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21 November 2013
The high court ruling strikes a severe blow to efforts – supported by the government – to use legal repression to outlaw boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns supporting Palestinian rights. Read more about Boycott activists beat Israel lobby in French high court
10 November 2013
A post on The Electronic Intifada prompts the Simon Wiesenthal Center and others to defend the discredited and abandoned EUMC draft working definition of anti-Semitism. Read more about Pro-Israel groups keen to revive discredited anti-Semitism definition
18 September 2012
Boycott campaigners confronted Los Angeles city officials and urged them not to renew contracts with Veolia because of the company’s involvement in Israel’s human rights violations. Read more about Los Angeles activists put Veolia's complicity with Israel's human rights violations in the spotlight
10 September 2012
A group of academics have voiced their opposition to the California Assembly’s recent passage of a resolution on “anti-Semitism.” They say it calls upon universities to deny free speech to students and faculty. Read more about Scholars voice opposition to California Assembly resolution on "anti-Semitism"
3 July 2012
A committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of an upcoming divestment initiative that could pull the church’s funds from three major US companies. Read more about Committee of Presbyterian Church (USA) votes in favor of divestment; now heads for final vote
Chicago 3 April 2012
Cooperation between academic authorities at the University of California at Davis and influential Zionist organizations could have an adverse impact on Palestine solidarity work there and on college campuses across the country. Read more about Why is Palestine solidarity being criminalized on California campuses?
28 February 2012
The University of Paris 8 is traditionally one of the more left-wing third-level institutions in France. Alas, its current president Pascal Binczak is seeking to negate this legacy. Read more about Apartheid conference goes ahead in Paris despite university ban
25 July 2011
Palestinians from Jerusalem and those with Israeli citizenship, supported by a legal team from the Center for Constitutional Rights, once again urged the United Nations and UNESCO to take action to stop the destruction of the ancient Mamilla cemetery in Jerusalem. Read more about Palestinians to UN and UNESCO: Stop destruction of Mamilla cemetery for "Museum of Tolerance"