Israel BDS

Providence voters to decide Israel-linked divestment measure in November referendum

Supporters also note that Providence joined a 2006 divestment initiative against Sudan to protest ethnic cleansing in Darfur, a divestment campaign that was spearheaded by American Jewish groups.

Providence City Hall in Providence, Rhode Island on May 28, 2020
 CUNY Law School.

CUNY ordered to disclose all investments in companies with alleged ties to Israel

Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

 Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 10th amfAR Gala in Los Angeles, California, US, October 10, 2019.

Gwyneth Paltrow smeared online after Israel commercial gig


GOP bill would keep settlement products labeled ‘Made in Israel’

Tenney argued that returning to the pre-Pompeo policy would empower those who seek to boycott the Jewish state.

View of the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the West Bank on January 17, 2021.

Anti-Israel efforts are a regressive ‘progressive’ stance - opinion

Local governments in progressive US cities have ramped up anti-Israel efforts. whenever anti-Israel bills are introduced, antisemitic slurs and violence are soon to follow.

 SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS stand on the back of a vehicle during a protest march in the city year.

Pro-Israel lawyers urge European countries to drop 'antisemitic' UN conference

The International Legal Forum argues that states that adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism should not attend a conference that operates in violation of IHRA's tenets.

PROTESTERS BRANDISH anti-Israel signs outside the Durban Conference opening session, August 31, 2001.

Has the Strategic Affairs Ministry achieved its goals?

With the Strategic Affairs Ministry set to be dismantled, former director-general Tzahi Gavrieli looks back at five years of fighting delegitimization of Israel

TZAHI GAVRIELI: Substance is what matters.

Progressive Jewish groups oppose codification of IHRA antisemitism definition

Network of left-wing Jewish organizations argues that legal adoption of IHRA definition could stifle free speech and suppress debate on Israel. Foreign Ministry laments opposition to further adoption

A J Street panel meeting

The BDS movement, through anti-normalization, is bent on silencing Arabs

The movement’s core principle of “anti-normalization” works to restrict any interaction between Israelis and Arabs.

The BDS movement’s current target is the hugely popular Palestinian Arab-Israeli video blogger Nuseir Yassin, who runs the social media site Nas Daily.

Illinois U student govt passes BLM resolution, calls to divest from Israel

The university’s Office of Student Affairs condemned the nonbinding resolution, which passed last week in a 22-11 vote with seven abstentions.

Hallene Gateway at the University of Illinois

The dilemmas of intersectionality

The irony was that I was marching with people who likely held sharply different views than I do on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

What I have described may be common experiences for many American Jews today who are trying to be both pro-Israel and fight for social justice

Austrian Press Council: Calling BDS 'antisemitic' not a violation of code

The Austrian Press Council wrote “numerous institutions and state institutions classify the BDS movement as antisemitic."

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

Anti-war activists disinvite Jewish councilor, sparking antisemitism row

Munich City Council member Marian Offman was due to give the opening remarks at an anti-war event, but was disinvited, organizers claim due to his opposition to BDS.

Munich's New Town Hall, which hosts the city government including the city council, offices of the mayors, and part of the administration.