Sussex students join UK's wave of Israel boycotts
30 March 2015
The vote ensures that Israeli products will remain off the shelves at student union shops and means the student union should now step up its BDS campaigning
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Virginia state agency cancels Jerusalem trip citing Israeli discrimination
27 March 2015
Virginia State Bar cancels Jerusalem seminar citing Israel’s discriminatory practices against Palestinian Americans and other travelers.
Netanyahu win is “victory for BDS,” says UCLA's controversial pro-Israel student president
23 March 2015
Israel lobby-backed UCLA student body president Avinoam Baral concedes that the citations in divestment resolutions about Israel’s human rights violations are “ironclad.”
Hillel threatens Swarthmore chapter over events with Palestinian rights supporters
23 March 2015
By implementing censorship policies, Hillel International “is stifling Jewish life on campus and actively driving students away,” say student activists.
UK supermarket Waitrose suffers brand damage for promoting Israel
23 March 2015
Store tries to censor activists protesting at its circulation of a glossy brochure from the Israeli tourism office.
Canadian students reject Justin Trudeau's attack on Palestine activism, free speech
15 March 2015
Liberal Party leader and would-be prime minister tweets that “The BDS movement, like Israeli Apartheid Week, has no place on Canadian campuses.”
Tourist ad falls foul of UK watchdog for claiming Jerusalem belongs to Israel
10 March 2015
The supermarket Waitrose has come under fire for distributing a glossy brochure that erases Palestinian culture and history.
Pressure grows on US firm selling homes in Israel's settlements
9 March 2015
RE/MAX International tries to dodge its role in selling homes on occupied Palestinian land.
Cornel West backs Steven Salaita, cancels prestigious Univ. of Illinois lecture
4 March 2015
“The suffering of precious Palestinians under a vicious Israeli occupation is a crime against humanity,” says celebrated public intellectual.
London's SOAS backs Israel boycott in referendum landslide
28 February 2015
Call to cut ties with Israeli institutions garners 73 percent of vote in referendum of students, faculty and staff.