What Is the BDS Movement Website (bdsmovement.net)?

bdsmovement.net is the official website of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, which describes its work as ending international support for what it calls Israel's oppression of Palestinians. The site is a campaign and organizing hub rather than a news outlet or e-commerce store: it publishes action alerts, statements, policy briefs, and toolkits aimed at civil society groups and individual supporters. It is useful if you want to follow current BDS campaigns, find organizing materials, or read the positions of the movement's leadership bodies.

What "BDS" stands for

BDS is short for Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions. The three terms map onto three kinds of pressure the movement asks supporters to apply:

• Boycott — refusing to buy from or engage with targeted companies, institutions, or products.
• Divestment — pushing institutions such as universities, pension funds, or governments to withdraw investments.
• Sanctions — urging governments to apply legal or diplomatic measures.

The site frames these as tools for pressuring governments and institutions, not as an end in themselves.

Who runs the site

The website is led by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which the site describes as the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society and the leadership of the global BDS movement. Two other bodies issue statements published on the site:

This matters if you are trying to cite the movement: statements from the BNC and PACBI carry different scope, and the site labels them separately.

What content the site publishes

The homepage organizes material into recognizable categories, which is the fastest way to navigate it:

• Latest Updates — a running feed of new posts.
• Action Alerts — time-bound calls to act, often tied to a specific date or target.
• News — coverage of developments the movement considers relevant.
• Resources — organizing materials, including toolkits.
• BNC Statements and PACBI Statements — official positions from the two bodies above.

Examples visible on the site show how these categories work in practice:

• A "No Room for Genocide" campaign day of action tied to 27 September, pegged to UN Tourism's World Tourism Day.
• A "Stop FANUC" call asking civil society groups to join days of action from 28 September to 4 October, framed as opposing the company's "complicity."
• A policy brief on state duties regarding immigration and visa waiver policies, asking supporters to pressure governments to align those policies with international legal standards.
• A "No Room for Genocide" organizing toolkit, published to help groups run their own campaigns.
• A Palestinian unions statement calling for global worker action from 20 November up to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November.

How to use the site

If you are new to it, a practical sequence is:

1. Start with Latest Updates to see what is currently active — campaigns are date-driven, so older posts may no longer be actionable.
2. Open the Action Alert for anything you want to act on; these usually name a target, a date window, and a requested action.
3. Check Resources if you want to organize rather than just participate — the toolkits are written for groups, not only individuals.
4. Read BNC or PACBI statements when you need the movement's official position on a specific institution or policy, rather than a campaign call.

What the site is not

It is not a membership portal, a donation platform, or a general news service, and the available site material does not indicate pricing, paid tiers, or login requirements. Treat it as a public publishing and campaign-coordination site: you can read everything described above without an account, and its value depends on whether you want to follow or take part in the campaigns it posts.