BDS

Forty-nine staff members at Harvard University have signed an open letter endorsing the Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions movement and student efforts to oppose Israeli apartheid.

Two activists blockaded an Israeli arms firm’s London HQ today to protest against the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

In further indication of the growing support for Palestine in campuses across the world, Melbourne University Students' Union (UMSU) recently passed a resolution -10 to 6- endorsing the global Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.

Harvard University's student-run daily newspaper has announced its support for and endorsement of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Israeli occupation, making it one of the most significant steps by an American university against the occupation.

British activists from the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action shut down the London headquarters of an Israeli-owned arms firm for the third time in two weeks.

NYU Law Students for Justice in Palestine accused Israel of being an “apartheid regime” and said the violence by a presumed Palestinian gunman was “a direct result of the Israeli occupation.”

Egypt's Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has strongly condemned hosting an Israeli music festival at Egyptian army-owned facilities in the Sinai Peninsula, The New Arab news website reported on Friday.

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) at Ohio State University has passed an emergency resolution calling on the University to divest from two companies that contribute to human rights violations against the Palestinian people by providing technology and tools to the Israeli military.

Sixty per cent of academics and scholars in Middle Eastern studies across several American universities have described Israel's occupation of Palestine as "a one state reality akin to apartheid," a new survey shows.

The teach-in was co-hosted by the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) and Students for Prison Education, Abolition and Reform (SPEAR) and focused on the Caterpillar machinery referendum that students will begin voting on this week. 

Members of the Palestine Solidarity Committee hold signs and banners during a protest against the Israeli Block Party event in Austin on Tuesday. Protesters gathered near the McCombs School of Business across the street on Speedway from the Israeli Block Party event.

The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has voted in favour of a resolution condemning Israel for its 'systematic violations' against Palestinians and calling for boycotts, divestments and sanctions against Israeli institutions.