Articles on BDS

In the BDS fight, 'D' is the letter Israel should really worry about (Haaretz)

David Rosenberg
Oct 31, 2021

Across the developed world, big businesses are facing pressure from institutional investors and a growing body of European legislation to meet a host of standards ranging from human rights to the environment.

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Kairos Palestine position on the BDS call

The goal of BDS is to end the occupation and secure peace and security for all; it is a non-violent tool. By affirming this tactic, we reject violence and revenge and suggest peaceful ways of ending the occupation. Our analysis shows this is an effective tool. Richard Falk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, also praises its effectiveness:“[BDS] is also making use of persuasive and coercive non-violent means to secure the human rights of Palestinians living under oppressive and unlawful conditions of occupation that the actions of diplomacy or the authority of the organized international community seem unable to correct. BDS represents the mobilized efforts of global civil society to replace a regime of force with the rule of law in relation to the OPT.”

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Justice Must Not Be Selective

Reflection on the BDS call in the Kairos Palestine document
Rifat Odeh Kassis
February 2010

Words always matter, and names always have a life of their own. But perhaps Palestine and Israel form a context in which words become positions more dramatically than in many others. The authors of the "Moment of Truth" document, which is the Christian Palestinians' word to the world about the occupation of Palestine and a call for support in opposing it – have repeatedly been asked about the
use of the word "boycott." What exactly does this mean? How far exactly does it go?

And what exactly does it call for?

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BDS Toolkit
This toolkit is a resource developed by Global Kairos for Justice, a network that emerged from the Kairos Palestine conference held in Bethlehem in 2018 which was a follow up to the 2009 groundbreaking document, Kairos Palestine: A Moment of Truth.

This is an excellent resource for churches and other groups who wish to be engaged in Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions.

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10 brands you'll have to give up if you're boycotting Israel
Since 2005, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) has called on the international community to pressure Israel economically as "a form of civil resistance to Israeli occupation, colonialism, and apartheid."

That would mean significant lifestyle changes for some consumers. Here are 10 brands that BDS supporters have urged others to boycott, not to mention thousands of other products that contain or use Israeli-developed technology, including iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, Skype, computer firewalls, and Microsoft XP.

The source for this list is the Christian Science Monitor.

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UNJPPI Note: This is not a list that is recommended by UNJPPI. UNJPPI supports boycott of products produced in the illegal settlements in the Palestinian Territory (West Bank). For products that UNJPPI and The United Church are advocating for economic action (boycott), see the "Unsettling Goods" Campaign.

This includes products produced in the settlements but also some produced in Israel. The list is provided for those who may ask: "What should we boycott?"