
All campaigns to boycott Israeli products have been condemned by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who has accused activists of creating a “campaign of hatred” inside France. “I tell you here clearly: we condemn all campaigns of boycott against Israeli products,” he
by Simon Kent18 Dec 2015, 2:44 AM PST0

Upholding the convictions of twelve anti-Israel activists, France’s Supreme Court – the Court of Cassation – has confirmed that promoting a boycott of Israel is tantamount to “inciting hate or discrimination”. Back in 2009 and 2010, a dozen ‘Boycott,Divestment, Sanctions’ (BDS) campaigners attempted
by Sarkis Zeronian29 Oct 2015, 10:35 AM PST0

On Tuesday, Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) of violating the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
by Paul Miller15 Oct 2015, 8:34 AM PST0

Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, has voted to enact a city wide boycott on all Israeli goods in support of the international Boycott, Divestment, Sanction movement. The 15-strong council also urged individuals to boycott Israel “as long as the occupation of
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Sep 2015, 12:28 AM PST0

A Jewish organisation dedicated to opposing the anti-Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is seeking to take Leicester City Council to court over its recent decision to boycott Israel. The organisation has accused the council of anti-Semitism, likening the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds25 Aug 2015, 6:30 AM PST0

Jewish hip-hop artist Matisyahu has been dropped from the lineup of a Spanish music festival because the festival supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel. But Matisyahu is Jewish, not Israeli. Instead, he hails from America, which
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Aug 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

This week the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel suffered a defeat in California as the governing student body which represents over 2.1 million students in the California Community College System voted to reject a resolution to divest from companies doing business with the Jewish State.
by Adelle Nazarian7 May 2015, 5:31 AM PST0

UC Riverside has reversed an earlier decision to ban the sale of a popular hummus brand that is partially owned by an Israeli company after an anti-Israel student group, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), made the request.
by Adelle Nazarian30 Apr 2015, 1:50 PM PST0

The rise of antisemitism throughout college campuses in California has emerged again–this time at the University of California Riverside in the form of an anti-Israel course that was reportedly approved by the school’s faculty and has resulted in no less than 20 Jewish and pro-Israel groups penning an open letter to the chancellor requesting its removal.
by Adelle Nazarian22 Apr 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

A junior at Stanford University has filed an official complaint after being questioned about whether her Jewish faith would affect her ability to serve in the student Senate. The allegedly antisemitic incident is the second such recent case in California, coming a month after UCLA’s student council questioned a candidate for student office about her Jewish faith.
by Adelle Nazarian14 Apr 2015, 9:39 AM PST0

Two Republican Congressmen, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have introduced the “Boycott Our Enemies, Not Israel Act,” which seeks to push back against the vicious delegitimization campaign employed by the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
by Jordan Schachtel27 Mar 2015, 9:39 AM PST0

LOS ANGELES, California — The sources of monetary funding for anti-Israel propaganda and movements such as boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on college campuses can be linked to taxpayer dollars, according to experts at the StandWithUs conference, a gathering of pro-Israel activists.
by Adelle Nazarian24 Mar 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

Responding to a column on kveller.com by author Alina Adams, in which Adams asserted UCLA was among universities that were antisemitic, actress Mayim Bialik, a three-time Emmy nominee for her role in The Big Bang Theory, defended her alma mater, from which she received a Ph.D in neuroscience, insisting in the Times of Israel that she “had to speak up.”
by William Bigelow23 Mar 2015, 9:29 AM PST0

LOS ANGELES, California — With anti-Israel sentiment spreading on college campuses around the world, especially through the “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement, experts gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to suggest ways to push back during Stand With Us’s first anti-BDS conference.
by Adelle Nazarian22 Mar 2015, 5:00 PM PST0

Famed defense attorney and retired Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ripped President Barack Obama in an address to a conference of pro-Israel activists in Los Angeles on Saturday evening. Dershowitz, who backed Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 elections, expressed strong disappointment with President Obama’s recent treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the weak negotiating posture of the Obama administration in talks with Iran.
by Joel B. Pollak22 Mar 2015, 8:40 AM PST0

This weekend, two staunchly opposing groups, Stand With Us and J-Street, will hold conferences on opposite coasts, setting opposing agendas for U.S.-relations at a time when those relations are in danger of taking a turn for the worse.
by Adelle Nazarian20 Mar 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

A recent meeting at UCLA to nominate a Jewish sophomore to the student council’s Judicial Board, is the latest incident to shine a light on a culture of apparent antisemitism at UCLA. Staunch anti-Israel rhetoric has pervaded the University of California school system for sometime.
by Adelle Nazarian7 Mar 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

LOS ANGELES, California — An emotionally-charged and highly divisive vote took place at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on Sunday as pro-Israel students attempted to thwart two different divestment resolutions at the UC Student Association (USCA). Both divestment resolutions subsequently passed, including one which called for divestment from most of the world, including the United States.
by Adelle Nazarian9 Feb 2015, 6:05 AM PST0