Activists pull out of Chicago LGBTQ conference over Israel pinkwashing
22 January 2016
Black Lives Matter adds voice to protests over invitation of Israel pinkwashing group A Wider Bridge to The National LGBTQ Task Force’s Chicago conference.
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University of South Florida students pass Israel divestment resolution
21 January 2016
Students demand administration stop meddling in student government affairs.
Mossad-linked group's case against US trade union thrown out
21 January 2016
United Electrical workers says complaint dismissed by US labor board was effort by Shurat HaDin to interfere with union members’ First Amendment rights.
Defying court ruling, French figures call for Israel boycott
20 January 2016
France plans to intensify crackdown on Palestine solidarity movement
Union members fight nullification of Israel boycott resolution
15 January 2016
United Auto Workers International executives seen as protecting pro-Israel corporate interests over workers’ solidarity.
US church divests from Israeli banks
13 January 2016
Methodists put Israel on list of “high risk” countries for human rights abuses.
US lawmakers slam EU to defend Israeli settlements
12 January 2016
US has penalized settlement products labeled “Made in Israel” for 20 years.
Major Irish firm CRH divests from Israel's cement industry
11 January 2016
Irish construction material group CRH has divested from Israel’s main cement provider after a decade-long campaign by Irish activists.
Campaigners hail "inspiring" BDS victory as Orange quits Israel
11 January 2016
Faced with prospect of mass boycott, French multinational had “no choice” but to end its complicity with Israeli abuses.
New York bill would create official blacklist of Israel boycott supporters
8 January 2016
Anti-BDS legislation also introduced in California by lawmaker who says Israel has “divine right” to West Bank.