Cities and States
Activists in this major New England city recently succeeded in passing a resolution to divest from Israeli occupation in a unanimous city council vote.
Portland, Maine
This Israeli defense contractor, which coordinates with the Israeli government in persecuting Palestinian activists and develops weapons that cause massive civilian death including cluster bombs, had an office on Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge until relocating due to pressure from BDS Boston.
Elbit
This food company, which has marketed itself as a proud supporter of the Israeli occupation forces, lost value for the first time in four years after being targeted by the BDS movement.
McDonalds
This European football stadium drew a record low of 20% capacity following the BDS calls to boycott the visiting team of Israel
Stade se France
In April of 2024 this California city voted to divest from companies complicit in Israeli occupation in a resolution that also included divestment from prison labor and mass surveillance.
Richmond California
This British banking company sold over 16,000 of its shares in Elbit, worth over $3.4m, due to mounting pressure from protesters.
Barclays
This multinational security company - the world’s biggest - had to sell most of its business in Israel in 2016 due to pressure from BDS.
G4S
The 15 Billion Euro sovereign investment fund of this island nation recently divested from six of the largest Israeli corporations over their support for occupation and genocide in Palestine.
Ireland
This neighboring state to Massachusetts defeated an anti-boycott law trying to punish companies boycotting Israel in 2017.
Connecticut
This technology company, a target of the BDS movement, had to halt its 2022 plan for a $25B factory in Israel.
Intel
International investments in this vital sector of the Israeli economy lost 74% of its value in 2023 as Israeli occupation forces carried out the genocide in Gaza.
High Tech
Some attribute the origin of the BDS movement for Palestine to a 2001 summit in this country, where BDS was historically successful in contributing to victory against apartheid.
South Africa
The first city in Latin America to adopt a BDS resolution declared the city an “apartheid free zone”
Valdiva, Chile
This company recently ended its sponsorship of an Israeli athletic organization after 5 years of pressure from the global BDS movement, with its lawyers even admitting that BDS activists had “made them miserable.
Puma
Following years of BDS pressure, in 2015, this large French corporation withdrew investments from the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR), an illegal rail system built to facilitate Israeli colonial settlements on occupied Palestinian territory.
Veolia
This country divested $69 million in its largest pension fund from Caterpillar that sold equipment to Israel to demolish Palestinian homes and infrastructure.
Norway
This city in Michigan is the first to pass a resolution boycotting all companies on the official BDS Movement list.
Hamtramck
This French company was forced to close all stores in Jordan due to BDS pressure, with one poll citing 93% of Jordanians as committed to the boycott.
Carrefour
In 2024, after a three-week student encampment, this university agreed to pull $163 million in investments from Lockheed Martin, Italian-based military manufacturer Leonardo, and U.S. software company Palantir Technologies.
Sacramento State University
This country was the first in 2024 to ban Israeli passports in response to Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza.
The Maldives