Israel BDS

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA
Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 10th amfAR Gala in Los Angeles, California, US, October 10, 2019.

Gwyneth Paltrow smeared online after Israel commercial gig

Paltrow, who is active on Instagram, did not post the commercial but many of the comments on her recent posts reiterate these accusations, calling her such epithets as “Genocide Queen.”

|ByHANNAH BROWN
The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop votes to boycott Israeli products

Of the 6,772 votes cast at a meeting that lasted for hours, 67% voted in favor of the boycott, 31% voted against, and 2% abstained, according to the immediate results of the vote viewed by JTA.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
A drone view shows an artist from the Sand In Your Eye art team putting the finishing touches to a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark the conservationist's 100th birthday, on the beach in Morecambe, Britain, May 6, 2026.

British broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100, notable for not joining anti-Israel boycotts

The famed BBC broadcaster, whose family rescued Jewish sisters before the Holocaust, has never backed Israel boycotts and once praised Israel’s climate innovation.

|ByJAMES GENN

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.

JULY 26, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JULY 18, 2022ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
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.

JULY 13, 2022ByMARC GREENDORFER, LIZZY MCNEILL
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.

JUNE 12, 2022ByJACKIE GOODALL
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators walk past the Houses of Parliament in London, during a protest in response to the Israeli air strikes on Gaza

Mark Ruffalo calls for Paypal to offer service in Palestinian territories

Ruffalo posted the message on Twitter, along with a link to a petition to bring Paypal to Palestinian territories.

JUNE 7, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ruffalo arrives at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood

The anti-peace movement is trying to go mainstream - opinion

By doing so, pro-peace advocates are now considered to be the extremists.

JUNE 6, 2022ByPATRICIA TEITELBAUM
Pro-Palestine protesters hold a banner, as they demonstrate outside Downing Street in London, Britain, June 12, 2021.

BDS advocates claim victory as General Mills divests its Israeli dough operation

The company has been a target of pro-Palestinian activists since it was included in a 2020 United Nations database of companies doing business in Israeli settlements.

JUNE 2, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
View from the southwest of the General Mills processing plant on Martel Road in Martel, Ohio, United States, 28 August 2015.

Police to investigate clashes at Abu Akleh funeral

Clashes between police and Palestinian mourners packed around Abu Akleh's coffin occurred at the start of her funeral in Jerusalem on Friday.

MAY 13, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Police clash with mourners at the funeral of Shireen Abu Alkeh in Jerusalem on May 13, 2022

US offering $1 million to report on Israeli human rights violations

The grant raised concerns for the potential of abuse by organizations to act against Israel via BDS and international law tribunals.

MARCH 23, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the Havana Syndrome, which U.S. officials refer to as "anomalous health incidents", in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, US November 5, 2021

The long-term strategy of those seeking to destroy Israel

Editors Dana Barnett and Efraim Karsh have curated a long-overdue academic review of a relatively neglected phenomenon of the soft threats to Israel’s security.

MARCH 3, 2022ByDAVID STONE
Soft Threats to National Security