Israel's incompetent global campaign of "lawfare"
2 April 2014
Pro-Israel groups are using court venues around the world in an attempt to stilfe the Palestinian-led boycott campaign, but are having surprisingly mixed results.
Activism and BDS Beat
Divestment vote at University of New Mexico tonight
2 April 2014
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of New Mexico is calling on administration to pull its investments from corporations that profit from human rights violations in Palestine and at the US-Mexico border.
Call to create divestment committee passes at University of Michigan-Dearborn
2 April 2014
SJP is however critical of procedures used that limited debate and input from the resolution’s authors.
Northeastern rallies against censorship, racism
2 April 2014
Northeastern University, the first in the United States to ban a campus Palestine solidarity group, welcomed a delegation of Israeli lawmakers from racist parties.
Anti-boycott measure slipped into Maryland state budget
1 April 2014
American Studies Association calling for “immediate” action by the public to oppose bill making its way through Maryland legislature.
Legal attack on student democracy after King’s College London backs BDS
1 April 2014
After pressure from the pro-Israel lobby, the trustees of a London student union are attempting to overturn a democratic vote.
Michigan Daily endorses Palestine students' divestment effort
27 March 2014
Students at McMaster University win big majority for divestment despite walk-out by opponents. Loyola student government president, supported by off-campus Israeli lobby groups, vetoes divestment resolution
Divestment wins again at Loyola, goes down fighting in Michigan
26 March 2014
Students at Kings College London also passed a motion calling for boycott and divestment from entities complicit in Israeli abuses of Palestinian rights.
Rolling Stones accused of hypocrisy as Tel Aviv gig announced
26 March 2014
The Palestinian national boycott committee says that the Rolling Stones’ planned gig is much like those few artists who played Sun City during the era of South African apartheid.
Refusing to be silenced, Michigan students take divestment back to student government
25 March 2014
University of Michigan students have been sitting in at student government headquarters for the last week in response to the student government’s refusal to hear a divestment resolution. Organizers are preparing for another student government meeting on 25 March.