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Even before its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Israel spent hundreds of millions of dollars fighting the global, grassroots BDS movement as a "strategic threat" to its decades-old regime of oppression. 🧵
PACBI - BDS movement
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PACBI - BDS movement
@PACBI
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel challenges Israeli apartheid via academic, cultural, sports & anti-pinkwashing campaigns.
Joined February 2011
- After years of BDS campaigning that has cost German conglomerate @PUMA dearly in reputation and projects, we have forced it to abandon its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association in this time of Israel's #GazaGenocide.
- BREAKING: More than 70 former @Eurovision contestants – including UK 2023 contestant, Mae Muller, Irish winner Charlie McGettigan, and Portuguese singer Fernando Tordo – have called for genocidal Israel to be banned. independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
- Palestinians warmly welcome the news that @samsmith will not be performing in apartheid Israel, and avoiding artwashing or pinkwashing Israel’s oppression against Palestinians.
- BREAKING: Reigning Eurovision champion Nemo calls for genocidal Israel to be excluded. “Israel’s actions are fundamentally at odds with the values that Eurovision claims to uphold — peace, unity, and respect for human rights.” (Via Huffington Post)
- BREAKING: We welcome news that @Argentina's "friendly" football match with Israel has been canceled! The team responded to creative campaigning from fans around the world denouncing Israel’s sports-washing of its crimes against Palestinians. @FIFAcom: Take note! #NothingFriendly
- .@GretaThunberg joined tens of thousands of people protesting @Eurovision's inclusion of genocidal Israel in the contest, which takes place on Saturday. #BoycottEurovision2024 #UnitedByGenocide #Eurovision #ESC #ESC2024
- We welcome news that Shakira will not be performing in Tel Aviv, dashing Israel’s hopes to use her name to art-wash its latest massacre in Gaza. Artists, especially UN Goodwill Ambassadors, have a moral duty not to be complicit in covering up human rights violations & apartheid.
- Boycott Disney’s Snow White movie! Disney’s 2025 film Snow White stars Gal Gadot, who has organized screenings of an Israeli military propaganda movie that attempts to justify the unjustifiable: Israel’s ongoing, livestreamed genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. 🧵
- Fans are urging Jin of @BTS_twt to take a stand for Palestinian rights as an #OlympicTorch bearer. Jin, here's how you can do this: Carry or wear: - The Palestinian flag - A call for #CeasefireNow - A call for free entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza #SpeakYourselfBTS
- "A boycott is in place until further notice." Utrecht University becomes first Western academic institution to announce an academic *boycott* of Israel, shattering a taboo. This is the result of strategic, principled work by students & university staff. loom.ly/8324gMs
- It's official! Following a 5-year #BoycottPUMA campaign, we confirm that @PUMA no longer sponsors the Israel Football Association (IFA), which includes teams in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land & advocates to maintain them. Full statement: loom.ly/hMYv008
- We call for the boycott of #Eurovision2024. We urge all participating broadcasters, national competitors, finalists, production crews, and viewers to boycott the contest following the refusal of the organisers @EBU_HQ to ban genocidal Israel. #BoycottEurovision2024
