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International Middle East Media Center
April 20, 2018
April 19, 2018 — Over 500 Latin American artists have publicly endorsed the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel. They pledged not to perform or exhibit in Israel and to decline Israeli funding, until Israel respects the comprehensive rights of the Palestinian people under international law.
JNS.org
April 20, 2018
... eve of Passover in which approximately 30,000 Gazan protestors, organized by Hamas, violently stormed the Gaza-Israel border. briefGazans use kites to set fire to fields, forests in Israel Ãâ÷ Israeli farmers near the border are being urged to be on the alert for suspicious flying objects and to alert firefighters,Ãâà...
The Australian
April 13, 2018
“It seems that every time Israel is attacked and forced to defend itself, certain academics at Sydney University take it upon themselves to criticise not the terrorist group Hamas, responsible for the problem, but reiterate their longstanding, destructive demands for boycotts of Israel,” Dr Rubenstein said.
NYU Washington Square News
April 12, 2018
A coalition of 50 NYU student groups came together on April 9 to announce their intent to boycott the state of Israel. Led by NYU Jewish Voice ... The groups are also calling on NYU to divest from companies and business linked to Israeli settlement projects on Palestinian land. Co-signatories come from aÃâà...
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
April 12, 2018
As Congress contemplates anti-BDS legislation, a truck in Washington, DC, on March 6, urges legislators not to be afraid of boycotts. [Staff Photo Phil ... The church earlier had unanimously adopted a position on the Israeli boycott when it passed a resolution entitled “Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine.” The resolutionÃâà...
WTOP
April 12, 2018
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli authorities are investigating how Dublin Mayor Micheal Mac Donncha arrived in the country despite instructions to bar his entry. Interior Minister Arieh ... Israel had aimed to block his entry because of his support for the BDS movement that advocates boycotts against it.
The Diamondback
April 11, 2018
On April 19, several campus organizations will host their annual "Israel Fest" on McKeldin Mall. Described by Maryland Hillel as a "day celebrating Israel," Israel Fest features food, information and activities relating to Israeli culture, most notably the camel rides that catch the eye of any passerby near theÃâà...
Newstalk 106-108 fm
April 11, 2018
Dublin City Council has voted to support economic sanctions against Israel – including a boycott of certain Israeli goods. The motion, passed by councillors last night, notes that the council "fully supports and endorses" the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for freedom,Ãâà...
Middle East Eye
April 10, 2018
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Palestinian artists have boycotted the ongoing Istanbul Film Festival after organisers ignored calls to drop an Israeli government sponsor. The call to drop Art Israel, an offshoot of the Israeli foreign ministry, from the "kind collaboration" sponsors of the Istanbul Film Festival was made byÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 28, 2018
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, also known as BDS, could potentially cost Israel up to $11.5bn a year. That's according to a partially redacted Israeli government report from 2013, which factored in the most extreme scenario of a full-blown EU boycott of Israeli products and a halt toÃâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
March 24, 2018
While race organizers blamed safety concerns and the weather, Israeli media credited the impact of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for the cancellation. The football clubs point out that Adidas previously ended its sponsorship of Israel's “Jerusalem marathon” after widespread protestsÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
March 5, 2018
Palestinian prisoners being held under administrative detention inside Israeli jails are continuing their boycott of Israeli courts for the 19th day, Quds Press reported yesterday. The prisoners started their strike in protest against their illegal detention, as well as due to the increase use of administrativeÃâà...
Forward
March 2, 2018
(JTA) — In a break with what many believe is a decades-long unofficial boycott of Israel, the British Royal House announced what appears to be a state visit ... (JTA) — The American-Israeli man accused of making hundreds of bomb threats to Jewish community centers in the United States was indicted forÃâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
February 22, 2018
The boycott started on 15 February, and will last, prisoners say, until Israel ends its practice of administrative detention – the widespread Israeli practice of imprisonment without charge or trial that can be renewed indefinitely and which is rooted in British colonial practices. “The Israeli military court and lawsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 14, 2018
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons without charge or trial have launched an open-ended boycott of Israel's military courts. In a joint statement announcing Thursday's move, 450 people jailed under Israel's controversial practice of administrative detention said their decision had been takenÃâà...
Campus Reform
December 31, 1999
More than 50 New York University student groups have signed on to a pledge to boycott "Israeli goods and goods manufactured in the Occupied Territories," and are calling on NYU to make the same commitment.
Mondoweiss
December 31, 1999
On Sunday, February 25, at their annual convention in San Diego, California, Democrats approved a set of positions on pending legislation that includes opposition to S 720/HR 1697, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, a federal bill that would impose draconian penalties for boycotts regarding Israel under certainÃâà...
