Israeli drone maker Elbit targeted as UK activists close second factory
17 February 2015
Instro Precision is a maker of military grade targeting systems and is owned by the Israeli arms firm.
Activism and BDS Beat
UC Davis has “no comment” on Roseanne Barr’s call for sectarian violence on campus
11 February 2015
Barr tweeted that she hoped “all Jews leave UC Davis and then it gets nukes.”
Obama pays tribute to Palestine solidarity activist killed in Islamic State captivity
10 February 2015
The family of Kayla Jean Mueller confirmed their daughter’s death in Syria. The Arizona woman had previously been in Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement.
Pro-Israel appeal to US patriotism fails to halt “historic” California divestment vote
9 February 2015
UCSA, which officially represents hundreds of thousands of students in the University of California, passes divestment resolutions by big margins.
Palestinians condemn Canada's repression of boycott movement, free speech
6 February 2015
Palestinians say Canada’s government “among the most repressive in the west” when it comes to Palestine solidarity activism.
Dozens of European parliamentarians call for end to EU-Israel treaty
4 February 2015
Parliamentarians say that allowing a trade agreement to stay in place “sends Israel the message that its violations of basic principles of human rights will be tolerated.”
California's "pepper spray chancellor" stays silent over racist abuse of Arab and Muslim students
4 February 2015
After UC Davis’ student senate voted in favor of divesting from companies that profit from Israeli apartheid, Arab and Muslim students have been under attack.
Case dropped against protesters who cost Elbit drone parts factory $280,000
2 February 2015
Police documents reveal the losses in production activists inflicted on a UK drone engines factory owned by Israeli arms firm Elbit in August.
UC Davis passes divestment resolution, five other campaigns launched across US
30 January 2015
A student activist at Northwestern University in Illinois talks about the challenges faced after the recent launch of their divestment campaign.
Boycott Israel's "Muslim Leadership Initiative," Palestinian civil society urges
26 January 2015
Palestinian campaigners say delegations visiting their country should not do so in “a manner that is complicit with Israel’s regime of occupation, colonialism and apartheid.”