About

The Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign (BIAC) is a Vancouver-based group that formed in 2007 as part of a global movement against Israeli apartheid. Our work is based on a call from over 170 grassroots Palestinian organizations in 2005 for a global campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the State of Israel. The BDS campaign demands that Israel recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:

1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall;

2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality;

3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.

Here in Vancouver, our work is primarily focused on a boycott campaign against Chapters and Indigo bookstores in response to their financial support for soldiers in the Israeli military. If you are interested in getting involved in organizing with the campaign or coming out to our weekly information pickets, please contact us by email at boycottapartheid@gmail.com