Lionel Messi and the Argentine National Soccer Team arrived in Israel Sunday evening ahead of a friendly match against Uruguay, nearly 18 months after his side cancelled a match against Israel in Jerusalem due to pressures from pro-Palestinian organizations. A…
read moreThe three-part course of action, decided following approval by UCL’s governing council last week, aims to raise awareness of various forms of racism targeted towards minority and ethnic groups. The statement comes as a particular victory for members of the…
read moreAn El Al Boeing 777 aircraft at Ben-Gurion International Airport (photo credit: REUTERS) Israel has refused to grant visitor visas to seven French politicians who in the past have supported the BDS movement. The politicians include mayors and members of…
read moreSupporters of the South African BDS campaign rally in Johannesburg on May 31, 2019. Photo: Screenshot. The influential lobby in South Africa advocating a boycott of the State of Israel was forced into a climbdown this week, as it abandoned…
read moreA pro-Israel march in Cape Town in 2018. Photo: SAFI. An overwhelming majority in the Senate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has rejected a long-standing proposal to endorse an academic boycott of the State of…
read moreA BDS protest in front of Carnegie Hall. Photo: Liberate Art. Proponents of the cultural Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel claim that their cause is human rights and their methods are non-violent. Yet most international entertainers who…
read moreToronto Raptors vs. the Washington Wizards on April, 27, 2018. Credit: Flickr. Despite activists from the anti-Israel BDS movement claiming victory over the Toronto Raptors canceling their planned visit to Israel this summer after winning the NBA championship this year,…
read more(photo courtesy of Lisa Ben-Haim) Following increased numbers of anti-Semitic acts locally and globally, the Highland Park Borough Council and Gayle Brill Mittler, the borough’s mayor, have spent the last four months examining and drafting proposals of resolutions condemning anti-Semitism,…
read moreBDS operatives protest Israel in Oslo, Norway The recently elected Oslo City Council is getting right to work: The Norwegian lawmakers are banning the purchase of goods and services from Israeli Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria by municipal departments…
read moreSweden’s new foreign minister, Ann Linde [File photo] Sweden’s new foreign minister, Ann Linde, said the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is not anti-Semitic, but rather a legitimate and non-violent movement. According to the website of Yediot Ahronoth,Linde’s remarks were…
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