Dorien Ballout, a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigner, talks about the impact of the Netherlands and other countries boycotting Eurovision 2026 after Israel was allowed to compete.
UN experts call for suspension of #Israel from @FIFAcom & @UEFA amid unfolding genocide in occupied #Palestine.
Sporting bodies must not turn a blind eye to grave human rights violations, especially when their platforms are used to normalise injustices.
https://t.co/216nFJtEeG
⚽️BREAKING⚽️Together with fellow UN Independent Experts, I call on @FIFAWorldCup and @UEFA to suspend Israel from int'l football over the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
Reinstatement can come only when genocide is over, occupation is over, apartheid is over.
Het KNAW-bestuur roept de minister van OCW op om zich actief in te zetten voor het opschorten van de deelname van Israël binnen het Europese Horizon programma voor wetenschappelijke samenwerking. https://t.co/K1maYRWmeA
VICTORY AT COVENT GARDEN!
The Royal Opera withdraws its planned 2026 production at the Israeli National Opera in Tel Aviv.
This follows open letter by 182 staff, calling on the RBO to end its silence over genocide.
Breakthrough moment for BDS. 🔥🔥🔥
https://t.co/XAKgZWr68I
Once again the US government tries - and fails - to smear the BDS movement.
The Department of Homeland Security has been caught backtracking, lying, and attempting to spin its attempt to condition $1.9 billion in disaster relief funding to US cities and states on support for Israel … and we have the receipts.
In-depth investigations by +972 Magazine & the Guardian reveal incriminating details about @Microsoft's indispensable role as the technological backbone of Israel's mass surveillance of Palestinians all over Palestine.
Read our statement at https://t.co/kqHXaSJqgc
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300+ academics at German universities have signed a declaration of conscientious objection refusing collaboration with complicit Israeli institutions and universities. Their action is inspired by the Swedish Uppsala Declaration.
https://t.co/o4S5Wvk5FJ
Last week, Israel attacked the Catholic church in Gaza, killing 3 Palestinians and wounding many, including Father Gabriel Romanelli, who used to receive a daily call from the late Pope Francis.
People of all faiths must pressure their faith and political leaders to take concrete action to end any form of complicity in Israel’s genocide, apartheid and other atrocities.
https://t.co/oC8ANLFMD6
If your space stands for justice, show it. Start your journey to becoming an #ApartheidFreeZone (AFZ) today by clicking the link below — and check out our brand new interactive AFZ map!
https://t.co/hG4cABromT
Microsoft: “Microsoft has been active in Israel since 1991, developing its largest centre outside the United States. Its technologies are embedded in the prison service, police, universities and schools – including in colonies. Microsoft has been integrating its systems and civilian tech across the Israeli military since 2003, while acquiring Israeli cybersecurity and surveillance start-ups.”
These are the #BDS consumer boycott targets named in the ground breaking report "From economy of occupation to economy of genocide" by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
The era of impunity for Israel — and corporations — must end. Boycott these companies, now. #EconomyOfGenocide
Read more: https://t.co/ESiC267sQV