoprofits.org/Involvements.php?id=grp_inv_settlement provides an extensive list of products produced in the settlements, and companies that provide services to the settlements.
 

   
 

 

   
 

LINKS TO BDS INTERNET ARTICLES

Ali Abunimah on BDS--Olympia BDS--Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian American who serves as a Board of Directors member for the Arab American Action Network and the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center. He is also a co-founder of the Electronic Intifada website. Abunimah authored the 2006 book One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, which rejects a two-state solution and proposes the creation of a single, united, democratic state for Israelis and Palestinians alike. In this video he addresses BDS. Click here.

The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement--Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss, the Nation
9 June 2010--In April the student senate at the University of California, Berkeley, twice held all-night sessions to debate a proposal urging the school to divest from two US military companies "materially and militarily profiting" from the occupation of the Palestinian territories. Hundreds of people packed the hall, and statements in support of the measure were read aloud from leaders, including Noam Chomsky, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Naomi Klein and Alice Walker. Read article.

Is BDS the Way to End the Occupation Tikkun--On May 11, 2010, Tikkun hosted a roundtable discussion among peace activists on the issue of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS).
     Rabbi Michael Lerner:
We've convened this roundtable discussion because we at Tikkun are aware that the various movements and people engaged in the struggle for peace in the Middle East and who seek reconciliation between Israel and Palestine are increasingly divided over the issue of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS). Read more...
   
 
 
 
 

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