Israel BDS

Witnessing Israel’s innovation and moral purpose - opinion

From life-saving medical care to groundbreaking tech, Israel is a nation of innovation, morality, and hope in a challenging world.

Palestinians walk past a sign calling for a boycott of Israel painted on a wall in Bethlehem
BDS marks its 20th anniversary.

UK Labour councils could face legal action unless they stop BDS activity

Olwen Fouere attends the premiere of "The Survivalist" during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival at Chelsea Bow Tie Cinemas on April 16, 2015 in New York City.

Olwen Fouéré rejects honorary doctorate from University of Galway due to Israeli ties - report

A protester draped in a Palestinian flag holds up a sign at a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands May 24, 2024.

Dutch court dismisses appeal by human rights org. for further sanctions, boycott on Israel


Jewish groups welcome Morningstar's new commitments to Israel

Morningstar's ties to BDS were first identified in April 2020, when the Chicago company announced it was acquiring full ownership of Amsterdam-based Sustainalytics.

 THE WRITER poses for a portrait in Chicago. ‘Morningstar does not support the anti-Israel BDS campaign; it never has and it never will,’ he says.

Wellesley College student paper openly supports anti-Israel mapping project

One liberal arts college in Massachusetts has openly supported a project that would target Jews and supporters of Israel.

 Campus life

Anti-Israel boycotts masquerade as social justice - opinion

Morningstar refuses to take responsibility for how its “responsible investment” methods have targeted Israel, after yet another confusion between Social Justice and Anti-Zionism.

 BDS ACTIVISTS in action

Anti-Defamation League head secures bodyguard due to threats - interview

The head of the antisemitism watchdog Anti-Defamation League Jonathan Greenblatt shares his concerns about the BDS Mapping Project and rising anti-Zionism.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, also known as BDS.

Jewish Google employee quits citing retaliation over BDS efforts

Ariel Koren, who led a campaign against an Amazon-Google Israeli infrastructure project, announced she was quitting, citing the company's retaliation against her activism.

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, May 8, 2019.

A wake-up call or time to give up on Germany? - opinion

A worrying new trend has been set off in Germany - a series of troubling incidents by pro-BDS entities has made Germans feel as though long-simmering antisemitism has been let out of the closet.

 A protester holds a placard reading "Muslims, Jews and Christians, hand in hand against Zionists" during a demonstration marking al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Berlin, Germany June 1, 2019

South African official calls for Israel to be declared an ‘apartheid state’

Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor evoked comparisons between the Palestinian narrative and South Africa's history of racial segregation this week at the Palestinian Heads of Mission in Africa.

South Africa's Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor

Antisemitism scandal roils international art exhibition Documenta 15 in Germany

The director of a major international art exhibition has resigned after a work that included caricatures of Jews and Israelis ignited a reckoning over antisemitism.

 Art lovers look at the large painting "People's Justice" (2002) by the Indonesian collective Taring Padi, covered with black cloth, on Friedrichsplatz in Kassel, Germany, June 28, 2022. Several antisemitic motifs could be seen on the banner, prompting a debate about the show's handling of antisemit

Is Generation Woke responsible for antisemitism? - opinion

Who are the social justice warriors, and how do Jewish students fight against campus antisemitism at universities.

 A Venezuelan student walks over a cloth with red paint and the Star of David during an anti-Israel demonstration in Caracas

Irish charity gets ‘reminder’ from charities regulator over its anti-Israel activity

In recent years, Irish people have been referring to Trócaire charity as a political organization, funding highly politicized and problematic NGOs active in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators walk past the Houses of Parliament in London, during a protest in response to the Israeli air strikes on Gaza