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TEL AVIV – Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, the first Muslim women elected to Congress, were the subject of a complaint filed by the Simon Wiesenthal Center to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over their “extreme anti-Israel and anti-Semitic statements.”

TEL AVIV – “Some of the Democratic Party’s brightest new stars believe Israel is a rogue state that should be treated like apartheid South Africa.”

Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) had dinner with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Wednesday, bonding with him over progressive policy goals.

TEL AVIV – Roseanne Barr, the eponymous star of the recently nixed TV show, will visit Israel and deliver an address at the Knesset against the BDS movement next month. 

NEW YORK — A series of statements on Monday have worked to confuse Airbnb’s Mideast policies, with the company claiming to oppose the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement while still singling out Jewish West Bank homes for boycott.

TEL AVIV – An Israeli citizen co-authored a resolution passed by New York University’s student government calling on the school to divest from companies that do business with Israel and are involved in “murdering brown people across the globe.”

NEW YORK — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, widely expected to mount a 2020 presidential bid, continues to maintain her distance from the bipartisan “Israel Anti-Boycott Act,” which opposes the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel.

Israel’s minister in charge of combating boycott efforts against the Jewish state is urging US states to take steps against booking website Airbnb, after it decided to de-list accommodations in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Speaking in an interview with Breitbart News, Dani Dayan, Israel’s Consul General in New York, slammed Airbnb’s decision to delist Israeli West Bank homes as a “discriminatory decision with anti-Semitic flavor.”

TEL AVIV – Airbnb could find itself sanctioned with a special tax over its decision remove all of its 200 listings located in Israeli settlements, Israel’s Tourism Minister said Tuesday. 

Two New Zealand women have been ordered by an Israeli court to pay damages for allegedly persuading pop singer Lorde to cancel a show in Israel.

TEL AVIV – The University of Michigan has disciplined a professor who refused to write a letter of recommendation to a student planning to study in Israel due to his support for the boycott movement against the Jewish state.

ALMOG, West Bank — An Israeli farmer has cashed in by making exotic honey from a rare tree that produces frankincense — the resin once worth its weight in gold and venerated in the Bible.

NEW YORK – Kirsten Gillibrand, the New York Senator running for reelection, has “clearly and transparently” taken a “calculated position” to move toward the “anti-Israel camp,” charged Breitbart Jerusalem chief Aaron Klein during a radio interview.

NEW YORK — Kirsten Gillibrand, the New York Senator running for reelection, has advanced troubling views, legislative decisions and associations that evidence alarming ideology when it comes to support for America’s only Democratic ally in the Middle East, the state of Israel.

Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum previously posted a picture of himself on Facebook posing with Phillip Agnew, the co-founder of Dream Defenders, a radical organization that demands an end to “disaster capitalism,” espouses socialist-style principals, rants against Independence Day, and is active in the movement to boycott Israel while promoting anti-Israel conspiracies.

Dream Defenders, a radical organization that demands an end to “disaster capitalism,” sees Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum as “by far the best candidate for our movement to engage with in pushing our revolutionary vision.”

A new television advertisement slated to run across Florida spotlights what could be a significant campaign issue for that state’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Andrew Gillum.

Jeremy Corbyn demanded a boycott of Arsenal FC after an Israeli tourism sponsorship deal was made public.

British Prime Minister Theresa May told leaders of the UK’s Jewish community on Monday there can be no excuses for anti-Semitism or “unacceptable” calls to boycott Israeli goods.

NEW YORK — An organization that is part of a progressive coalition that reportedly committed $3.5 million to help Florida gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum win the Democratic primary calls for an “end” to “disaster  capitalism,” rants against Independence Day and spreads malicious falsehoods against Israel.

LONDON — The Irish Senate has voted in favor of a bill seeking to ban the import of West Bank settlement products — a measure that still must pass several hurdles before becoming law.

The Labor Party sent a sternly worded letter to the Socialist International organization Tuesday after it adopted a resolution joining the Boycott Divest and Sanction Israel campaign, saying that the party would immediately leave the organization.

Israel should host Eurovision 2019 without being impeded by those calling for a boycott of the Jewish state, according to the editorial board of the the Irish Examiner.

A French storekeeper was forced to remove Israeli dates from public display after an angry Muslim customer said they were offensive.

TEL AVIV, Israel — Pop star Enrique Iglesias misses his newborn twins “like crazy.” But he says performing for his fans is the next best thing to being home.

The European Union has been asked to cease funding dozens of European and Palestinian non-governmental organizations that drive boycotts against Israel.

TEL AVIV – Louisiana on Tuesday became the 25th U.S. state to bar state government agencies from doing business with companies that are involved in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

The University of Oregon’s student senate passed a resolution on Wednesday endorsing the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, and targeting several companies over their alleged complicity in “the Israeli occupation of Palestine.”

TEL AVIV – New York University expressed that it was against the boycott of particular student groups after 51 campus organizations pledged to boycott pro-Israel groups.

The Stranglers are heading for Tel Aviv. The classic 1970s punk band have confirmed tour dates for the city this summer, defying anti-Israel lobbyists who work to dissuade performers from visiting the Jewish state.

New York City rapper Azealia Banks had a few choice words for anti-Israel protesters who called on her to cancel her upcoming show in the Jewish State.

Sir Paul McCartney has won Israel’s prestigious 2018 Wolf Prize and the former Beatle is expected to travel to the Jewish State and receive his award at the end of May.

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed a UN report documenting 206 companies with ties to Israeli settlements as evidence of an “anti-Israeli obsession” in the organization.

The Strategic Affairs Ministry under Gilad Erdan has compiled a list of organizations it says promote the boycott of Israel, and will cooperate with the Interior Ministry to block members of those groups from entering the country, Hadashot news reported Saturday.

A petition has been launched in Cologne, Germany asking the regional public broadcaster WDR drop their support for Rogers Waters’ upcoming “Us + Them” concert on the grounds of his previous expressions of anti-Semitism.