By: Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Grim Source: The Intercept THE CRIMINALIZATION OF political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the West. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing T-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel. The U.K. has enacted a series of measures … Continued
By: David Randall Source: The Guardian Next Wednesday (19 July), Radiohead will step on stage in Tel Aviv in knowing and deliberate contravention of the boycott of Israel called for by Palestinian civil society and adhered to by leading cultural figures. In so doing, they will lose the respect of thousands of music fans across … Continued
Source: bdsmovement.net July 9, 2017 marks 12 years since the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was born. It’s been 12 years since an impressively large and diverse coalition across Palestinian civil society surmounted incredible odds to unify around three basic Palestinian rights and a nonviolent, inclusive, anti-racist path of struggle to achieve them. Despite the fragmentation, … Continued
] By: Russian Television (RT) Source: rt.com Norway’s largest trade union body has voted in favor of economic, cultural, and academic boycott of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. In response, Tel Aviv said that the union “placed itself shoulder to shoulder with the worst enemies of Israel.” The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) … Continued
By: Yousef Munayyer Source: The Nation Ten years ago, on July 9, 2005, groups from Palestinian civil society issued a call to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel until it respected Palestinian human rights. What became known as the BDS movement was born. A decade later, what was thought of as a marginal movement is … Continued
Hebron, Went Bank. Tali C. / Flickr By: DAVID PALUMBO-LIU – the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor at Stanford University. Source: JACOBIN In April, I described two resolutions up for approval by members of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the world’s largest academic organization of teachers of languages and literature. The first called on the organization to … Continued
Anti-BDS measure backed by Israeli right-wing group fails to pass Swiss parliament. (via Facebook) By: Adri Nieuwhof Source: The Electronic Intifada The Swiss upper house on Tuesday aborted an attempt to criminalize the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign for Palestinian rights. During the debate, the country’s foreign minister criticized the original anti-BDS motion, saying … Continued
Jewish Voice for Peace’s video features footage of the harassment by Israeli soldiers, including the Q&A session, shown above. By: Liz Jackson Source: Palestine Legal A coalition of civil rights groups wrote to the University of California Irvine (UCI) to demand that officials protect their students from harassment by Israeli soldiers visiting campus. For four straight days this past … Continued
By: Richard Silverstein Source: Tikun Olam This week, Norway’s largest labor union endorsed BDS. Before the vote, Israel’s ambassador, Raphael Schutz, posted a bizarre rant on Facebook which featured a picture of a banner at a Norwegian BDS rally. The banner showed an Israeli orange dripping (presumably) Palestinian blood. The clear implication of the protest … Continued
By: Palestinian BDS National Committee Source: Mondoweiss On May 12, 2017, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), representing close to one million workers, endorsed a full boycott of Israel to achieve Palestinian rights under international law. LO is the largest and most influential umbrella organization of labor unions in Norway. Commenting on this significant … Continued
Senator Bernie Sanders, right, is embraced by Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez at a party rally in Mesa, Arizona, 21 April. (Gage Skidmore) By: Michael F. Brown Source: The Electronic Intifada A majority of Democrats now backs economic sanctions or tougher action on Israel over its continued colonization of occupied Palestinian land, a … Continued
By Kim Jensen Mondoweiss Monday, April 10, 2017, marked a significant victory for social justice activism in the state of Maryland. After a vigorous and well-organized campaign, anti-BDS legislation was roundly defeated for the third time in four years. Like similar legislation that has been enacted in states across the U.S., Senate Bill 739 and … Continued
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