Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Bill Barring Israel Boycotts
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker issued an executive order last Friday to ban state agencies from engaging with businesses with ties to the anti-Israel BDS movement.
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Knesset Session Focuses on Rise in Anti-Semitism, Including on U.S. Campuses
European diplomats attended a discussion at the Israeli parliament on Monday addressing concerns about rising antisemitism worldwide — including on American college campuses.
Trump Taps Campus Anti-Semitism Combatant to Head Education Department Civil Rights Office
President Donald Trump has nominated the founder of a group that defends Jewish students against anti-Semitism to the post of assistant secretary for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Education Department.
Austrian University Students Condemn BDS Movement as Anti-Semitic
The Austrian National Union of Students on Friday condemned the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against Israel as antisemitic, and urged for it to not be given funds or event space.
ACLU Sues Kansas for Law Punishing Israel Boycotters
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the state of Kansas for a law that punishes people who boycott Israel, the organization announced last week.
Report: U.N. Warns Companies May Be Blacklisted for Doing Business in Israeli Settlements
The head of U.N.’s top human rights agency has reportedly been sending letters to companies that do business in Israeli settlements.
Knesset Members Slam UN for Funding Anti-Israel Groups
Coalition lawmakers called for the UN to stop giving funds to NGOs that give legal aid to terrorists, this week.
Frankfurt Becomes First German City to Outlaw Public Funds to Anti-Israel BDS
Frankfurt has become the first German city to pass a bill outlawing municipal funding for the anti-Israel BDS movement’s activities.
Pictures: Britney Spears Arrives in Israel Ahead of Sold-Out Concert
Britney Spears arrived in Israel on the weekend ahead of her show set down for Tel Aviv’s Park Hayarkon on Monday night. She now joins a long list of international performers who have defied boycotts to perform in the Jewish state.
Report: Pitzer College Overturns Boycott Israel Student Resolution
The Pitzer College board of trustees announced on Friday that, following “careful consideration,” it had decided to “rescind…and declare…to be of no effect” a student government vote held during Passover to add an anti-Israel boycott into its bylaws.
Israeli Embassy in Dublin Concerned By ‘Disturbing Trend” of Local Anti-Israel Initiatives
The Israeli Embassy in Dublin is “concerned” by a “disturbing trend” of local initiatives targeting the Jewish state, a spokesperson said Thursday, after Trinity College Dublin (TCD) was announced as the location for an upcoming pro-BDS academic conference.
Columbia University Student Council Rejects Boycott Israel Resolution
Columbia University’s student council this week overwhelmingly voted down a resolution that would have given the school’s entire student body an opportunity to express support for the anti-Israel BDS movement.
Texas College Campuses See Rising Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism continues to rise on many U.S. college campuses including in Texas where universities face increasing vitriol that targets their Jewish student communities.
French BDS Branch Begins ‘Israel Apartheid Week’
Israel’s ambassador to France is asking the country’s mayors to reject events in their cities as the French branch of the anti-Israel BDS movement launches “Israeli Apartheid week” on Tuesday under the slogan “100 years of occupation/ 100 years of popular resistance for justice,” referring to the 1917 Balfour Declaration.