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Tag: BDS
Mar 19, 2026
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Arkansas’ anti-BDS law
MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The Date Boycott spreads like wildfire
Since the launch of our 2023 date boycott campaign two weeks ago, tens of thousands…
2023.01.26: Virtual Discussion on Corporate BDS Organizing
I am writing to invite you to join Omar Barghouti and me for a virtual…
U.S. Palestinian Rights Group in Federal Appeals Court
Confronts Challenge to Human Rights Advocacy Last week a U.S.-based Palestinian rights organization asked the…
Distorted Definition: Redefining Antisemitism to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights
One of the primary tactics opponents of the movement for Palestinian freedom have used to…
antisemitism, BDS, boycott, California, Canada, censorship, checkpoints, Christian, Cisco, civil rights, climate, Congress, discrimination, documentary, Donald Trump, education, environment, Europe, film, free speech, Google, Haaretz, Hebrew, Hillel, Holocaust, human rights, images, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, Zionism
California cancels Palestinians
Omar Zahzah, The Electronic Intifada, 21 December 2022
Department of Education to investigate Berkeley Law School
MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 16, 2022
2022.12.14: The Right to Boycott: Resisting the Crackdown on BDS
Join CODEPINK and Meera Shah of Palestine Legal on Zoom December 14th at 2pm ET/11am…
Kick Out Apartheid Campaign
Palestinian Artist, Poet, and Filmmaker Lina Abojaradeh asks “What country in the world intentionally…
Love Football. Hate Apartheid.
The men’s World Cup starts in just a few days. The world will turn its…
The Case Against ALEC Lawmakers Continues in Arizona Supreme Court
On November 15, the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance (APSA), Black Lives Matter (BLM) Phoenix Metro,…
Uruguayan National Football Team Cancels Trip to Israel
The Palestine Chronicle, October 12, 2022
2022.10.05-09: Acclaimed Film Boycott free online
An online film salon for the acclaimed film: BOYCOTT Sunday, 9 October 2022 1pm PT, 2pm…
2022.09.28-30: YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit
Madison365, Sep 1, 2022
‘No Tech for Israeli Apartheid’
ICYMI—Human rights activists confronted leaders at #AWSsummit to demand an end to @Amazon's surveillance empire—which…
2022.07.14: Join Roger Waters for student solidarity with Palestine
Webinar: July 14 at 2 PM CT via ZOOM Register On the eve of…
17 years of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), July 8, 2022 Today our movement celebrates 17 years. On…
Ben & Jerry’s sues parent company over Israeli deal
Complaint says Unilever sale of Israeli business to a local licensee to sell its ice-cream…
The right to boycott is heading to the Supreme Court
I’m writing with breaking news. Today the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that boycotts…
Montgomery Bus Boycott, December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956
Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. (Encyclopedia Britannica) The boycott was…
It only took 20 years
It only took 20 years… pic.twitter.com/Y3J47ziyA8 — Christian Henderson (@CjvHenderson) April 29, 2022 The Harvard…
PUMA says it’s “complicated.” Palestinians say it’s apartheid.
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), April 13, 2022 Take…
2022.04.25: Wisconsin Premiere of the Film Boycott
Just Vision’s new documentary, Boycott, will have its Wisconsin Premiere at the Milwaukee Film Festival…
We call hypocrisy on PUMA
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), April 6, 2022 PUMA…
2022.03.26: Global Rally Against Israeli Apartheid!
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Webinar March 26th at 9AM CDT / 5PM Palestine Daylight…
Inside the Illinois state pension board seeking to promote Israeli control over the West Bank
FRAN ZELL, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 10, 2022
‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Erum Salam, The Guardian, 7 Dec 2021
New York Times Op-ed on BDS
November 22, 2021 I’m writing to share some news: a few hours ago, The New…
Tell Justin Bieber to Cancel his Performance in Apartheid Israel
Codepink Petition Pop star Justin Bieber is scheduled to perform in Israel on October 13,…
2021.08.16: Webinar on Ben & Jerry’s recent decision
We’re delighted to invite you to a timely webinar on Monday, August 16th, at 4:00…
Ben & Jerry’s vows to stop sales in Israeli West Bank settlements
MICHAEL ARRIA, Mondoweiss, JULY 19, 2021
Israeli PM vows to ‘act aggressively’ over Ben & Jerry’s ban
Trucks are parked at the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream factory in the Be’er Tuvia Industrial…
Seattle Port Demonstration Against Apartheid
Aisha Mansour, The Palestine Solidarity Committee – Seattle, June 13, 2021 Thank you for your…
Methodists Divest from Caterpillar citing Palestinian Evictions
Methodist Sabeel-Kairos Group (UK), 5th May 2021
BDS VIctory: Pomona College Students Divest from Occupation in Palestine
RE: BDS Victory: ASPC To Divest Funds From Occupation of Palestine Contact: Claremont Students for…
The Eighth Circuit’s Narrow Decision About Arkansas BDS
Eugene Volokh, Reason, 2.14.2021
Illinois faculty rejects efforts to suppress Palestinian freedom
OPEN LETTER, Mondoweiss, DECEMBER 23, 2020
Biden needs to reverse Pompeo on Israel/Palestine
Tsela Barr and Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, The Cap Times, Dec 4, 2020
Pompeo Labels BDS Antisemitic, Threatens Blacklist
This week Pompeo broke with longstanding U.S. policy and visited illegal Israeli settlements. On his…
The Pompeo Doctrine
Well, this is interesting. From State's readout on @SecPompeo visit to a settlement in occupied…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Boycotts Yitzhak Rabin Event
Yesterday progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) was headlined in the Palestine news-sphere as word came…
Tell General Mills: Stop manufacturing Pillsbury products on stolen Palestinian land!
Did you know that food giant General Mills is manufacturing Pillsbury products on stolen Palestinian…
DNC Delegates Demand Apology from the Biden Campaign
Attacks on Palestinian-American Delegate Linda Sarsour After DNC delegate and Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour spoke…
Breaking! Fordham University is still trying to silence Students for Justice in Palestine
July 27, 2020 July 27, 2020, New York – Students asked New York’s Appellate Court…
Release Palestinian bodies for burial
Ahmad Erekat was unlawfully killed by Israeli occupation forces 24 days ago. His body, among…
Letter to Biden (and Trump) Campaigns Regarding Israel and Palestinian Rights
This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…
BDS, boycott, Chicago, Christian, Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), Cisco, civilians, CODEPINK, democracy, Donald Trump, education, Egypt, Eli Valley, equality, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Google, human rights, Israel Lobby, Madison Common Council, settlers, violence, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)Palestinians stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation
The TransCanada Coastal Gaslink pipeline aims to steal Wet’suwet’en land, use resource extraction to solidify…
Trump strategy to stifle campus organizing for Palestinian rights
Josh Ruebner, Mondoweiss, December 12, 2019
Tell Donald Trump to Stop Using Jews to Shut Down Free Speech
After a week of antisemitic speech, today Donald Trump is signing an executive order to…
Join us in court and defend the right to boycott in Olympia, Washington
Center for Constitutional Rights, October 21, 2019 Join us in court tomorrow in Olympia, Washington,…
Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr: Congress needs to stand against Israeli travel bans
TSELA BARR AND BARB OLSON, The Cap Times, August 23, 2019
What Is Israel Trying to Hide?
Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank Democracy Now! August 16,…
Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them
Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…
Israeli house demolitions are the true crime — not BDS
Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
Two Congressional Resolutions That Won’t Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Dr. James J. Zogby, July 13, 2019 In the coming week, the House Committee on…
Rise against Racism! #CounterCUFI
Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA), May 24, 2019 For too long, Palestinians have…
Landmark Ruling Strikes Down Ban of Israel Boycott
Arsalan Bukhari, Informed Comment, 04/26/2019
The Director of Human Rights Watch in Israel Is Being Deported
Ilan Ben Zion, Time Magazine, April 17, 2019 (JERUSALEM) — An Israeli court on Tuesday…
I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
apartheid, BDS, boycott, California, Chicago, Christian, civil rights, Congress, Donald Trump, environment, equality, ethnic cleansing, Europe, free speech, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Golan Heights, Haaretz, human rights, images, immigration, indigenous, Israel Lobby, refugees, violence2019.03.27: Book talk: Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos &…
Honor Dr. Angela Davis
This February, join USCPR and the Dream Defenders by showing solidarity with all the radical…
U.S. Senate Defends Israeli Government From Boycotts
First Bipartisan Bill in the Midst of the Shutdown Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald, The…
States can’t punish businesses for boycotting Israel, federal judge in Arizona says
Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank,…
Students for Justice in Palestine call for Univ. of California to divest!
Anna Baltzer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 14 March 2018
WA Court Dismisses Seven-Year Lawsuit Over Boycott of Israeli Goods
Center for Constitutional Rights, March 9, 2018
2018.03.05: Stop AIPAC: National Call-In Day
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights CALL CONGRESS ON MONDAY, MARCH 5 – (202) 224-3121 –…
A History of Boycotts: Israel, South Africa and California
Pacifica Radio Letters and Politics, 02.14.18
University of Manchester removes Sabra Hummus
The New Arab, 8 February, 2018
Wisconsin should reject boycott bill; it is not anti-Semitic
State Sen. Leah Vukmir (Megan Papachristou Photography) Sandy Pasch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 6, 2018…
Kansas Doesn’t Even Try to Defend Its Israel Anti-Boycott Law
Brian Hauss, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, November 30, 2017
Federal Court Strikes Down Kansas Anti-BDS Law
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 31 2018 A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a…
Backlash in New Orleans: vote to rescind BDS resolution set for Thursday
Dear Friend, Last Thursday, the New Orleans City Council unanimously passed a historic human rights…
Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: 20 Groups Will Be Denied Entry
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations:…
CODEPINK Update: Calling for a 16-year-old to be raped?
No one should have to live under the rule of an occupying army. No one…
Walker Order and GOP Bills on BDS Serve Big Donor
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, November 14, 2017
Protect the right to boycott Israel in Wisconsin
Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr, Wisconsin State Journal, November 11, 2017 Barbara OlsonTsela Barr Gov.…
Protect Free Speech
Twelve leading faith organizations pen an open letter opposing anti-BDS legislation Friends of Sabeel North…
Ask Sen. Tammy Baldwin to Oppose Kenneth Marcus’s Nomination
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
State shouldn’t punish boycott movement — Joel Garb
Wisconsin State Journal, 11/3/17 Many Jews, including myself, as well as many others have been…
Wisconsin 24th State to bar or condemn Israel BDS movement
Jewish News Service, October 29, 2017 (JNS.org) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker issued an executive order…
UN takes first step to end Israel’s impunity
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 28 September 2017
Justice for Palestine
Justice for Palestine, War on Want, Sep 9, 2017
ACLU slams Israel lobby group’s backing for anti-BDS bill
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 11 August 2017
Alison Weir: Israel’s New Travel Ban
Alison Weir, Dissident Voice, March 20, 2017
