“Killing me softly with your bombs”: Activists tell Lauryn Hill to skip Israel gig
30 April 2015
As boycott pressure mounts, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters urges Robbie Williams to cancel Tel Aviv show.
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Indiana students vote to divest from companies over Israel links
29 April 2015
Passing a divestment resolution “lives up to our legacy of social justice,” says an Earlham College student campaigner.
Boycott to intensify after Israeli ban on South African minister's trip to Palestine
28 April 2015
Outraged by the Israeli ban on South African cabinet minister Nzimande, a broad alliance of civil society organizations presented a program of action.
Princeton students buoyed by close vote in Israel divestment referendum
25 April 2015
In close vote, 47.5 percent of undergraduates vote in favor of divestment from companies complicit in Israel’s occupation.
Israeli ban on South African cabinet minister boosts boycott campaign
25 April 2015
South African higher education minister Blade Nzimande calls on his country’s universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions.
Truth-teller Cornel West stands up to Israel lobby bullies
24 April 2015
UCLA Jewish studies center rejects smears and calls to cancel lecture by public intellectual who has also come under attack from Obama supporters.
Illinois law would force state to boycott companies accused of boycotting Israel
23 April 2015
New attempts to repress boycott, divestment and sanctions movement with legislation civil rights defenders say is unconstitutional.
Palestinians denied medicines in prisons equipped by G4S, says new report
22 April 2015
The British-Danish firm G4S provides most of the surveillance technology used in Israel’s prisons.
African Heritage delegation backs global resistance to Israel’s “21st century colonialism”
17 April 2015
The parallels between the ongoing racial discrimination experienced by Black people in the US and the treatment of Palestinians can no longer be ignored.
Israel's anti-boycott law will hit Palestinians hardest, rights groups warn
16 April 2015
Israel’s high court on Thursday upheld a law imposing stiff sanctions on those advocating boycotts of Israel or its colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights.