BDS actions in June 2026

3 June: Adam Hamawy, a US army surgeon active in Gaza after Israel launched its genocidal campaign in Palestine, won the democratic primary election in New Jersey.

3 June: 4500 academics called on the Belgian universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions. This comes after Belgian universities have awarded a honorary doctorate to Francesca Albanese.

4 June: Germany as the second largest bankroller of the UN lost a a vote for the European non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council against Austria and Portugal seemingly for its more or less unconditional support for Israel.

4 June: Thousands of Albanians protest against a project of the Jewish supremacist and son in law of Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, to develop a natural reserve into a touristic hot spot.

5 June: France to launch a war crime probe into the treatment of French citizens by Israel because Israel arrested members of the Gaza Flotilla in international waters and treated them in a very despicable manner.

5 June: Zach Polanski, the leader of the UK Greens and the former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn demand war crime investigations against British nationals serving in the Israeli army. The Greens are becoming increasingly popular in UK politics.

5 June: Ireland has issued sanctions against Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich two Israeli Ministers who live in occupied Palestine.

7 June. Slovenian President Pirc Musar raised the Palestinian flag at the Presidential Palace after the newly elected Slovenian Prime Minister took it down at the Parliament. Pirc Musar is one of the strongest political and cultural supporters of Palestine against Israel.

7 June: The Irish opposition Parties Social Democrats, Sinn Fein and the Labour Party all intend to support two motions that aim at cancelling the Football Game Ireland-Israel due for September 2026.

8 June: Mary McDonalds, the leader of the Sinn Fein of Ireland has said that Ireland should not play against Israel whilst the genocide in Gaza is continuing.

8 June: WizzAir and Austrian Airlines cancelled their flights to Israel due to the Iranian bombardments of Israel.

8 June: The ESC had 35 Million less spectators this year due to the boycott of several countries because Israel was permitted to perform at the ESC. Actually a bit surprising as Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova rejoined after not having participated the year before.

9 June: Nithya Raman, who has called Israels actions in Gaza a Genocide and also called Israel an apartheid state, made it to the run off for the Mayoralty of Los Angeles against Karen Bass.

9 June: Graham Platner, who has termed Israels actions in Gaza a Genocide and called for the suspension of US support for Israel, won the democratic primaries in Maine for the Senate.

12 June: The Israeli Film Director Nadav Lapis has “withdrawn” from the jury of the FID Marseille after a BDS campaign that involved ten movies being withdrawn in protest of his membership in the jury.

15 June: Racist Israeli Minster Itamar Ben-Gvir canceled his trip to the USA to attend a wedding over visa issues.

15 June: In France 15 stands belonging to Israeli weapons manufacturers were shut down at an arms fair because the weapons were used in human rights abuses by Israel against Palestinians.

17 June: Janeese George Lewis from the DSA, who is compared to Zohran Mamdani has won the mayoral primaries in the heavily democratic city of Washington D.C.

20 June: The German Political Party Die Linke now also classifies Israels conduct towards the Palestinians as a Genocide and follows the example of numerous scholarly assessments

23 June: Three DSA politicians supported by Zohran Mamdani won the primary elections in New York. Brad Lander, Darieliza Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez have all called out a genocide in Gaza committed by Israel and campaigns against politicians supported by the Democratic Party establishment. They are now very much in line to become members of congress.

23 June: A bill banning the trade with products of Israeli settlements in Palestine and Syria is to be discussed in the French Parliament. While France fully recognises the Israeli settlements are illegal under both domestic and international law, it will likely not ban it without the permission by the EU.

25 June: Bosnia i Herzegovina celebrated the classification to the next round of the FIFA World Cup with Free Palestine chants remembering also that Bosnia experienced a genocide in the 1990s.

25 June: British MP Iqbal Mohammed has demanded an investigation into the collaborations the Football Clubs of the Premier League have with the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

26 June: 3 ICC Judges filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump because he sanctioned them issuing an arrest warrant to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. They argue that the sanctions go beyond the law he cited impose the sanctions. Another US law permits the investigation and prosecution of US citizens and allies by the ICC. The USA can intervene by defending them in court, but by sanctioning the judges.

BDS in 2026