List of people who support the BDS movement
List of people who support the BDS movement include those who have either voiced support for the BDS movement or for comprehensive boycotts against Israel. The list does not include people who support boycotting products from Israeli settlements but not from Israel. The year column denotes the year they most recently professed support for such a boycott.
Name | Occupation | Country | Year | Source |
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Kae Tempest | Spoken word performer and playwright | United Kingdom | 2018 | [1] |
Alice Walker | Author | United States | 2012 | [2] |
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa | Politician | United States | 2018 | [3] |
David Klein | Mathematician | United States | ? | [4] |
Elmaz Abinader | Author and poet | United States | ? | [4] |
Ash Sarkar | Journalist and political commentator | United Kingdom | 2021 | [5] |
Zahi Khouri | Businessman | Palestine | 2015 | [6] |
Farid Esack | Scholar, writer and activist | South Africa | 2018 | [7] |
Steven Friedman | Academic and columnist | South Africa | 2013 | [8] |
Lawrence Davidson | History professor | United States | 2013 | [9] |
Nur Masalha | Writer and academic | Israel | 2014 | [10] |
Lisa Taraki | Journalist, teacher, and sociologist | Palestine | 2004 | [11] |
Oren Ben-Dor | Law professor | United Kingdom | 2005 | [12] |
George Bisharat | Law professor | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Amir Khadir | Politician and activist | Canada | 2020 | [14] |
Tanya Reinhart | Linguist and writer | Israel | 2007 | [15] |
Nurit Peled-Elhanan | Professor of language and education | Israel | 2013 | [16] |
Ronit Lentin | Sociologist and writer | Israel | 2014 | [17] |
Uri Davis | Academic and civil rights activist | Palestine | 2019 | [18] |
Neve Gordon | Professor of international law | Israel | 2009 | [19] |
Jean-Luc Godard | Film director | France | 2018 | [20] |
Gideon Levy | Journalist | Israel | 2018 | [21] |
Jamal Zahalka | Politician | Israel | 2014 | [22] |
Basel Ghattas | Politician | Israel | 2016 | [23] |
Haneen Zoabi | Politician | Israel | 2019 | [24] |
Linda Sarsour | Activist | United States | ? | [25] |
Ali Abunimah | Journalist | United States | 2009 | [26] |
Leila Khaled | Refugee and political activist | United States | 2014 | [27] |
Cornel West | Philosopher and activist | United States | 2016 | [28] |
Jill Stein | Physician and activist | United States | 2016 | [29] |
David Lloyd | Poet and professor of literature | United States | 2009 | [30] |
Partha Chatterjee | Political scientist and anthropologist | United States | 2016 | [31] |
Nadia Abu El-Haj | Anthropologist | United States | 2016 | [31] |
Joseph Massad | Professor in Political Science | United States | 2016 | [31] |
Rashid Khalidi | Professor of Modern Arab Studies | United States | 2016 | [31] |
Howie Hawkins | Politician and activist | United States | 2014 | [32] |
Brian Jones | Actor and educator | United States | 2014 | [32] |
Henning Mankell | Author | Sweden | 2010 | [33] |
Iain Banks | Author | United Kingdom | 2013 | [34] |
Joel Harden | Politician | Canada | 2017 | [35] |
Pete Seeger | American folk singer and activist | United States | 2011 | [36] |
Steven Salaita | Scholar and author | United States | 2014 | [37] |
Jake Lynch | Journalist and academic | Australia | 2013 | [38] |
Miko Peled | Writer and activist | Israel | 2014 | [39] |
Nurit Peled-Elhanan | Philologist and professor of language | Israel | 2014 | [39] |
Michael Ratner | Attorney | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Josh Ruebner | Author and political analyst | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Antony Loewenstein | Journalist | Australian German | 2014 | [39] |
Jennifer Loewenstein | Freelance journalist | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Bertell Ollman | Professor of politics | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Ilan Pappé | Historian and activist | Israel | 2014 | [39] |
Hedy Epstein | Political activist | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Samuel Farber | Professor Emeritus of Political Science | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Cynthia G. Franklin | Literary and cultural critic | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Lynn Gottlieb | Rabbi | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Jeff Halper | Anthropologist and activist | Israel | 2014 | [39] |
Adam Horowitz | Screenwriter and producer | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Selma James | Writer and activist | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Lenni Brenner | Trotskyist writer | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Jonathan Beller | Film theorist and culture critic | United States | 2014 | [39] |
Daniel Boyarin | Historian of religion | Israel | 2014 | [39] |
Max Blumenthal | Journalist | United States | 2014 | [39] |
John Williams | Classical guitarist | United States | ? | [40] |
Adrienne Rich | Poet and feminist | United States | ? | [40] |
John Greyson | Director and activist | Canada | ? | [40] |
Udi Aloni | Filmmaker and activist | Israel | ? | [40] |
Aharon Shabtai | Poet and translator | Israel | ? | [40] |
Sarah Schulman | Writer and gay activist | United States | 2013 | [41] |
Naomi Klein | Author | Canada | 2016 | [42] |
Judith Butler | Philosopher and gender theorist | United States | ? | [40] |
Joan Wallach Scott | Historian | United States | 2013 | [43] |
George Smith | Biologist | United States | 2019 | [44] |
Cori Bush | Politician | United States | 2020 | [45] |
Walid Raad | Contemporary media artist | United States | 2019 | [46] |
Upendra Baxi | Legal scholar | India | 2010 | [47] |
Vina Mazumdar | Academic and activist | India | 2010 | [47] |
Praful Bidwai | Journalist and political activist | India | 2010 | [47] |
Saba Dewan | Documentary film maker | India | 2010 | [47] |
Jayati Ghosh | Development economist | India | 2010 | [47] |
Githa Hariharan | Writer | India | 2010 | [47] |
Zoya Hasan | Academic and political scientist | India | 2010 | [47] |
Prabhat Patnaik | Marxist economist and political commentator | India | 2010 | [47] |
Nandini Sundar | Sociologist | India | 2010 | [47] |
Amin Husain | Activist, adjunct professor | United States | 2015 | [48] |
As'ad AbuKhalil | Professor of political science | United States | 2015 | [49] |
Egil Olsen | Football manager | Norway | 2010 | [50] |
Colin Blakemore | Neurobiologist | United Kingdom | 2002 | [51] |
Eva Jablonka | Theorist and geneticist | Israel | 2002 | [51] |
Hilary Rose | Sociologist | United Kingdom | 2014 | [52] |
Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond | Physicist and essayist | France | 2002 | [51] |
Jonathan Rosenhead | Mathematician and activist | United Kingdom | 2014 | [52] |
Nicholas Mirzoeff | Visual culture theorist | United States | 2015 | [48] |
Moshé Machover | Mathematician | United Kingdom | 2014 | [52] |
Patrick Bateson | Biologist | United Kingdom | 2002 | [51] |
Per Andersen | Neuroscientist | Norway | 2002 | [51] |
Richard Dawkins | Geneticist | United Kingdom | 2002 | [51] |
Stephen Hawking | Physicist | United Kingdom | 2013 | [53] |
Steven Rose | Neuroscientist | United Kingdom | 2014 | [52] |
William Dalrymple | Historian | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Jackie Walker | Activist | United Kingdom | ? | [55] |
Omar Barghouti | Activist | Palestine | 2013 | [56] |
Tariq Ali | Activist, writer and journalist | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Miriam Margolyes | Actor | United Kingdom | 2014 | [52] |
John Berger | Art critic | United Kingdom | 2006 | [57] |
Russell Brand | Comedian and actor | United Kingdom | ? | [58] |
Danny Glover | Actor and film maker | United States | ? | [58] |
Alexei Sayle | Comedian and actor | United Kingdom | 2014 | [52] |
Asif Kapadia | Filmmaker | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Elia Suleiman | Film director and actor | Palestine | 2006 | [57] |
Julien Temple | Film and music video director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Ken Loach | Filmmaker | United Kingdom | 2017 | [59] |
Michael Radford | Film director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Mike Hodges | Screenwriter | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Mike Leigh | Film and theatre director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Paul Laverty | Screenwriter and lawyer | United Kingdom | 2017 | [59] |
Peter Kosminsky | Writer, director and producer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Phyllida Lloyd | Film director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Rebecca O'Brien | Film producer | United Kingdom | 2017 | [59] |
Roger Michell | Theatre, television and film director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Sophie Fiennes | Film director and producer | United Kingdom | 2006 | [57] |
Eduardo Galeano | Journalist | Uruguay | 2006 | [57] |
Boots Riley | Rapper | United States | 2014 | [60] |
Brian Eno | Electronic musician | United Kingdom | 2006 | [57] |
Chuck D | Rapper | United States | ? | [61] |
Don Martin[62] | Rapper | Norway | ? | [62] |
Immortal Technique | Rapper and activist | United States | ? | [62] |
Lauryn Hill | Singer, songwriter and rapper | United States | ? | [61] |
Reem Kelani | Musician | United Kingdom | 2006 | [57] |
Roger Waters | Musician | United Kingdom | 2012 | [63] |
Tumi Molekane | Rapper | South Africa | ? | [62] |
Liz Lochhead | Poet | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Bonnie Greer | Playwright | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Chris Williamson | Politician | United Kingdom | ? | [64] |
Ilhan Omar | Politician | United States | ? | [65] |
Mandla Mandela | Politician | South Africa | ? | [66] |
Rashida Tlaib | Politician | United States | ? | [65] |
Rozanne Foyer | Trade union leader | United Kingdom | 2020 | [67] |
Desmond Tutu | Archbishop | South Africa | ? | [68] |
Jimmy McGovern | Screenwriter | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Leon Rosselson | Songwriter | United Kingdom | 2006 | [57] |
Ahdaf Soueif | Novelist and commentator | Egypt | 2014 | [52] |
Aminatta Forna | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Andrew O'Hagan | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Arundhati Roy | Author | India | 2010 | [57][47] |
Benjamin Zephaniah | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
China Miéville | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Gillian Slovo | Writer | South Africa | 2015 | [54] |
Hanan al-Shaykh | Writer | Lebanon | 2015 | [54] |
Hari Kunzru | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Junot Díaz | Writer and creative writing professor | United States | 2014 | [60] |
Kamila Shamsie | Writer | United Kingdom | 2019 | [54][69] |
Marina Warner | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Mark Haddon | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Michael Rosen | Author and poet | United Kingdom | 2015 | [54] |
Mike Marqusee | Writer | United States | 2014 | [52] |
Julian Casablancas | Rock singer | United States | 2021 | [52] |
Bianca Casady | Singer | United States | 2021 | [70] |
See also[]
- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
- List of people who oppose the BDS movement
- List of organizations that have endorsed the BDS movement
References[]
- ^ Oltermann, Philip (26 June 2018). "Young Fathers disinvited and then reinvited by German arts festival". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Flood, Alison (20 June 2012). "Alice Walker declines request to publish Israeli edition of The Color Purple". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Pearson, Rick (6 September 2017). "Dem gov hopeful Biss drops running mate Ramirez-Rosa over Israel views". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Endorsers". US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ @AyoCaesar (15 May 2021). "@BDS4Justice I have done so repeatedly" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Torossian, Ronn (15 June 2015). "Coca-Cola Palestine CEO Urges Boycott of Israel". Observer. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "South Africa to honour senior BDS member". Middle East Monitor. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Kalman, Aaron (12 September 2013). "BDS head draws fire after defending 'Shoot the Jew' chant". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "The boycott of Israel eight years in". BDS Movement. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Letters (18 July 2014). "The arms trade and Israel's attack on Gaza". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Taraki, Lisa (19 August 2004). "» Boycotting the Israeli Academy". Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Oren Ben-Dor, The boycott should continue: A fight to foster real academic freedom in Israel should unite academics all over the world, The Independent, May 30, 2005.
- ^ Bisharat, George (30 January 2014). "Applause for the academic boycott of Israel". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Média, Bell (8 September 2020). "Céline Dion urged not to perform in Israel by Canadian advocacy group". iHeartRadio. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Brittain, Victoria (21 March 2007). "Obituary: Tanya Reinhart". the Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Atygalle, Singhe (1 April 2013). "Colonizing Childhood and Zionist Pedagogy: Interview With Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan". Groundviews. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "An Interview with Scholar and Activist Ronit Lentin". Sydney Staff for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Against Israeli Apartheid - for Freedom and Justice in Palestine ..." Uri Davis. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Gordon, Neve (20 August 2009). "Boycott Israel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Jean-Luc Godard annonce son soutien au mouvement de boycott du cinéma israélien". The Times of Israël (in French). 8 May 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Veteran Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: BDS Is Not Anti-Semitic – – IMEMC News". – IMEMC News – International Middle East Media Center. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Finland, ICAHD (7 September 2014). "Jamal Zahalka: Role of the BDS movement". Vimeo. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Arab MK says BDS is only solution to stop occupation". Middle East Monitor. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Kearns, Paul. "Exclusive: Is This The Most Hated Woman in Israel?". Hotpress. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
I briefly outline the proposed BDS (Boycott Divestment & Sanctions) legislation that is currently moving through the Irish parliament, a proposal designed to specifically target Israeli settlements. Does she support BDS in relation to all of Israel? Her answer in an emphatic, “Of course.”
- ^ Richardson, Valerie (19 August 2020). "Biden team disavows anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour after she speaks at DNC delegate meeting". The Washington Times. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Ali Abunmiah,, 'Why Israel won't survive,' Electronic Intifada, 10 November 2009.
- ^ Schmitt, Paula (17 May 2014). "Interview with Leila Khaled: 'BDS is effective, but it doesn't liberate land'". +972 Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics". The New York Times. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
Cornel West, a Sanders appointee, expressed concern that “for too long, the Democratic Party has been beholden to Aipac” — the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the bipartisan pro-Israel lobbying group — which “didn’t take seriously the humanity of Palestinian brothers and sisters.” He added that the party was now at a “turning point,” which was why he supports the B.D.S.
- ^ "Statement on US Foreign Policy, Palestine-Israel, and BDS". Jill Stein 2016. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Israel Boycott Movement Comes to U.S. by Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 26, 2009
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d JTA (2 March 2016). "40 Columbia professors sign BDS petition". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "BDS Open Letter". Howie Hawkins for NY. 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
If you want to vote for BDS on November 4th, vote Green! Howie Hawkins and I are the only candidates running for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York who have pledged to divest the state of New York from Israel's murderous occupation of Palestine.
- ^ Robert Booth; Kate Connolly; Tom Phillips; Helena Smith (2 June 2010). "Gaza flotilla raid: 'We heard gunfire – then our ship turned into lake of blood'". The Guardian.
- ^ Iain M. Banks (5 April 2013). "Iain Banks: why I'm supporting a cultural boycott of Israel".
I support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign because, especially in our instantly connected world, an injustice committed against one, or against one group of people, is an injustice against all, against every one of us; a collective injury.
- ^ "Roger Waters voices support for Israel boycott". Haaretz. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
Last week, American folk music legend Pete Seeger officially joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign - an international movement to pressure and sanction Israel through economic means.
- ^ "How to practice BDS in academe". The Electronic Intifada. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Narunsky, Gareth; Kohn, Peter; Davis, Rebecca (7 November 2013). "Racism lawsuit against Lynch". The Australian Jewish News – AJN. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "'Jews For Palestinian Right of Return' endorse American Studies Association boycott of Israeli academic institutions". Mondoweiss.net. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f The Case for Sanctions Against Israel. Verso Books. 2 May 2012. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1-84467-803-7.
- ^ "NYC 'Israeli Apartheid Week' kicks off: Queer scholar Sarah Schulman advocates BDS at LGBT Center". Mondoweiss. 12 March 2013.
- ^ "UpFront | TV Shows News | Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ Joan W. Scott (2013). "Changing My Mind about the Boycott" (PDF).
Israel’s legal system rests on the inequality of Jewish and non-Jewish citizens; its childrenare regularlytaught that Arab lives are worth less than Jewish lives; its military interfereswith Palestinians’ access to university education, freedom of assembly, and the right to free speech; ... The hypocrisy of those who consider these to be democratic practices needs to be exposed.An academic andcultural boycott seems to me to be the way to do this.
- ^ Ali Abunimah. "Nobel Prize winner calls for boycott of Israel physics contest".
Smith has previously spoken in support of the BDS – boycott, divestment and sanctions – movement for Palestinian rights, including during his trip to Stockholm, Sweden, last December to pick up his Nobel Prize.
- ^ Ali Harb (5 August 2020). "Cori Bush was attacked over BDS before election; she did not back down".
"Cori Bush has always been sympathetic to the BDS movement, and she stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people just as they have stood in solidarity with Black Americans fighting for their own lives," her campaign said in a statement on Saturday.
- ^ "German city retracts prize after artist refuses to denounce Israel boycotts". www.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "India chapter to campaign against Israel". The Hindu. 12 July 2010 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Against Amnesia: The Cultural Boycott of Israel Matters". Hyperallergic. 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Regarding the citation by Netanyahu of my characterization of the aims of BDS". 10 June 2015.
I am making it clear that it is about how BDS should be and not about how it is now. I meant that FOR ME, BDS is about ending the Zionist occupation of Palestine completely.
- ^ "Drillo Calls for Israel Boycott". 14 October 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "More pressure for Mid East peace". The Guardian. 6 April 2002.
Would it not therefore be timely if at both national and European level a moratorium was called upon any further such support unless and until Israel abides by UN resolutions and opens serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians along the lines proposed in many peace plans, including most recently that sponsored by the Saudis and the Arab League.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Friedman, Gabe (28 May 2021). "Patti Smith, Julian Casablancas among 600 artists calling for boycott". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel". 7 May 2013.
He has not announced his decision publicly, but a statement published by the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine with Hawking's approval described it as "his independent decision to respect the boycott, based upon his knowledge of Palestine, and on the unanimous advice of his own academic contacts there".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "More than 700 UK artists pledge to boycott Israel". The Electronic Intifada. 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Zionist Campaign Drives Black Jewish Activist Out of UK's Labour Party".
Walker, a pro-Palestinian, Black Jewish woman and supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement,
- ^ Omar Barghouti , 'The BDS movement explained. Why I've boycotted Israel,' New York Daily News, 25 February 2013
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Israel boycott may be the way to peace, The Guardian letters, 15 December 2006
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Celebrities Who Support the Palestinian Cause". Arab America. 4 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Award-Winning Filmmakers Donate Film Screening Proceeds to BDS Movement". BDS Movement. 30 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Artists and Intellectuals Including Junot Díaz, Chuck D, and Boots Riley Call for Boycott and Divestment from Israel". 21 October 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Cultural Boycott". BDS Movement. 9 May 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Boycott Israel - Immortal Technique, Don Martin, Tumi, Eltipo Este, Tonto Noiza (LYRICS)" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ For Waters' support of the BDS movement see: "Roger Waters voices support for Israel boycott". Haaretz. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011. For Waters' support of the Gaza Freedom March see: Goodman, Amy (30 December 2009). "EXCLUSIVE ... Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Speaks Out in Support of Gaza Freedom March, Blasts Israeli-Egyptian "Siege" of Gaza". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Support BDS, End Arms Sales to Israel | Chris Williamson MP" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declines Israel visit over 'oppressive conditions'". Deutsche Welle. 16 August 2019.
- ^ "My grandfather, Nelson Mandela, helped end apartheid. Let's do the same for Palestine". Middle East Eye.
- ^ "Open letter: Scottish civil society calls for sanctions against Israel". Morning Star. 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Desmond Tutu urges boycott of 'apartheid' Israel". www.digitaljournal.com. 10 March 2014.
- ^ Flood, Allison (19 September 2019). "Kamila Shamsie's book award withdrawn over her part in Israel boycott". The Guardian.
- ^ "Our Names". Musicians for Palestine. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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