List of supporters of the BDS movement
Appearance
The list of supporters of 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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Elmaz Abinader | Author and poet | United States | ? | [1] |
Nadia Abu El-Haj | Anthropologist | United States | 2016 | [2] |
As'ad AbuKhalil | Professor of political science | United States | 2015 | [3] |
Susan Abulhawa | Writer | United States | 2012 | [4] |
Ali Abunimah | Journalist | United States | 2009 | [5] |
Paul Ahmarani | Actor | Canada | 2010 | [6] |
Hanan al-Shaykh | Writer | Lebanon | 2015 | [7] |
Tariq Ali | Activist, writer and journalist | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Udi Aloni | Filmmaker and activist | Israel | ? | [8] |
Iain Banks | Author | United Kingdom | 2013 | [9] |
Omar Barghouti | Activist | Palestine | 2013 | [10] |
Golbarg Bashi | Feminist activist and author | Sweden | 2019 | [11] |
Upendra Baxi | Legal scholar | India | 2010 | [12] |
Jonathan Beller | Film theorist and culture critic | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Oren Ben-Dor | Law professor | United Kingdom | 2005 | [14] |
John Berger | Art critic | United Kingdom | 2006 | [15] |
Praful Bidwai | Journalist and political activist | India | 2010 | [12] |
George Bisharat | Law professor | United States | 2014 | [16] |
Max Blumenthal | Journalist | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Gabriel Boric | President | Chile | 2022 | [17] |
Daniel Boyarin | Historian of religion | Israel | 2014 | [13] |
Russell Brand | Comedian and actor | United Kingdom | 2014 | [18] |
Lenni Brenner | Trotskyist writer | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Steve Brodner | Satirical illustrator and caricaturist | United States | 2022 | [19] |
Cori Bush | Politician | United States | 2020 | [20] |
Judith Butler | Philosopher and gender theorist | United States | 2012 | [8] |
Julian Casablancas | Rock singer | United States | 2021 | [21] |
Caryl Churchill | Playwright | United Kingdom | ? | [22] |
CocoRosie | Band | United States | 2021, 2022 | [23][24] |
Partha Chatterjee | Political scientist and anthropologist | United States | 2016 | [2] |
Chuck D | Rapper | United States | ? | [25] |
William Dalrymple | Historian | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Lawrence Davidson | History professor | United States | 2013 | [26] |
Uri Davis | Academic and civil rights activist | Palestine | 2019 | [27] |
Michael DeForge | Comic book artist and activist | Canada | 2021 | [28] |
Saba Dewan | Documentary film maker | India | 2010 | [12] |
Junot Díaz | Writer and creative writing professor | United States | 2014 | [29] |
Brian Eno | Electronic musician | United Kingdom | 2006 | [15] |
Hedy Epstein | Political activist | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Annie Ernaux | Author and Nobel Laureate | France | 2022 | [30] |
Farid Esack | Scholar, writer and activist | South Africa | 2018 | [31] |
Samuel Farber | Professor Emeritus of Political Science | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Sophie Fiennes | Film director and producer | United Kingdom | 2006 | [15] |
Aminatta Forna | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Rozanne Foyer | Trade union leader | United Kingdom | 2020 | [32] |
Cynthia G. Franklin | Literary and cultural critic | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Steven Friedman | Academic and columnist | South Africa | 2013 | [33] |
Eduardo Galeano | Journalist | Uruguay | 2006 | [15] |
Basel Ghattas | Politician | Israel | 2016 | [34] |
Jayati Ghosh | Development economist | India | 2010 | [12] |
Danny Glover | Actor and film maker | United States | ? | [35] |
Jean-Luc Godard | Film director | France | 2018 | [36] |
Neve Gordon | Professor of international law | Israel | 2009 | [37] |
Lynn Gottlieb | Rabbi | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Bonnie Greer | Playwright | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Mark Haddon | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Jeff Halper | Anthropologist and activist | Israel | 2014 | [13] |
Joel Harden | Politician | Canada | 2017 | [38] |
Githa Hariharan | Writer | India | 2010 | [12] |
Zoya Hasan | Academic and political scientist | India | 2010 | [12] |
Stephen Hawking | Physicist | United Kingdom | 2013 | [39] |
Howie Hawkins | Politician and activist | United States | 2014 | [40] |
Lauryn Hill | Singer, songwriter and rapper | United States | ? | [25] |
Mike Hodges | Screenwriter | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Adam Horowitz | Screenwriter and producer | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Amin Husain | Activist, adjunct professor | United States | 2015 | [41] |
Immortal Technique | Rapper and activist | United States | ? | [42] |
Selma James | Writer and activist | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Brian Jones | Actor and educator | United States | 2014 | [40] |
Asif Kapadia | Filmmaker | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Reem Kelani | Musician | United Kingdom | 2006 | [15] |
Amir Khadir | Politician and activist | Canada | 2020 | [43] |
Leila Khaled | Refugee and political activist | United States | 2014 | [44] |
Rashid Khalidi | Professor of Modern Arab Studies | United States | 2016 | [2] |
Soul Khan | Songwriter, rapper and politician | United States | 2022 | [45] |
Zahi Khouri | Businessman | Palestine | 2015 | [46] |
David Klein | Mathematician | United States | ? | [1] |
Naomi Klein | Author | Canada | 2016 | [47] |
Peter Kosminsky | Writer, director and producer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Hari Kunzru | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Paul Laverty | Screenwriter and lawyer | United Kingdom | 2017 | [48] |
Mike Leigh | Film and theatre director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Ronit Lentin | Sociologist and writer | Israel | 2014 | [49] |
Gideon Levy | Journalist | Israel | 2018 | [50] |
David Lloyd | Poet and professor of literature | United States | 2009 | [51] |
Phyllida Lloyd | Film director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Ken Loach | Filmmaker | United Kingdom | 2017 | [48] |
Liz Lochhead | Poet | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Antony Loewenstein | Journalist | Australian German | 2014 | [13] |
Jennifer Loewenstein | Freelance journalist | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Jake Lynch | Journalist and academic | Australia | 2013 | [52] |
Moshé Machover | Mathematician | United Kingdom | 2014 | [21] |
Mandla Mandela | Politician | South Africa | 2020 | [53] |
Henning Mankell | Author | Sweden | 2010 | [54] |
Miriam Margolyes | Actor | United Kingdom | 2014 | [21] |
Mike Marqusee | Writer | United States | 2014 | [21] |
Don Martin | Rapper | Norway | ? | [42] |
Nur Masalha | Writer and academic | Israel | 2014 | [55] |
Joseph Massad | Professor in Political Science | United States | 2016 | [2] |
Vina Mazumdar | Academic and activist | India | 2010 | [12] |
John McDonnell | Politician | United Kingdom | 2023 | [56] |
Jimmy McGovern | Screenwriter | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Roger Michell | Theatre, television and film director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
China Miéville | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Nicholas Mirzoeff | Visual culture theorist | United States | 2015 | [41] |
Tumi Molekane | Rapper | South Africa | ? | [42] |
Innosanto Nagara | Children's book author and activist | United States | 2010 | [57] |
Yuh-Line Niou | Politician | United States | 2022 | [58] |
Rebecca O'Brien | Film producer | United Kingdom | 2017 | [48] |
Andrew O'Hagan | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Bertell Ollman | Professor of politics | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Egil Olsen | Football manager | Norway | 2010 | [59] |
Ilhan Omar | Politician | United States | ? | [60] |
Ilan Pappé | Historian and activist | Israel | 2014 | [13] |
Prabhat Patnaik | Marxist economist and political commentator | India | 2010 | [12] |
Miko Peled | Writer and activist | Israel | 2014 | [13] |
Nurit Peled-Elhanan | Philologist and professor of language | Israel | 2014 | [13] |
Vijay Prashad | Marxist historian and political commentator | India | 2014 | [61] |
Walid Raad | Contemporary media artist | United States | 2019 | [62] |
Michael Radford | Film director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa | Politician | United States | 2018 | [63] |
Michael Ratner | Attorney | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Tanya Reinhart | Linguist and writer | Israel | 2007 | [64] |
Adrienne Rich | Poet and feminist | United States | ? | [8] |
Boots Riley | Rapper | United States | 2014 | [29] |
Sally Rooney | Author | Ireland | 2021 | [65] |
Steven Rose | Neuroscientist | United Kingdom | 2014 | [21] |
Michael Rosen | Author and poet | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Jonathan Rosenhead | Mathematician and activist | United Kingdom | 2014 | [21] |
Leon Rosselson | Songwriter | United Kingdom | 2006 | [15] |
Arundhati Roy | Author | India | 2010 | [15][12] |
Josh Ruebner | Author and political analyst | United States | 2014 | [13] |
Steven Salaita | Scholar and author | United States | 2014 | [66] |
Ash Sarkar | Journalist and political commentator | United Kingdom | 2022 | [67] |
Linda Sarsour | Activist | United States | 2020 | [68] |
Alexei Sayle | Comedian and actor | United Kingdom | 2014 | [21] |
Sarah Schulman | Writer and gay activist | United States | 2013 | [69] |
Pete Seeger | American folk singer and activist | United States | 2011 | [70] |
Aharon Shabtai | Poet and translator | Israel | ? | [8] |
Kamila Shamsie | Writer | United Kingdom | 2019 | [7][71] |
UB40 | Band | United Kingdom | 2022 | [72] |
Cat Stevens | Singer | United states | 2022 | [73] |
Michael Lynk | Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 | Canada | 2022 | [74] |
Gillian Slovo | Writer | South Africa | 2015 | [7] |
George Smith | Biologist | United States | 2019 | [75] |
Ahdaf Soueif | Novelist and commentator | Egypt | 2014 | [21] |
Jill Stein | Physician and activist | United States | 2016 | [76] |
Elia Suleiman | Film director and actor | Palestine | 2006 | [15] |
Nandini Sundar | Sociologist | India | 2010 | [12] |
Lisa Taraki | Journalist, teacher, and sociologist | Palestine | 2004 | [77] |
Kae Tempest | Spoken word performer and playwright | United Kingdom | 2018 | [78] |
Julien Temple | Film and music video director | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Rashida Tlaib | Politician | United States | ? | [60] |
Desmond Tutu | Archbishop | South Africa | 2014 | [79] |
Alice Walker | Author | United States | 2012 | [80] |
Jackie Walker | Activist | United Kingdom | 2019 | [81] |
Joan Wallach Scott | Historian | United States | 2013 | [82] |
Marina Warner | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Roger Waters | Musician | United Kingdom | 2023 | [83] |
Cornel West | Philosopher and activist | United States | 2019 | [84] |
Nadia Whittome | Politician | United Kingdom | 2022 | [85] |
Chris Williamson | Politician | United Kingdom | 2018 | [86] |
Alex Winter | Actor | United States | 2022 | [87] |
Jamal Zahalka | Politician | Israel | 2014 | [88] |
Benjamin Zephaniah | Writer | United Kingdom | 2015 | [7] |
Haneen Zoabi | Politician | Israel | 2019 | [89] |
See also
- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
- List of opponents of the BDS movement
- List of organizations that have endorsed the BDS movement
References
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- ^ a b c d JTA (2 March 2016). "40 Columbia professors sign BDS petition". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Bland, Sally (27 March 2012). "Susan Abulhawa: Writing for Palestine". The Jordan Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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- ^ Iain M. Banks (5 April 2013). "Iain Banks: why I'm supporting a cultural boycott of Israel". The Guardian.
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.
- ^ Barghouti, Omar (25 February 2013). "The BDS movement explained. Why I've boycotted Israel". New York Daily News.
- ^ @GolbargBashi (1 February 2019). "I am a proud Persian mama and I boycott Israel-supporting #SADAF as part of my commitment to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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- ^ Ben-Dor, Oren (30 May 2005). "The boycott should continue: A fight to foster real academic freedom in Israel should unite academics all over the world". The Independent.
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Chile's new president, Gabriel Boric, supports BDS and has promised to take an aggressive stance in defense of Palestinian human rights.
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- ^ Harb, Ali (5 August 2020). "Cori Bush was attacked over BDS before election; she did not back down". Middle East Eye.
"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.
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- ^ "Arab MK says BDS is only solution to stop occupation". Middle East Monitor. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ Gordon, Neve (20 August 2009). "Boycott Israel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Sherwood, Harriet; Kalman, Matthew (7 May 2013). "Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel". The Guardian.
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".
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Against Amnesia: The Cultural Boycott of Israel Matters". Hyperallergic. 12 February 2015.
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- ^ Lau, Rachel (19 February 2020). "Céline Dion urged not to perform in Israel by Canadian advocacy group". iHeartRadio. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Schmitt, Paula (17 May 2014). "Interview with Leila Khaled: 'BDS is effective, but it doesn't liberate land'". +972 Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ eat shit, cops [@soulkhan] (3 October 2022). "opposing bds is one of the most cowardly things any "progressive" can do in america, especially among jewish politicians. it's all being done in our name, you shameful fuckin losers. aren't you embarrassed?" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 October 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Torossian, Ronn (15 June 2015). "Coca-Cola Palestine CEO Urges Boycott of Israel". Observer. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Greens should stick with BDS: Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Bruce Cockburn and others". Ricochet. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Award-Winning Filmmakers Donate Film Screening Proceeds to BDS Movement". BDS Movement. 30 October 2017.
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- ^ Staniforth, Saul [@SaulStaniforth] (7 March 2023). "(1) Saul Staniforth on Twitter: ""We need actions... sanctions. This is why BDS are becoming increasingly relevant... one example we can introduce... banning the export of JCB equipment which is being used to demolish the homes of Palestinians" @johnmcdonnellMP at the @PSCupdates rally tonight backing #BDS https://t.co/chwm2dLzve"" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 March 2023 – via Twitter.
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- ^ JTA (2 October 2019). "German city retracts prize after artist refuses to denounce Israel boycotts". The Times of Israel.
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- ^ Mackey, Robert (16 October 2021). "Lies Are Being Told About Sally Rooney Because She Refuses to Ignore Israeli Apartheid". The Intercept. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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- ^ Sarkar, Ash [@AyoCaesar] (11 July 2022). "Racist state violence is a daily reality for Palestinians. Boycotts, divestment, and sanctions helped bring down apartheid in South Africa. And it is the appropriate international response to Israel too" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ Flood, Allison (19 September 2019). "Kamila Shamsie's book award withdrawn over her part in Israel boycott". The Guardian.
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- ^ "Welcome Statements from Our Allies". Musicians for Palestine. 2022.
- ^ Abunimah, Ali (3 June 2019). "Nobel Prize winner calls for boycott of Israel physics contest". The Electronic Intifada.
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.
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- ^ Oltermann, Philip (26 June 2018). "Young Fathers disinvited and then reinvited by German arts festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Tutu, Desmond (14 August 2014). "My Plea to the People of Israel: Liberate Yourselves by Liberating Palestine". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Flood, Alison (20 June 2012). "Alice Walker declines request to publish Israeli edition of The Color Purple". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Litvin, Yoav (5 April 2019). "Zionist Campaign Drives Black Jewish Activist Out of UK's Labour Party". Truthout.
Walker, a pro-Palestinian, Black Jewish woman and supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement,
- ^ Scott, Joan W. (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.
- ^ Whatley, Jack (21 March 2023). "Roger Waters on why he asked musicians to boycott Israel". Far Out. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Whittome, Nadia (6 July 2022). "Nadia on... Palestine". LeftLion. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Chris Williamson (15 May 2018). "Support BDS, End Arms Sales to Israel | Chris Williamson MP" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Winter, Alex [@Winter] (13 May 2022). "How long will the world support the unchecked violence Israel inflicts on the Palestinian people? When will we wake up?" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via Twitter.
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- ^ Kearns, Paul (12 March 2019). "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."