A recent letter from 14 GOP Senators seeking to reinstate U.S. support for Israeli universities in the occupied West Bank shows the danger of the IHRA antisemitism definition.
New Hampshire becomes the 37th state to adopt legislation targeting the BDS movement. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN praised the move saying it “[fortifies] the moral Iron Dome” protecting Israel.
Feminists for Justice in/for Palestine call on the National Women’s Studies Association to stand by its commitment that Palestinian liberation is a feminist issue.
Activists say that new UK legislation to prohibit the boycott of Israel is “a grave attack on our human rights and our ability to defend human rights – not just in Palestine but around the world.”
Eight years since the American Anthropological Association first considered the academic boycott of Israel, conditions for Palestinians have only gotten worse, and Israeli academic institutions are complicit. That is why I am supporting the new boycott resolution.
Sam Smith’s decision to cancel an upcoming concert in Israel is being celebrated by activists, “Pressure from activists, organizers, and supporters of the BDS movement played a crucial role in this outcome.”
A number of Palestinian film and arts organizations are calling for a boycott of Marvel Studio’s forthcoming Captain America movie over its inclusion of an Israeli superhero.
Democratic voters are much better than most Democratic politicians when it comes to understanding Israeli apartheid.
A new poll by the University of Maryland shows that 44% of Democrats believe Israel is a “state with segregation similar to apartheid,” and 41% of Democrats support the BDS movement.
Columbia University’s plans to open a learning center in Israel is being criticized by faculty members.