Index of BDS Organizations BDS National Committee (BNC) ................................................................................................................. 2 Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) ...................................................................... 2 Samidoun ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USPCR) ............................................................................................ 4 Addameer .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)....................................................................................................................... 6 Al-Haq ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) ........................................................................................................... 8 American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) ....................................................................................................... 8 The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) ........................................................... 9 Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) ......................................................................................................... 10 Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) ............................................................................... 11 Al – Dameer .............................................................................................................................................. 12 BADIL Resource Center ............................................................................................................................ 13 BDS Berlin ................................................................................................................................................ 14 BDS France .............................................................................................................................................. 15 BDS Italy ................................................................................................................................................... 16 BDS Kampagne (BDS Campaign Germany) .............................................................................................. 17 CAPJPO EuroPalestine .............................................................................................................................. 18 Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA).......................................................................................................................... 19 General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW) .......................................................................................... 20 If Not Now (INN) ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) ............................................................................................ 21 National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) ....................................................................................... 22 Palestine Legal ........................................................................................................................................... 23 Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) ............................................................................................ 23 Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine (RESCOP) ........................................................... 24 US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) .......................................................................................... 24 BDS National Committee (BNC) The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) was created in 2008 and is the coordinating body for the BDS Movement worldwide.1 The first and primary member of the BNC is the Council of National and Islamic Forces in Palestine,2 known outside of the Palestinian territories as the “Palestinian National and Islamic Forces” (PNIF). PNIF was founded by Yasser Arafat and is comprised of five US-designated terrorist organizations3 including: Hamas, The Popular Front For The Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), The Popular Front – General Command (PFLP- GC), the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).4 In addition, members of PNIF include Khalid al-Batsh, senior member of the PIJ,5 and Jamil Mezher, a member of the political bureau of the PFLP.6 Haidar Eid, a BNC representative,7 made it clear that Hamas and other Islamic movements were represented on the BNC.8 Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) The Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), founded in 2004 by Palestinian academics and intellectuals,9 serves as a co-leader of the BDS Movement, leading the academic and cultural boycott, alongside the Boycott National Committee (BNC) political leadership.10 The two organizations share resources such as the same 1 BDS Movement, Palestinian BDS National Committee, accessed 01/19 2 See the original members: BDS Movement, BNC statements, published 09/08, accessed 01/19 and the members today: BDS Movement, Palestinian BDS National Committee, accessed 01/19. A check of the website shows they have always been members 3 US State Department, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, accessed 10/18 4 Jerusalem MCC, Statement issued by the National and Islamic Forces, published 02/10/01, accessed 08/18; National and Islamic Forces, Facebook, published 11/15/16, accessed 09/18 5 Ma’an News Agency (Arabic), National and Islamic Forces meet Deputy Secretary of FEDA, published 05/14, accessed 03/18; Independent, The election of Netanyahu is the best thing for the Palestinian people’: An audience with Khaled al- Batsch the leader of Islamic Jihad, published 03/24/15, accessed 03/18; Institute for Palestine Studies, Between Hamas and the PA: An Interview with Islamic Jihad’s Khalid al-Batsch, published 03/15/13 6 PFLP, Facebook, published 08/07/18, accessed 10/18; 7 Palestine Monitor, ANC and Scottish Green Party endorse BDS calls for "international wave of action, published 10/17/15, accessed 11/18; BDS Uruguay, Facebook, published 12/30/18, accessed 11/18 8 Al Shabaka, Looking for a Leadership with a Strategy, published 03/19/12, accessed 11/18 9 Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, Call for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, published 07/06/04, accessed 12/18. This initial call, issued in July 2004, was endorsed by Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees; Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions; Palestinian NGO Network, West Bank; Teachers' Federation; Palestinian Writers' Federation; Palestinian League of Artists; Palestinian Journalists' Federation; General Union of Palestinian Women; Palestinian Lawyers' Association; and tens of other Palestinian federations, associations, and civil society organizations. 10 Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, History (archived), accessed 12/18 website,11 mailing list12 and staff members,13 suggesting a strong overlap in the BDS Movement’s leadership roles. In addition to leading numerous boycott campaign efforts against Israel around the globe,14 in more recent years PACBI has been at the forefront of pressuring international artists, chefs, and musicians to avoid performing in Israel15 claiming that appearing in Israel lends legitimacy to what they describe as Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians.16 In addition, several PACBI leaders have supported terror organizations and terrorists. For example, Haidar Eid, a PACBI steering committee member17 participated in a joint interview with Jamil Mezher, a PFLP political leader,18 about the Israel-Palestine negotiations19 and gave a lecture about the BDS movement at the PFLP headquarters in Gaza.20 He also praised Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan21 and lauded him as a “hero.”22 Zaid Shuaibi and then activist-turned-terrorist Basel Al-Araj23 participated in a protest in Ramallah together24 and later wrote an op-ed together.25 11 BDS Movement, Home, accessed 08/20 12 Both organizations use the email address: [email protected] See: Google Groups, PACBI, published 02/19/17; Google groups, BNC email, accessed 02/19 13 For example, Omar Barghouti is a co-founder of both PACBI and the BNC: PACBI, Who We Are, accessed 01/19; BDS Movement, BDS worldwide spread creates Israeli government panic, published 02/17/14, accessed 12/18; BNC, Report on: The Fourth National BDS Conference, published 06/08/13, Bethlehem, accessed 11/18; Haidar Eid also holds positions in both: PACBI, Who We Are, accessed 01/19; Other examples include Rafeef Ziadah, who is both a PACBI member and a BNC secretariat member as well as Zaid Shuaibi who has held the position of PACBI coordinator and BNC coordinator at various times. See: New English Review, Rafeef Ziadah? - a rather objectionable “poet”, published 04/16, accessed 02/19; BDS Movement, Israel-Sponsored Culinary Festival Loses Another Chef Amid Boycott Calls, published 10/17, accessed