While the Irish foreign minister has made some positive noises, more pressure is needed to bar imports of products from Israeli settlements. Read more about Ireland has a moral duty to ban goods from Israeli settlements
Happy that their theft of the West Bank has succeeded, right-wing Israelis are turning their sights on the Negev. Read more about Israel takes pride in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouin villages
The BBC contorts the truth to make Israel’s occupation invisible in its coverage. Read more about How the BBC denies Israel's occupation
In a precedent-setting move, Norway has ended tax-deductions for organizations that finance Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Read more about Will other countries follow? Norway bans tax deductions for donations to Israeli settlements
Providing a solid legal framework for BDS activism, a Palestinian rights organization has published a legal report about the responsibility of states in relation to Israel’s settlement enterprise Read more about New Al Haq report says governments within their rights to sanction Israel over settlement enterprise
On this week’s roundup of BDS news: A South African university adopts a full academic and cultural boycott of Israel; A new Sodastream store will be protested every week in Brighton; and much more! Read more about BDS roundup: Full cultural and academic boycott of Israel adopted at South African University
Better Place Israel is headed by a general implicated in war crimes in Lebanon and Palestine Read more about Israeli occupation profiteer Better Place runs taxis at Amsterdam airport, with EU backing
Settler leaders are aggrieved at a new global boycott “trend” among international multinational firms to pull factories out of illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank. Read more about Israeli settler leader laments growing impact of boycott
Campaigners strengthen calls for divestment against Caterpillar following the Corrie verdict; Indian activists, scholars and artists denounce India-Israel free trade agreement; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: Following Corrie verdict, activists strengthen divestment campaigns
Speaking to Israeli TV earlier this month British ambassador Matthew Gould said Israel was increasingly losing support among middle-ground politicians in the UK because of its aggressive settlement policies.
His comments confirm other indications of increased mainstream support for Palestine in the political mainstream, as I showed in a feature for EI last month. Read more about As Israel haemorrhages British political support, its supporters watch impotently