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.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
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

CUNY agreed to a settlement and to provide all its stock and bond holdings for every fiscal year since January 2020. This is to be done within the next 15 days.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 10th amfAR Gala in Los Angeles, California, US, October 10, 2019.

Gwyneth Paltrow smeared online after Israel commercial gig

Paltrow, who is active on Instagram, did not post the commercial but many of the comments on her recent posts reiterate these accusations, calling her such epithets as “Genocide Queen.”

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Sabra hummus banned by Student Senate from Dickinson College store

’A Resolution To Endorse the Banning of Sabra Hummus from the Devil’s Den’

DECEMBER 24, 2019ByHEDDY BREUER ABRAMOWITZ
GREEN HUMMUS

The Heschel Center’s Climate Project Pushes for Sustainability in Israel

Israel is one of the countries that is known to have so many policies when it comes to pushing for sustainability.

OCTOBER 16, 2019ByLEO GIOSUÈ

Call to destroy Israel at Islamist conference in Ankara

Islamists also urged BDS against the Jewish state

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in London in June 2018.

Alabama GOP calls to expel Rep. Ilhan Omar from Congress

"Rep. Omar is ungrateful to the United States and the opportunities that have been afforded to her," said Alabama State Rep. Tommy Hanes in a statement to Fox News.

AUGUST 29, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) participates in a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, April 10, 2019

Comedian Bill Maher calls BDS 'a bulls**t purity test'

Maher has stated in the past that he is "more on the side of the Israelis" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

AUGUST 17, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Comedian Bill Maher speaks during ceremonies unveiling his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood

Congress tackles the anti-Israel boycott, but bipartisanship is fleeting

Israel, BDS and Jews are not going away this election season.

JULY 20, 2019ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C

Bhad Bhabie catches Tel Aviv outside despite conflicts with BDS

Cash me in Tel Aviv, how bow dah?

JULY 11, 2019ByREBECCA ARATEN
2018 Billboard Music Awards – Arrivals – Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., 20/05/2018 – Recording artist Bhad Bhabie

German Protestant church cancels BDS event linked to Palestinian terrorism

JUNE 23, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Demonstrators attend an 'al-Quds Day' protest rally in Berlin, Germany, July 11, 2015

240 Israeli, Jewish academics urge against calling BDS antisemitic

They also called "on the German government to maintain its direct and indirect funding of Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organisations that peacefully challenge the Israeli occupation."

JUNE 12, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany December 12, 2018

Texas governor signs amendment to limit scope of Israel boycott law

Over 25 states in recent years have passed laws which punish businesses that support BDS.

MAY 13, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs anti-BDS bill into law