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.
^In 2014, NUJ voted against a motion supporting boycotts of all Israeli goods and BDS.
^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.
^A year after the UAW Local 2865 adopted its resolution in support of the BDS, the UAW International Executive Board "nullified" the vote.
^"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,"
^"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.
^"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).
^"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).
^"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.
^"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?'"
^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
^"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.
^"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.
^"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.
^ ab"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.
^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."
^"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.
^"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.