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4 August 2015
Prominent lawmaker who challenged Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel slams anti-BDS resolution passed stealthily through government body. Read more about Chicago's Jesus Garcia slams attempt to thwart boycott of Israel
6 July 2015
United Church of Christ divestment victory not repeated at Mennonite and Episcopal gatherings. Read more about US protestant churches not yet won over to divestment
18 June 2015
Desmond Tutu is supporting calls for divestment from companies that abet Israeli apartheid. Read more about Will US churches help bring down Israel's prison walls?
1 June 2015
Student senators at Marquette University removed from a resolution all references to Palestine and companies that profit from Israel’s occupation. Read more about Wisconsin student government censors criticism of firms abetting Israel's crimes
29 May 2015
University of California’s investments in the Israeli occupation and its complicity with Israel’s systematic discrimination harms the welfare of UC Davis’ Palestinian students. Read more about UC Davis senators vote to divest citing Israel’s harm to student welfare
27 May 2015
Professors join NYU students in their growing campaign to demand that tuition dollars not be spent to systematically deny Palestinians their rights. Read more about Faculty call on New York University to reveal Israel investments
21 May 2015
Assurances by the security firm that it will not renew its contrasts with the Israeli Prison Service must not be trusted. Read more about University of Helsinki cancels G4S contract over support for Israeli prisons
20 May 2015
Illinois passes Israel-lobby backed law against divestment from West Bank settlements. Read more about Video: Ali Abunimah on efforts to outlaw Israel boycott in US, Canada
19 May 2015
A surge in accusations of anti-Semitism relies on the conflation of anti-Semitism with criticism of Israeli policy, lawyers say. Read more about False claims of anti-Semitism climb on US campuses: New report
18 May 2015
Campus debate on Palestine has generated high levels of engagement, organizers say. Read more about Princeton graduate students back Israel occupation divestment by wide margin