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List of organizations that have endorsed the BDS movement

List of organizations that support the BDS movement include organizations that either has supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement or has endorsed comprehensive boycotts of Israel. Comprehensive is here defined as a boycott that is not tied to a particular industry (e.g weapons embargo) or exclusive to goods from the Israeli settlements. The list does not include organizations that support BDS' right to call for a boycott of Israel but does not themselves support the boycott. The year column indicates when the organization first professed support for BDS.

Organization Type Members Region Year
Edinburgh University Students' Association[1][fn 1] Student union 41,300 UK 2016
The Harvard Crimson Editorial Board[2][3] Editorial board 87 US 2022
Teaching Assistants Association[4] Trade union 9,000 US 2016
Muslim Student Union[5] Student union ? US 2010
National Lawyers Guild[6] Bar association ? US 2020
Union of Agricultural Work Committees[7] Farmers' union ? Palestine 2012
Canadian Union of Postal Workers[8] Trade union 54,000 Canada 2018
Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante[9] Student union ? Canada 2008
Fédération des femmes du Québec[10] Feminist organization ? Canada 2010
Centrale des syndicats du Québec[11] Trade union 180,000[11] Canada 2018
Democratic Socialists of America[12] Political organization ? United States 2017
Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions Trade union 290,000 Palestine ?
Socialist Left Party[13] Political party ? Norway 2019
ARIJ[fn 2] Think tank ? Palestine 2005
Addameer[fn 2][14] Prisoner support ? Palestine 2005
Palestinian NGOs Network Umbrella org. for NGOs 134[15] Palestine ?
Movement for Black Lives[16] Coalition of human rights groups 50+ US 2016
Boycott from Within[17] Political group ? Israel ?
New Profile[17] Political group ? Israel 2019
Women in Black[17] Anti-war group 10,000 International ?
BRISMES[18] Scholarly organization ? UK 2019
LO[19] Trade union 900,000 Norway 2017
Ma'an News Agency[fn 2][20] Wire service n/a Palestine 2005
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions[21] Human rights NGO ? Israel 2010
War on Want[22] Anti-poverty charity ? UK 2018
National Union of Journalists[fn 3][23] Trade union 40,000 UK 2007
Union of Students in Ireland[24] Student union 374,000 Ireland 2018
Irish Congress of Trade Unions[25] Trade union 600,000 Ireland 2009
Scottish Trades Union Congress[26] Trade union 560,000 UK 2009
University and College Union[27] Trade union 120,000 UK 2010
National Union of Students[28] Student union Millions UK 2015
National Campus and Community Radio Association[29] NGO of radio stations ? Canada 2011
Mennonite Church Canada[30] Church 31,000 Canada 2016
Unifor[31] Trade union 310,000 Canada 2017
Concordia Graduate Students Association[32] Student union 8,000 Canada 2013
Concordia Student Union[32] Student union ? Canada 2014
York Federation of Students[33] Student union ? Canada 2013
Scarborough Campus Students' Union[34] Student union 14,000 Canada 2020
American Friends Service Committee[35] Religious society Thousands US 2019
NATFHE[fn 4][36] Trade union 69,000[36] UK 2006
CUT[37] Trade union 20 million Brazil ?
Trades Union Congress[37] Trade union 7 million UK ?
Canadian Union of Public Employees[37][38] Trade union 700,000 Canada 2006
UE[39] Trade union 35,000 US 2015
Hampshire College[37] Private college n/a US 2009
Jewish Voice for Peace[40] Human rights NGO ? US 2015
American Studies Association[41] Scholarly organization 5,000 US 2013
Association for Asian American Studies[41] Scholarly organization ? US 2013
American Anthropological Association[42] Scholarly organization 10,000+ US 2023
Association for Humanist Sociology[41] Scholarly organization ? US ?
NACCS[41] Scholarly organization ? US ?
NAISA[41] Scholarly organization ? US ?
Middle East Studies Association of North America[41] Scholarly organization ? US ?
National Women's Studies Association[41][43] Scholarly organization 2,350 US 2015
Congress of South African Trade Unions[44] Trade union ? South Africa 2011
National Union of Teachers[45] Trade union ? UK 2014
Unite the Union[46] Trade union ? UK 2014
UAW Local 2865[fn 5][47] Trade union 14,000 US 2014
Confédération des syndicats nationaux[48] Trade union 325,000 Canada 2015
African National Congress[49] Political party 769,000 South Africa 2012
Green Party of England and Wales[50] Political party ? England and Wales 2014
Scottish Greens[51] Political party ? Scotland 2015
Green Party of Canada[52] Political party ? Canada 2016
Socialist International[53] ? ? ? 2018
Greens New South Wales[54] Political party 3,000 Australia 2010
Québec solidaire[55] Political party ? Canada ?
Students for Justice in Palestine Human rights NGO ? International ?
All India Kisan Sabha[56] Peasant movement 16 million India 2017
Canadian Federation of Students[57] Student union 500,000 Canada 2018
Association des Travailleurs Grecs du Québec[58] Immigrant labor organization ? Canada ?
NDN Collective[59] Human rights NGO ? US 2021
Students' Federation of India[60] Scholarly organization 4,300,405[61] India 2018
Latin American Council of Social Sciences[62] Scholarly organization ? International 2022
University of Melbourne Student Union[63] Student union ? Australia 2022
National Conference of Black Lawyers[64] Human rights NGO ? US 2021
Green Party of California[65] Political party 85,828 US 2022
Anglican Church of Southern Africa[66] Church ? South Africa 2019
United Church of Christ[67] Church 773,500 United States 2015
Northern Independence Party[68] Political party 1,400[69] United Kingdom 2023
Fourth International[70] Political organisation ? International 2010
Muslim Students Federation (Kerala state) Student union 200,000 International 2006
Plaid Cymru[71] Political party 10,000 Wales 2024

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Notes

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  1. ^ The motion passed 249 to 153 with 22 absentions but were later overturned.
  2. ^ a b c Signatory to the BDS call.
  3. ^ In 2014, NUJ voted against a motion supporting boycotts of all Israeli goods and BDS.
  4. ^ The motion calling for an academic boycott of Israel was only in effect a few days before the union merged with the Association of University Teachers at which point it was reduced to advisory status.
  5. ^ A year after the UAW Local 2865 adopted its resolution in support of the BDS, the UAW International Executive Board "nullified" the vote.

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  1. ^ "Edinburgh Students Vote 62% for BDS". The Forward. April 5, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "In Support of Boycott, Divest, Sanctions and a Free Palestine". The Harvard Crimson. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  3. ^ "The Crimson Faces Backlash Over Editorial Endorsing BDS Movement". The Harvard Crimson. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  4. ^ Shafie; Chávez (2019). ""Pinkwashing and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign," May 25, 2016". Journal of Civil and Human Rights. 5. University of Illinois Press: 32. doi:10.5406/jcivihumarigh.2019.0032. ISSN 2378-4245. S2CID 211353589.
  5. ^ "Anti-Semitism at UC Irvine" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. 2013. In May 2010, the Muslim Student Union (MSU) held its annual anti-Israel event at UC Irvine (UCI), titled "Israeli Apartheid Week: A Call to Boycott, Divest and Sanction,"
  6. ^ "Agent for Israel drops lawsuit against National Lawyers Guild". The Electronic Intifada. May 20, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020. A lawsuit intended to harass the National Lawyers Guild over its support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights has been voluntarily dismissed by the anti-Palestinian litigant who filed it.
  7. ^ "Palestinian civil society applauds UK Co-operative movement decision to end trade with companies involved with Israeli violations of international law". BDS Movement. May 3, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  8. ^ "What is Happening in Palestine? Nakba – 70th Anniversary of the Palestinian Catastrophe". CUPW. May 14, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Support L'Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (ASSÉ) Decision to Join the BDS Movement". BDS Movement. June 3, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Fédération des Femmes du Québec (FFQ) declares support for BDS". BDS Movement. June 7, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Un syndicat québécois se prononce pour BDS". Association France Palestine Solidarité (in French). July 13, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  12. ^ "DSA Votes for BDS, Reparations, and Out of the Socialist International". Left Voice. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  13. ^ "i24NEWS". i24NEWS. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  14. ^ "Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) statement on BDS movement". Addameer. February 9, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "EU funding criterion accused of 'criminalising Palestinian resistance'". Middle East Monitor. February 4, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  16. ^ Sidahmed, Mazin (August 11, 2016). "Critics denounce Black Lives Matter platform accusing Israel of 'genocide'". the Guardian. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  17. ^ a b c Leonie Fleischmann (19 September 2019). The Israeli Peace Movement: Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-83860-098-3.
  18. ^ "British Society for Middle Eastern Studies endorses boycott of Israeli universities". Middle East Monitor. June 25, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2020. The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) has endorsed the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, in a vote taken at its AGM in Leeds on Monday. According to reports on social media, the resolution supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign was easily passed, with almost 80 percent support (final numbers to be confirmed).
  19. ^ "Defying leaders, Norway trade unionists endorse Israel boycott". The Electronic Intifada. May 18, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2020. Norway's largest and most influential trade union organization has called for a full boycott of Israel. Last Friday, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) voted to endorse a statement that embraces the entire slate of demands in the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS).
  20. ^ "Palestinian Civil Society Call for BDS". BDS Movement. July 9, 2005. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  21. ^ "Boycotts, Divestments, Sanctions". ICAHD. April 5, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2020. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) was the first Israeli organisation to endorse a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign and to formulate a statement, issued in January 2005, calling on the international community to support it. The statement was updated in January 2010 and reaffirms ICAHD's support for BDS as an instrument of Palestinian liberation and brings our call into the framework of the Unified Palestinian Civil Society Call of 2005.
  22. ^ Rehman, Asad (January 9, 2018). "Israel's BDS blacklist is straight out of apartheid. The UK can't condone it". the Guardian. Retrieved August 29, 2020. Banning groups, such as War on Want, that support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is a desperate attempt to silence human rights defenders
  23. ^ "The backlash against the UK National Union of Journalists' boycott motion". The Electronic Intifada. May 1, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2020. The fact that BBC journalist Alan Johnston was still missing, presumed held by a Palestinian group, at the time of the conference, increased the anti-boycotters' sense of incredulity. Witness Jonathan Freedland's Guardian column: " 'So, besides holding a special session on Johnston, what is the NUJ's response? To spring into action and boycott, er, Israel. Does someone need to give those 66 NUJ activists who voted for a boycott (as opposed to the 54 who voted against) a quick refresher course in the Middle East conflict, so they can tell which side is which?'"
  24. ^ "Students vote to support justice and human rights for Palestine by backing BDS campaign". Union of Students in Ireland. October 11, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  25. ^ "Irish Congress of Trade Unions maintains commitment to BDS and moves policy forward". Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  26. ^ "Scottish Trade Union Congress Joins BDS Campaign!!!". BDS Movement. April 23, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  27. ^ Jonny Paul (2 June 2010). "Britain's largest academic union cuts ties with Histadrut". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  28. ^ Eichner, Itamar (June 2, 2015). "UK's National Union of Students joins BDS movement". ynetnews. Retrieved August 28, 2020. An amendment supporting the BDS movement was proposed by the School of Oriental and African Studies. This too passed, with 19 voting in favor, 14 against and three abstained
  29. ^ "NCRC: resolutions from the membership". NCRA/ANREC. Archived from the original on June 19, 2021. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020. This year the membership upheld an AMARC motion supporting the BDS movement in solidarity with Palestine, changed Women in Radio day to Equity in Radio day, set in motion a national campaign supporting CKLN and reserving its frequency in Toronto and struck committees for social justice and anti-racism work.
  30. ^ "Mennonite Church of Canada Backs BDS". The Forward. Jul 18, 2016. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020. The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement claimed a landslide victory in Canada on the weekend of July 9 as the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly overwhelmingly supported a resolution backing the boycott of Israel.
  31. ^ "Unifor, Canada's largest private-sector union, adopts BDS motion". The Canadian Jewish News. Aug 31, 2017. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020. Unifor, Canada's largest private-sector union with more than 310,000 members across the country, adopted a motion in support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement at its recent convention.
  32. ^ a b "Concordia president swiftly denounces pro-BDS vote". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020. Concordia University president Alan Shepard has denounced academic boycotts in principle in the wake of undergraduates at his school narrowly voting in favour of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. ... In January 2013, the Concordia Graduate Students Association passed a pro-BDS resolution at its general assembly. Its membership is about 8,000.
  33. ^ Nora Barrows-Friedman. "Boycott resolution passed by York University's undergraduate student union". On Thursday in Toronto, York University's undergraduate student union — the York Federation of Students — passed a resolution in favor of the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The York Federation of Students is the largest student union in Canada. The resolution demands that the university administration "abides by the BDS call" and urges York to "withdraw its investments from Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Amphenol and other companies that are selling weapons and military equipment to Israel."
  34. ^ "SCSU Board of Directors votes to reaffirm support for BDS movement – The Varsity". The Varsity – U of T's student newspaper since 1880. Jan 26, 2020. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020. After a chaotic Annual General Meeting that left many items on the agenda unaddressed due to a room-booking issue, the Scarborough Campus Students' Union (SCSU) voted to reaffirm its support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel at its January Board of Directors meeting on January 22.
  35. ^ "What you should know about AFSC's support for the BDS movement". American Friends Service Committee. Jan 7, 2019. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  36. ^ a b "Lecturers call for Israel boycott". BBC News. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  37. ^ a b c d The Case for Sanctions Against Israel. Verso Books. 2 May 2012. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-84467-803-7.
  38. ^ "Ontario CUPE website". Background on Resolution #50. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  39. ^ "UE Endorses BDS Movement for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine". UE.
  40. ^ "JVP Supports the BDS Movement". Jewish Voice for Peace. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
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  42. ^ Jaschik, Scott (2023-07-24). "Anthropologists Vote to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  43. ^ "U.S. women's studies group votes to join BDS movement". Haaretz.com. December 1, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  44. ^ "COSATU Endorses the Palestinian Call to Impose an Immediate, Comprehensive Military Embargo on Israel". BDSmovement. 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  45. ^ "NUT Annual Conference 2014 final agenda" (PDF). National Union of Teachers. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  46. ^ Lewis, Jerry (6 July 2014). "UK's largest union backs boycott of Israel". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  47. ^ "Solidarity with UAW Local 2865". January 28, 2016.
  48. ^ Louis-Serge Houle (2015). "La CSN se joint au mouvement mondial". Confédération des syndicats nationaux. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  49. ^ Gordin, Jeremy (2012-12-21). "South Africa's Ruling Party Endorses BDS Campaign Against Israel". Haaretz. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  50. ^ Israel's Ground Invasion, Autumn 2014, Green Party of England and Wales
  51. ^ "Scottish Party Passes Motion for Boycott of Israel, Removal of Hamas From List of Terror Groups". Algemeiner.com. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  52. ^ "Green Party's support for 'polarizing' boycott against Israel forces Elizabeth May to reconsider future". CBC News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  53. ^ "Socialist International of 140 Global Political Parties Adopts BDS, Calls for Military Embargo on Israel". Palestinian BDS National Committee. July 5, 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  54. ^ "Israel boycotts now official NSW Greens policy". The Australian Jewish News. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  55. ^ Jerome Klassen; Gregory Albo (2013-01-10). Empire's Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan. University of Toronto Press. p. 407. ISBN 978-1-4426-1304-1.
  56. ^ "16 Million-Strong Organization in India Joins the BDS Movement". BDS Movement. October 24, 2017.
  57. ^ Staff, C. J. N. (November 20, 2018). "Canadian Federation of Students adopts BDS motion".
  58. ^ "Artists and Academics in Montréal Oppose Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement in Stand for Palestinian Rights". BDSmovement.net. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  59. ^ "NDN Collective Decries Israeli Human Rights Violations & Colonial Violence in Palestine". NDN Collective. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  60. ^ Algemeiner, The. "Communist Indian Student Group Endorses BDS, Targets Hewlett Packard". Algemeiner.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  61. ^ "Membership". Official Website :: Students' Federation of India. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  62. ^ "Palestinians Welcome Unanimous Vote By CLACSO to Endorse BDS". BDS Movement. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  63. ^ "BDS: Melbourne University students endorse boycott campaign". Middle East Monitor. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  64. ^ Lawyers, National Conference of Black (2021-06-01). "NCBL STATEMENT: THE ISRAEL & PALESTINE CONFLICT". NCBL. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  65. ^ "California Green Party formally joins Israel boycott, divestment & sanctions movement | Green Party of California (GPCA)". www.cagreens.org. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  66. ^ Chernick, Ilanit (3 October 2019). "Anglican Church of S. Africa passes BDS resolution". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  67. ^ "United Church of Christ Approves Divestment to Aid Palestinians". The New York Times. June 30, 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2022. The United Church of Christ, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States, overwhelmingly approved a resolution Tuesday calling for divestment from companies that profit from Israel's occupation or control of Palestinian territories, and a boycott of products from Israeli settlements.
  68. ^ Northern Independence Party [@FreeNorthNow] (April 5, 2023). "Westminster must end all arms sales to Israel. We support the activists who have taken it upon themselves to regularly blockade the factories producing these arms, and we support the BDS movement as an act of international solidarity.
    Free Palestine. 2/2"     (Tweet). Retrieved 6 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  69. ^ Wolfe-Robinson, Maya (2 April 2021). "Past and present Labour MPs square off in Hartlepool". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  70. ^ "On the Israeli offensive against Gaza and in solidarity with the Palestinian People". Fourth International. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  71. ^ Deans, David (11 October 2024). "Plaid Cymru backs calls for Israel boycott". BBC Wales News. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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