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The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Photo: UN. The United Nations Human Rights Council, long noted for its hostility to Israel, was formally presented with a “blacklist” of various companies doing business in Israel’s West Bank settlements and…
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A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank, Feb. 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad / File. An Irish bill that would have criminalized doing business with Israeli settlements was…
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The European Court of Human Rights building, in Strasbourg, France. Photo: Reuters / Vincent Kessler. France’s main Jewish organization on Friday decried a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that a French criminal conviction against activists involved in a…
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European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons. A Palestinian group promoting the BDS movement has lost its funding from the European Union, after refusing to renounce ties with Palestinian…
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People sunbathe at Playa De Palma beach, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, June 14, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Enrique Calvo. The parliament of Spain’s Balearic Islands passed a bill earlier this month condemning the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)…
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Illustrative: A BDS protest against Israel in Barcelona, Spain, June 2014. (YouTube screenshot) JTA — Courts in Spain’s third-largest city voided the resolutions of two municipalities that had declared their adherence to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.…
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Anti-Israel demonstrators an event at UCLA, May 17, 2018. Photo: YouTube screenshot. A former president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has criticized the organization for recently giving an award to a San Francisco State University professor who engaged in…
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FILE – In this March 14, 2011 file photo, a general view of a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. The United Nations’ first report on the broad policy of Israeli settlements concluded Thursday that…
read moreThe Norwegian Parliament rejected a motion to label imported Israeli products manufactured in Judea and Samaria, Israel Hayom learned Monday. The bill was presented two weeks ago by left-wing parties, including the Norwegian Labor Party, but was voted down by the coalition…
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An aerial view of Valencia, Spain. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The regional government in Valencia, Spain, has canceled an upcoming teacher-training course sponsored by a Spanish anti-Israel BDS group. “ACOM welcomes the decision of the government of the Region Valencia in…
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