Right to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 10 Sep 2020
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention

1. Scotland253 66.8%
2. United Kingdom106 28%
3. England10 2.6%
4. Ireland2 0.5%
5. United States2 0.5%
6. Sweden2 0.5%
7. Afghanistan1 0.3%
8. Palestinian Territory1 0.3%
9. Northern Ireland1 0.3%
10. France1 0.3%

1. Caroline Martin 16 Mar 2020
   Scott ish govt. Stand on the right side of history.
   Remember without B.D.S. Nelson Mandela would never have been freed. Glasgow was the first British city to name a street after him. Don't let down the people of Palestine whom he loved.
2. Steven Grossman 18 Mar 2020
   The clause, "and those who trade with them" is to enable people to have an excuse to discriminate against Jews and people who believe in Israel's right to exist
   - a right that is an incontrovertible part of international law because Israel is a UN member state.
   Asserting such a spurious "right" is tantamount to giving legal cover to anti-Semites. Therefore, only an anti-Semite will support such a malicious and hostile clause.
   If you want to boycott Israeli products, do so. But to boycott those who do not join you in that? It's illegitimate.
3. Ron Temud 18 Mar 2020
   The German Parliament declared BDS anti-Semitic.
4. Matana Ramati 18 Mar 2020
   BDS is an anti Semite organization that adopted strategic tactics of the Nazis. They spread hate and lies and do not look for any resolution or peace, they are looking to destroy the only Jewish state that exist, a state so smal it takes 67 hours drive frim north to East and 25 minutes frim East to west. Please do not let hate win. Stop BDS and outlaw their activity. Even Germany de laid them as anti Semite organization.
5. Rachell Fried 18 Mar 2020
   Does no one in Scotland have anything better to do than foster hate against Israel? On devices using Israeli technology, when Israel will soon be marketing a coronavirus vaccine?
6. Teresa Trainor 18 Mar 2020
   BDS is a hate movement that does nothing to contribute to a peaceful solution. BDS is linked to and supported by terrorist organisations. It should be illegal for public bodies and institutions to endorse BDS.
7. Tim Michael Donnelly 19 Mar 2020
   To support the granting of freedom to any people should always be a right afforded to all humanity. To be able to protest against Apartheid states should be a human right for all.
8. Elena Nicol 20 Mar 2020
   This is ridiculous. There should be no place in Scotland for racism. This veiled attempt to justify and legalize BDS is not acceptable
9. Anthony Buxton. 21 Mar 2020
   I believe that governance in Scotland should be the prerogative of the Scottish Government.
   This issue is about Human Rights. Our right to say that the breaking of international agreements is wrong and should not be defended for economic or political reasons. The attempt to accuse objectors to the apartheid policies of the Israeli state of antisemitism is part of that states policy to legitimise itself and needs to be challenged.
10. Gordon Wilson 22 Mar 2020
    The case for action against Israeli government treatment of Palestinians is clear from evidence from Edinburgh Action for Palestine. It is as important as action agaisnt apartheid south africa was
11. Gordon Wilson 22 Mar 2020
    There is a very strong pressure from Israeli interests to suppress fight back from Palestinians against israeli government presecution and Scottish Government must resist it
12. George Rendall 1 Apr 2020
    The only way to change things.
13. Jolanta Hadzic 1 Apr 2020
    As a Jewish girl all, I have to say that giving special privileges to apartheid Israel and endlessly covering their crimes do not benefit us Jews living in Scotland. We are sick and tired of our religion and identity being used as a human shield for Israel. We demand justice for Palestinians and right to boycott Israel which do not speak for us neither represent us.
14. Margaret Tomkins 7 Apr 2020
    All action that stops democracy is unacceptable
15. Martin Murphy 7 Apr 2020
    Anti Zionism is not Anti Semitism.
    Uphold civil and political democracy and freedom of speech in Scotland. You can not censor the people in their support of Palestinian struggle against apartheid.
16. Amira Hunter 7 Apr 2020
    BDS is a peaceful form of protest against Israeli state terrorism and the violation of human rights against the Palestinian people. Organisations and individuals should be allowed the right to peaceful protest in solidarity with those who are oppressed.
17. Caroline Kenneil 8 Apr 2020
    PEO01803 fundamentally relates to the local participation of 'reasonable people', through their local public aurthorities and institutions, (these designed for the common good), to proportionately express their considerations and ultimately local decisions applied to all manner of discriminatory and harmful practices or omissions conducted by powerful 'Appointees in position of power', by governments or by the law enforcing legal sector.
    This Petition is designed to protect individuals of differing religions, 'classes', races, animals and the environment from the ongoing abuse of powers and breaches of international law. Persons in positions of power often lose their proportionate, common sense and standards of natural justice.
    The established civilised test for Reasonableness is: "what or how would the reasonable person consider: vis xxx".
    Consumers have a right to be properly informed and to make reasonable decisions. The Reasonable persons are us and our local participating representatives. The Globe is not a closed system, but what take place in one part now effects another. Where our powerful 'Law Enforcers' have lost their common sense, act in conflicts of interest, we have a right to express our concerns, and when not listened to, we have a participatory right to exclude our collective local participation in such errors to boycot the damaging and harmful practices or omissions through our local representatives.
    Additional to being able to hold powerful and damaging Interests to reasonable account, when people feel unjustly unheard and damaged, then, they may turn to collective violence.
    So 'To Boycot' is to enable a reasonable and effective 'on the ground voice'.
    Most people want a voice for justice, honest, fair and equitable dealings be they tax payers, students, old age pensioners or other.
18. Paul Shortt 15 Apr 2020
    Ethics. Freedom of speech. We will NEVER be silenced.
    
    The fact that Scotland isn't even an option in 'Country' says more than you realize.
19. Maggie Bowden 15 Apr 2020
    BDS is one of the few actions people can take against the cruelty of Zionism. While antisemitism is a crime anti Zionism is a right and a duty if you care about your fellow human beings.
20. Caroline Kenneil 18 Apr 2020
    The issue of consumers and Public Authorities direct action is important, because often Public Authorities higher organisations are not properly accountable for their errors, and or are a part of an unhealthy system, demanding the delivery inferior and damaging services and goods. The issues may be too cumberson and interlnked to maneuver away from a poor pubic policy decisions. The issues are not confined to the Human Rights protected classes, but related to any goods or services to the public which the informed publicand Authorities consider damaging to the public good.
    At moments of great change, it is the People on the ground who often advise those in power for the collective good, as to matters in need of change. As stated it is hard to change an unhealthy entrenched culture in Public Bodies and institutions.
    For instance, currently the public bodies appear unaware that there are very serious and major problems concerning global Monetary Market's subprime overleverage of both the Insurance Industries and the Pensions Industries. If the public and Public Bodiess become aware that change is needed, they will then be able to avert disaster. Thus it is wise and important that the 'on the grouund' public, and their own Public Authorities have a direct voice to vote with their feet for the Common good prior to real harm, and to ensure proper progress and a healthy culture.
21. Tam Dean Burn 18 Apr 2020
    As it was for the previous anti-apartheid movement in solidarity with the people of South Africa, BDS is a peaceful, democratic means to support the rights of the Palestinian people and it has been their expressed call for BDS that underpins this solidarity.
22. Susan Moffat 23 Apr 2020
    It is essential that the public have the right to boycott goods, services and companies which are in or invest in Israel whilst Israel flout International law and occupies Palestinian territory.
23. Ian Mason 23 Apr 2020
    This is really important. Israel is committing crimes in front of our eyes but the UK media ignore it all.
24. Aminah Frank 23 Apr 2020
    It wasn't wrong for Jews to encourage a boycott of Germany in support of German Jews in the 30s. It wasn't wrong to boycott South Africa to end apartheid. So how can it be wrong to boycott Israel until they end their apartheid policies and restore civil rights to Palestinians?
25. Haq Ghani 23 Apr 2020
    It's duty of every humane human to support human rights of Palestinians and oppose apartheid of illegal oppressive Israeli regime.
26. Mary McGregor 23 Apr 2020
    BDS is an important act of solidarity with those living under illegal occupation.
27. Jane Frere 23 Apr 2020
    Silence in the face of violence is to be part of it. I will always maintain moral duty and fight on the side of justice and human rights for all people. Its unacceptable that I need to sign this, but I do out of principle.
28. Margaret Tomkins 23 Apr 2020
    I'm appalled by the treatment of Palestinian people.
29. Eddie Hunter 23 Apr 2020
    BDS is a valid method of protesting the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israeli regime.
30. John Hilley 23 Apr 2020
    As in the case of global resistance to apartheid South Africa, BDS is a legitimate expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people against Israel's illegal occupation and apartheid policies. All civil and public bodies should be free to support that worthy cause.