Blacklist of Pro-Palestinians

Code Pink is one of the groups whose members or supporters will be barred from entry to Israel even though, contrary to Israeli opinion, they do not focus on Israeli militarism alone. Here, on August 23rd 2016, Code Pink blocks Saudi Embassy to protest the bombing of Yemen. Photo from dcindymedia.org

Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: These Are the 20 Groups Whose Members Will Be Denied Entry

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has for months refused to divulge which organizations are on the list

By Noa Landau, Haaretz
January 07, 2018

Israel published on Sunday the full list of organizations whose activists will be barred from entering the country. The so-called “BDS blacklist” was released by the Strategic Affairs Ministry.

The ministry has compiled the list of 20 organizations whose members will not be allowed to enter Israel due to their support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. On Saturday it was revealed that the left-wing organization Jewish Voice for Peace has been placed on the list.

A joint team from the Strategic Affairs and Interior ministries has already determined the parameters that will serve as a basis for barring activists from coming into the country. Those who hold senior or important positions in blacklisted organizations will be denied entry, as well as key activists, even if they hold no official position. The Strategic Affairs Ministry has for months refused to divulge which organizations are on the list

Mayors and establishment figures who actively and continually promote boycotts will also be prevented from entering, as will activists who arrive to Israel on behalf of or as part of a delegation initiated by one of blacklisted groups.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is one of the banned organisations. Here activists from the Scottish PSC protest against Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights outside the Glasgow Sheriff Court, Scotland on 10 July 2017. Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign/Facebook.

The list from Europe includes:

■ The France Association Palestine Solidarity

■ BDS France

■ BDS Italy

■ The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine

■ Friends of Al-Aqsa

■ Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

■ The Palestine Committee of Norway

■ Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden

■ Palestine Solidarity Campaign

■ War on Want

■ BDS Kampagne

American organizations:

Members of Jewish Voice for Peace gather outside the U.S. District Court in Seattle to protest against the visits of their police officers to Israel to learn Israeli policing techniques. Photo courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace

■ American Friends Service Committee

■ American Muslims for Palestine

■ Code Pink

■ Jewish Voice for Peace

■ National Students for Justice in Palestine

■ US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Other groups:

■ BDS Chile

■ BDS South Africa

■ BDS National Committee

BDS South Africa, November 2011