Posts Tagged: Israel boycott
New Jersey Poised to Divest Pension Investments in Ben & Jerry’s Parent Unilever Over West Bank Boycott
New Jersey has threatened to divest pension funds invested in Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever, as the state reached a preliminary conclusion...
Unilever Chief Expresses ‘Full Commitment’ to Israel as States, Supermarkets Consider Action Over Ben & Jerry’s West Bank Boycott
The CEO of Unilever reiterated that the consumer goods giant remains “fully committed” to doing business in Israel following Ben & Jerry’s West Bank boycott,...
Warning Ben & Jerry’s of ‘Legal Consequences’ Over West Bank Ban, Israel Looks to US State Anti-BDS Laws
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned Unilever CEO Alan Jope that Ben & Jerry’s decision stop sales to “occupied” territories, including Jewish West Bank settlements...
Questlove, Julian Casablancas Among 600 Musicians in Letter Calling on Artists to Boycott Israel, Proclaim ‘Solidarity’ With Palestinians
About 600 musicians signed an open letter on Thursday that asked fellow artists to stand with them in boycotting Israel and publicly expressing solidarity with...
US State Department Planning Expanded Campaign Using ‘All Legal and Policy Tools’ to Combat ‘Antisemitic’ BDS Movement Against Israel
The United States government is planning to significantly ramp up its efforts to combat the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, The Algemeiner...
Filmmakers Boycott LGBT Film Festival in Tel Aviv in ‘Solidarity’ With Palestinians
JNS.org - At least 100 LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and film artists are among a group of more than 230 people in the film industry who have...
Top UK Jewish Group Welcomes Poll Showing Plurality of Britons Oppose Boycotting Israel
A major UK Jewish organization welcomed the results of a new survey that showed a plurality of Britons opposed boycotting Israel. The poll, conducted by BICOM,...
Professors Continue to Advocate for BDS on Campus
BDS activities on campus in November included a number of events sponsored by academic units. Among the most notable was a conference by the “University...
Cultural BDS: Artists Are Under Attack
Proponents of the cultural Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel claim that their cause is human rights and their methods are non-violent. Yet...
How to Fight the Cultural BDS Movement
One of the good things about the bad times of today is that people are not staying silent about rising antisemitism. Polls and reports of...
BDS, Antisemitism, and Class
Class has emerged as one of the most important features of global politics. Predictably, antisemitism and the boycott-Israel movement are enmeshed in class-based patterns of...
The United Nations Delegitimizes BDS
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, just released a report titled, “Combatting Antisemitism to Eliminate Discrimination and Intolerance...
The Tlaib/Omar Controversy Reveals the True Nature of BDS
As expected, the UK paper The Guardian published two full blown rants over the weekend concerning Israel’s refusal to allow US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN)...
Is the Campus BDS Threat Shifting to Academic Boycotts?
JNS.org - Jewish and pro-Israel students heading to universities this fall are invariably wondering about more than living arrangements and course loads. Will students and...
