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Judges across the country are greenlighting challenges to laws aiming to prohibit states from doing business with any organization that boycotts Israel. As the suits move through the courts, they are making clear the legal vulnerabilities of so-called anti-Boycott, Divestment,…
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Trinity BDS this afternoon occupied the offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs, calling for the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland. Around 20 protesters occupied the inside of the department while another 30 were outside the building. Shouts…
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The Chilean Congress has drafted a bill to boycott goods, services and products from Israeli settlements, with Jewish Chileans expressing outrage at the latest anti-Israel move by Chilean parliamentarians. The bill was drafted by the Chile-Palestine Inter-Parliamentary Group in the Chamber of…
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The local authority in Lancaster has voted to support BDS and urge Lancashire County Council’s pension fund to divest £8 million from companies tied to West Bank settlements. At a Lancaster City Council meeting held on Wednesday night, councillors passed…
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Canada’s largest labor union adopted “behind closed doors” a motion last week that supports a boycott of Israel after the resolution initially failed to garner support among members. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) held its annual convention virtually this year,…
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A Canadian federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision that barred “Product of Israel” labels for wines produced in Judea and Samaria. In July of 2020, the Federal Court of Canada had ruled that it was “false, misleading or deceptive” for…
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The city council of Cambridge, Mass., rejected a resolution supporting the BDS movement. The resolution, Policy Order #109, was voted down after nearly seven-and-a-half hours of public testimony by more than 300 people late Tuesday. The proposed resolution sought to…
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US advocates of the campaign to isolate Israel within the international community as a first step towards its elimination as a Jewish state were celebrating a legal victory on Tuesday, following last week’s decision by a federal judge to strike…
read moreThe story goes like this: A Jewish student is elected to the university’s student government. The student’s fitness for office is challenged by peers who question whether that student can maintain “neutrality” on campus issues because of their Jewish identity.…
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Jagmeet Singh (center), leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party. Source: NDP/Twitter. Members of Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party (NDP) have voted overwhelmingly to endorse a boycott against Israel during its recent party convention. At its virtual party convention on April…
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