Divestment and Sanctions movement

Israel’s ambassador criticized a United Nations human rights official Thursday for urging economic and travel sanctions against Israel to force a withdrawal from the West Bank.

Pro-Palestinian activists stormed University College London (UCL) and attempted to shut down an Israel student event by abusing guests and denying others entry to the meeting hall.

The former president of the UCLA Graduate Students Association has left the university’s law school over what he calls a “hostile and unsafe campus climate.”

Pro-Israel activists in the Miami area plan to protest a Florida state senator active in the Black Lives Matter movement who visited the West Bank as the guest of a group that backs the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

A municipality in the renowned Spanish holiday island of Ibiza has passed a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement.

Newly-appointed UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is a vocal supporter of Israel and a critic of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders announced Thursday that calls to boycott the Jewish state fall within the limits of free speech, undermining intensive Israeli diplomatic efforts to sway European capitals to outlaw the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Movement.

JAFFA, Israel – The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in the United States has been a major success with many hitherto unaffiliated populations signing up for the anti-Israel cause, a top Palestinian journalist reported.

Arutz Sheva reports: Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (pictured) has written a blistering op-ed slamming modern-day anti-Zionism as the “new anti-Semitism.”  In his Newsweek article, published Sunday, Rabbi Sacks refers to figures showing how escalating anti-Semitism has left many

The Jerusalem Post reports: Knesset Deputy Speaker Hilik Bar (pictured) will address both houses of the Alabama State Legislature on the topic of Israel’s security challenges and US-Israel cooperation next week. Alabama Lt.-Gov. Kay Ivey invited Bar to speak before a joint

TEL AVIV – In an unprecedented move, Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to bar companies from doing business with the state if they boycott Israel or its settlements, the Jerusalem Post reported. The Illinois Investment Policy board on Friday

The Jerusalem Post reports: One month after passing a motion supporting a boycott against Israel, the Spanish municipality of Aviles distanced itself from that position and denounced it as discriminatory. The northern city’s council on Saturday nullified its January motion

The Times of Israel reports: A billboard in Chicago calling for a boycott of Israel will be removed following a public outcry. Lamar Advertising, which leases billboards throughout the country, announced in a Facebook post on Friday that it would

JAFFA, Israel – PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat (pictured) has called on the British government to discontinue its punitive measures against universities and public associations that support boycotting Israel. Erekat condemned the British policy in a meeting with the British Secretary of

The Anti-Defamation League is pushing back against social media backlash in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s appearance in an Israeli cable TV commercial. The ADL sent out the following Tweet in response to a Breitbart Jerusalem article posted on Twitter by the news

TEL AVIV – After losing in New Hampshire, there are indications Hillary Clinton will use Sen. Bernie Sanders lack of significant support for the Jewish state as a campaign tactic to woo Jewish and pro-Israel voters.

An official Israeli government report into global anti-Semitism published Sunday shows more than 40 per cent of European Union citizens hold anti-Semitic views, with “Islamic elements” prominent in its creation. The Annual Evaluation of the Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism was presented to

France’s prime minister has criticised boycotts of Israeli products, saying they fuel anti-Semitic sentiment. But critics say using France’s strict laws against “inciting discrimination” to criminalise the boycotts violates free speech. Addressing a meeting of the Crif, the umbrella group