{"id":6016,"date":"2026-05-05T04:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acaboda.info\/?page_id=6016"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:03:17","slug":"bds-actions-in-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acaboda.info\/?page_id=6016","title":{"rendered":"BDS actions in May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3 May: The Senate of the New School of New York has voted to expel the Zionist Hillel<\/a> for supporting the occupation of Palestine by Israel such as organising birthrights trips to Israel and volonteering the IOF. The New School leadership rejected the vote. Even though the vote was rejected, it put a spotlight on the collaboration of Zionist projects in the USA and the occupation of Palestine in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 May: After a student of the University of Sydney was detained as hundreds rally at the Sydney Town Hall for the activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla activists<\/a>. A senator offered support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 May: The Ukraine filed a complaint against Israel for accepting Russian wheat from occupied Ukraine<\/a>. This is the third time the Ukraine has demanded Israel to stop receiving wheat of Russia. Israel is permitted to do whatever Western countries are not permitted to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 May: Hannah Einbinder wore a jersey of the Palestinian Lajee Football Club in the TV show “Hacks”<\/a>. The Lajee Football club is linked to the Aida Refugee Camp and the Celtic Glasgow football club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 May: Several democratic US lawmakers have demanded more transparency and information regarding Israeli nuclear capabilities<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 May: Actress Melissa Barrera who was dismissed from Scream 7 for voicing support for Palestine is launching a new pro Palestine production company<\/a>. She aims to work with Javier Bardem, Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder or Poppy Liu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 May: The Students Assembly of the University of Maryland voted to divest from the weapons producers that figure in the list of the SIPRI 100<\/a>. Interesting as in the article there is no mention of Israel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 May: Irish celebrities and active and former football players have demanded the Irish football association to cancel the football match Ireland Israel due to be played in October 2026<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 May: Several Pavilions were closed in solidarity to Palestine during a protest against the participation of Israel at the Venice Biennale<\/a>. The Israeli Pavilion was also closed, likely not for solidarity. The Austrian had a sign with the mention that some workers decided to take part in the manifestation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 May:The EBU warns Kan not to publish commercials to vote all 10 times for the same artist which it was doing. <\/a> The EBU could have warned KAN also for publicly threatening other ESC candidates in the last years, which it didn’t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 May: A tapestry depicting the history of Gaza will be displayed during the Venice Biennale<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 May: The EU imposed sanctions on violence supporting Israeli settlers and their organisations<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 May: Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag at Barcelonas champions tour through the city. the German trainer Hansi Flick did not openly support him but much more would have preferred if Yamal focused on football<\/a>. But Flick is in Spain, a very Palestine friendly country and former Barcelona player and manager Pep Guardiola defended Yamals Palestinian activism publicly<\/a>, Spains President Pedro Sanchez as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 May: The Heinrich Heine University in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/a> voted for a boycott of Israeli institutions<\/a> by a wide majority<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 May: French Galatasaray Player Sacha Buoy bore a Palestine flag during the title celebrations <\/a>emulating Lamine Yamal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 May: A pro-Palestine march was held in Vienna before the Israeli singer Noam Bettan would sing his song<\/a> at the ESC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21 May: The Israeli Minister and war criminal Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/a> (likely one of the most racist people in a Government) was finally declared persona non-Grata in Poland (not for the innumerable breaches of international law, but) over his treatment of Polish citizens which were captured in international waters and arrested in Israel<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 May: France also issues en entry ban for Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/a> for the treatment of French and European citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 May: The students of the University of Leipzig voted by a large majority to cut ties with Israeli institutions<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 May: Seamus Coleman, an Irish defender of the Irish national team, said it was not fair to put the decision if the boycott the Ireland-Israel game on the players of the national team<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 May: The Swiss SP does not nominate Daniel Jositsch anymore for the Senate<\/a>, not only but also for his support for the occupation of Palestine by Israel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

31 May: The Irish Sinn Fein and the Social Democrats are both going to request from the Irish Government to support the civilian initiatives for a boycott of the Ireland-Israel game<\/a>. Sinn Fein has announced a motion for the 9 of June and the Social Democrats on the 10 of June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

31 May: NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend the Israel march in New York to which far-right Israeli politicians like the openly racist Bezalel Smotrich attended<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BDS in 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

March<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

January<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BDS in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BDS in general<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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