Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement

Years after a boycott fight, Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts a flavor celebrating Israeli resilience

Ben & Jerry’s Israel launches a new flavor inspired by the Land of Israel, featuring local ingredients and symbolic designs, as it marks its post-split identity following a 2021 boycott dispute.

View of the Ben & Jerry's factory shop in Yavne, Israel, July 20, 2021.
The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.

Israeli Brand ecoLove among casualties of Brooklyn boycott: 'They boycotted our shampoo'

An Israir flight takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, June 19, 2025.

Israir flight diverts to Croatia after being refused landing permission in Slovenia

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York

Mamdani endorses former Columbia encampment organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier


Israeli comedian Yohay Sponder secures Amsterdam venue after 30 rejections

Sponder's team warned that cultural boycotts and threats threaten all artists. This is reportedly why the Israeli comedian refused to back down from doing a show in Amsterdam.

 TEL AVIV resident Yohay Sponder drew many laughs at the Chosen Comedy Festival in Brooklyn last month.

CUNY union passes resolution to divest from Israeli investments

The union would be required to meet this divestment objective by next January, and by next February, the PSC would establish a volunteer committee to oversee further divestment.

 A protester raises a Palestinian flag outside CUNY Grad Center. July 22, 2024.

Anti-Israel vandals arrested for hammering UK factory wall while riding cherry pickers

The Wednesday incident saw the Palestine Action vandals riding the basket of cherry pickers while smashing and removing bricks from the wall of the UAV Engines Limited Lichfield District factory.

 MEMBERS OF the Palestine Action Group gather in Sydney, in May.

NJ Congressman denounces Rutgers faculty for adopting BDS resolution

Gottheimer said that the resolution was antisemitic and called for a state university to divest and cut academic affiliations from a key democratic ally.

 A hedge outside Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 30, 2016.

Miami art adviser defies anti-Israel boycott with Israeli art show 'Homeland'

Since Oct. 7, it’s become almost trendy to oust Israeli artists. Recognizing that, Azout’s work gradually became intertwined with an existential purpose. 

 MICHELLE AZOUT

Brown University suspends SJP for 'intimidation and harassment'

Following the suspension, and until the review is completed, SJP must cease all activities.

 Pro-Palestinian protestors rally as they march around university hall at the pro-Palestinian encampment at Brown University as they await answers from their delegation who are meeting with school leaders on campus in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 29, 2024.

Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school’s upcoming Israel divestment vote

Joseph Edelman, a New York hedge fund manager, called the decision to proceed with such a vote “a stunning failure of moral leadership” in his resignation letter

Brown University students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on the main green in the College Green, Providence, Rhode Island, April 24, 2024.

British teachers’ union pushes ‘outrageous’ anti-Israel motion amid accusations of ‘extreme hatred’

The National Education Union pushed a motion accusing Israel of being an "apartheid state" guilty of "ethnic cleansing."

A National Education Union flag is held aloft as teachers join the strike action in Luton, Britain February 1, 2023.

'An abiding love' for Israel: Nick Cave explains his pro-Israel stance

"Regardless of all the horrific complications going on in Israel at the moment, deep down, I have a sort of abiding love for that place."

 Nick Cave, the headliner of this year's Talks program at Heartland Festival, attends a conversation with journalist Sean O'Hagan, in Kvaerndrup, Denmark, June 8, 2023.

Student film boycotted in UK over scenes in Israel

Hungarian student Beata Konya's final-year film Threads of Eternity was boycotted at Goldsmiths University Tap Out 2024 student film festival.

 Posted for the student film Threads of Eternity