Reykjavik passed a law boycotting all Israeli products. Both Israel and Iceland are parties to the WTO which bans such boycotts.
Netanyahu: "We have historical memory of what happened when Europe labeled Jewish products."
A British Conservative Member of Parliament called the petition "completely absurd."
By JNi.Media
The taskforce will be run by Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan.
Matisyahu explains what happened at Rototem in Spain, and what was his response.
Hillel CEO Eric Fingerhut spoke at J Street U Student Leadership Institute, seeking to establish common ground.
By Edwin Black
Because Canary Mission works beneath a complete shroud of secrecy, it has been called “shadowy.”
By Rachel Levy
Apparently officials at the British Guinness World Record believe Beirut is safer than Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The organization also is encouraging young Christians to serve in the IDF.
The former president was one of 20,000 in Toronto to watch Bono.
"Bon Jovi couldn’t care less.”
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
The House of Bishops, led by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, overwhelmingly defeated the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution.
The President announced he will ignore the letter of the law he just signed because it protects Judea and Samaria.
The agreement does not mean that Orange is leaving Israel, despite wrong headlines elsewhere.
The Muslim boycott chased Burger King out of Israel the first time. Now they're trying again.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
New York follows Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee to condemn BDS.
Coca-Cola's BDS exposé compounded by executive's anti-Israel statements and company's promotion of Arab Apartheid.
The Foreign Ministry succeeded in rolling back a boycott of Israeli products sold by a large supermarket chain.
Lawfare activist threatens US-based Coca-Cola with lawsuit.
Galloway apparently was not satisfied with his stinging defeat in recent elections for parliament.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The course was cancelled because of lack of interest.
Pro-Israel forces came out swinging when Finland excluded the centrist JNF from its "World Village Festival."
Anti-Israel South African groups complain that the pro-Israel lobby is "undermining solidarity with the Palestinian people."
The French-based telecom company operates in an area of Azerbaijan that the United Nations and US consider occupied territory.
The Foreign Ministry so far has not been able to stop the blood libel juggernaut of the leftist group.
The boycotters submitted a 51-page anti-Israel document to Orange last month, says NGO monitor.
Richard told AFP that he "sincerely regrets" the controversy that resulted from his statements.
By Shalom Bear
What better way to rebuild burned bridges than to capitalize on Egyptian anti-Semitism.
Orange's official explanation is about brand licensing, side-stepping the CEO's anti-Israel political explanation.
Stephane Richard, who dumped on Israel yesterday in Egypt, spoke warmly in Jerusalem in 2012 on his first visit to Israel.
He also criticized Britain for boycotting Israel's defense expo; British diplomat claims UK "committed" to trade links with Israel.
Foreign Ministry nerds are wrongly calling the boycott an aftermath of the FIFA nonsense.
Cruz said everything the GOP's Sheldon Big Bucks Adelson wanted to hear, but wouldn’t it be better to let BDS die from lack brain disease?
Israeli Consul General refutes UJA president's claim that government insists NIF march in Celebrate Israel parade.
They stopped Blatter from speaking, waved PA flags and demanded "Israel out."
A former of official of the same FIFA, which is considering expelling Israel, blamed "Zionism" for a bribe charge in 2011.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Illinois State House of Representatives Executive Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit state pension funds from including in their portfolios companies that participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The 10-0 committee vote follows the 49-0 passage of the measure in the Illinois State Senate and […]
NYC's UJA-Federation leadership was criticzed for allowing groups that support economic sanctions against Israel to again march in the Celebrate Israel Parade.
Was the original CBC report, that Ottawa might target boycotters with hate crime charges, fueled by hate?
Ostensibly Jewish "leaders" are protecting and promoting those engaged in economic and legal warfare against the Jewish State.
The Canadian government has expressed "zero tolerance" for boycotters of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Indiana General Assembly has become the second-ever state legislature to pass a resolution that formally opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Tennessee lawmakers approved a similar measure on April 21. Adopted in a voice vote, the Indiana Senate approved Resolution 74, which “expresses opposition to the anti-Jewish and anti-Israel” BDS […]
The divestment measures are driven by hatred of Israel, not humanitarian concerns about Arabs.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tennessee becomes the first state to formally condemn the BDS movement.
Poet Erez Biton, who was awarded the Israel Prize for Literature on Yom Ha'Atzmaut, used the occasion to warn against sponsors of the Boycott Israel movement. "Strident voices are being heard in the world including those who are challenging the very existence of the State of Israel," he said. "There are even those among them […]
By Edwin Black
With the new legal ruling, BDS critics predict there will be litigation to recover damages from the NIF and its grantees engaged in the BDS movement.
A pro-BDS professor at Sydney University may face disciplinary action over his conduct at lecture where anti-Israelis disrupted a speech by retired British Col. Richard Kemp, who has often praised the IDF for its morality while fighting terror. The university issued a "show cause" letter to Prof. Jake Lynch, according to The Australian. Jewish students […]
The court unanimously rejected petitions against the Israeli law prohibiting boycotts on Israeli products.
NY's Celebrate Israel Parade new guidelines barring BDS advocates doesn't actually bar BDS advocates.
PA says Palestinian Arabs can no longer have most Israeli food products.
Fatah is calling on Palestinian Arabs to protests against Israel on Jan. 26, and to boycott Israeli products
Historical academic association rejects effort to castigate Israel for allegedly denying Arabs "academic freedom" and "right to education."
ZOA says anti-Zionists should not be permitted in the World Zionist Congress, setting policy for the World Zionist Organization.
Thousands of British Jews fought an anti-Israel boycott.
Harvard announced it will "look into" its boycott of SodaStream. But will it remove the boycott?
Harvard boycotts SodaStream to avoid offense to Palestinian Arab students.
UCalifornia union passes empty BDS resolution, but triggers "no politics in classroom" policy - win for Israel!
Macy's still sells Ahava, so dropping SodaStream was not a political decision.
#BDSFail as daughter of Hamas leader is treated in Israeli hospital.
Anthropology academics sign petition to boycott Israeli academic institutions to soothe their own guilt. Anthro-apologists.
BDS failed to #StoptheBoat at the Port of Long Beach. The ZIM Shanghai unloaded / reloaded and sailed on without a hitch.
'Jews Against Genocide' pervert the Ice Bucket Challenge into a "blood bucket" attack on the IDF.
ZIM may not call on the Port of Oakland again, certainly not until the ILWU 10 has a contract and guarantees to unload ZIM ships. Other shipping companies wary of the port's unreliability may also consider the same.
“How can you separate politics and health? The two go hand-in-hand.” – editor of Lancet medical journal.
Add BDS to the long list of those who never will forgive Obama.
By Rachel Levy
The US State Department has renewed its warning to American citizens against traveling to Israel on the eve of 9/11, prior to the Jewish high holy days.
Ohio University student creates tasteless video insulting people dying of incurable disease and promoting BDS.
College students have been given a gift by the AMCHA Initiative: a tool to see if a certain professor is biased against Israel.
BDS gets doused again with the announcement that the California Beach Boys are going to surf in Israel.
Lady Gaga once again defies the BDSers and will appear in Tel Aviv on Sept. 13.
The Boycott Israel movement, so far, is more bark than bite.
By Shalom Bear
BDS is attempting a new form of economic terrorism, except that it hurts American workers, and not Israel. American workers don't like that.
Islamic-driven violence drives another nail in a civil British society.
Garnier runs from Zionist label. Its parent company, L'Oreal, had notorious Nazi sympathizers.
By JTA
Pro-Israel groups sometimes forget that others are listening.
Perhaps the city of Bradford can declare itself a “George Galloway-free zone.”
By Rachel Levy
Did the U.S. allow Hamas terrorists rule Israel's skies? Why would the Obama administration do that?
Sen Ted Cruz wants the administration to give straight answers to questions about the FAA ban on Israel.
Why is the ban on Israel's airport different from all other FAA bans?
Arab delegates insist Jewish participants are "Israeli", close down summit until Judenrein
BDS activist admits that Israel boycott limited to areas that don't hurt too much
Jews are under attack in virtually every European country, but leaders choose to tackle "true" threat to peace: Jewish communities.
Ultimately, BDS will fail because the boycotters themselves do not really believe in their cause. If they did, they'd throw out their cell phones.
Morocco’s national soccer federation stepped in at the last minute last week to protect innocent young Moroccans from the unbridled humiliation and degradation of playing against Israeli children. On May 27, Moroccan authorities announced they would pull two teams, made up of 11-year-olds and 13-year-olds, from the Kawkab Athletic Club Marrakech out of the Mondial […]
Shurat Hadin: Boycott of Israeli professor violated anti-racism law. Aussie prof: I'll work with whomever I choose.
The BDS leadership wants to punish Soros for Israeli investments; they are calling for an "aidcott."
By Paul Miller
A Jewish DePaul student said, 'I have to defend myself, my Judaism, my pride in Israel every day; it’s exhausting.'
Just because speech is constitutionally protected doesn’t mean that it is wise, fair or productive.
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has ramped up its campaign against the boycott, divestment, sanction movement (BDS) in Australia with an information booklet outlining the history and aims of the BDS movement. The booklet, which has been distributed to politicians, journalists and public officials lays bare the hypocrisy of the BDS brigades Down Under […]
By JTA
The student senate at the University of California, Davis did not approve a divestment resolution targeting Israel. The vote at 2 a.m. on Thursday ended in a tie, with five student senators voting in favor, five opposed and two abstaining. The student government vice president, Maxwell Kappes, declined to break the tie, abstaining instead. The […]
Roger Waters may be ramping up his anti-Semitic attempts to discourage other musicians to boycott Israel, but the music world is saying “We don’t need no thought control.”
By JTA
The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico passed a non-binding resolution on Saturday calling for the university to divest from companies that operate in Judea and Samaria. The resolution calls on the university to divest from companies that “directly profit from the ongoing violations of international law and human rights, […]
The Boycott Movement, like the Palestinian Authority, is slowly but surely dissolving itself.
By JTA
Northeastern University has provisionally reinstated the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter on campus. The SJP chapter will remain on probation through January 2015, according to a notification letter from Dr. Laura A. Wankel, the university’s vice president for student affairs. Students for Justice in Palestine was suspended from campus on March 7 for at […]
There is lobbying going on both for and against including J Street in the Conference of Presidents.
Carole Zabar, longtime supporter of BDS promoters, is now in a pickle - Zabar's is a BDS target.
The BDS movement has done us a favor by showing the world they are idiots over the Scarlett-SodaStream duet.
Celebrate Israel Parade should be successful, without anti-Israel BDSers parading down 5th Avenue!
The student union of Ryerson University in Toronto voted to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement aimed at Israel, but the university said it will ignore the non-binding decision. “The student union is a corporation independent of the university, we have to be clear there,” said Michael Forbes, a spokesperson for Ryerson and quoted […]
On April 1, 1933, the Nazis carried out their first nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. Today we would call that BDS.