The newly-elected president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Zingiswa Losi, has called on the South African government to downgrade its relations with Israel, the Afro-Palestine...

Despite efforts to curb anti-BDS activities in the US – which has been denounced as suppression of free speech and a violation of the First Amendment – a professor...

Polls opened for Syrian local elections for the first time in seven years yesterday, but many citizens have vowed not to participate, as the government advances on the last...

Fifteen-thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews visited Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque yesterday ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. The thousands of Haredim were accompanied by Israeli occupation forces, with occupation forces...

A US scholar has won a prestigious prize for a book which argues that Israel intentionally maims Palestinians under its control. Rutgers University Professor Jasbir Puar was awarded the...

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Tel Aviv and not in Jerusalem following worldwide criticism and fear of boycotts....

A vociferous anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigner appointed by President Donald Trump to head a top civil rights organisation has re-opened a seven-year-old case over alleged anti-Semitism in an...

More than 100 international artists, including famous singers and musicians singed a statement called for the boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel, the Guardian said. In...

Tel Aviv’s famed clubbing scene is feeling the impact of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, reported Haaretz, as top international DJs are staying away. “The current...

Itay Tiran, “widely considered Israel’s leading theatrical actor-director”, has declared his support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in an interview with Haaretz. Excerpts of the...

A US indie pop band is the latest to withdraw from Israel’s Meteor Festival, in response to a call for a boycott from Palestinian activists and their allies. In...

Israel’s Council for Higher Education has slammed calls for a boycott of West Bank settlement-based Ariel University, reported Israel Hayom, following recent efforts to dissuade academics from attending a...

Up to 15 international bands and artists have so far announced that they are pulling out of Israel’s Meteor Festival under pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)...

A number of artists have pulled out of the Meteor Festival in Israel, reported Resident Advisor, in response to a call from the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement....

Two municipalities in Spain have rescinded their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement after a pro-Israel group threatened them with legal action. The municipalities had declared...

American singer Lana Del Rey responded to criticism of her planned show in Israel by saying yesterday that she would “visit Palestine too”. Palestinian activists, however, urged her to...

Palestinian solidarity groups in South Africa have welcomed the decision by music duo Black Motion not to perform in Israel. The pair were due to take part in the...

An Israeli court has rejected a petition by human rights activists who sought to force the state to reveal the names of lawyers helping to fight Palestine solidarity activism...

There’s perhaps no greater barometer to measure the lengths to which Israel will go to defame, attack and sabotage the global movement for Palestinian rights than its attitude towards...

After claiming success for Argentina’s cancellation of the friendly football match with Israel in June,    the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has placed another controversial match under their...

The “threats” facing Israel are numerous and diverse: artists painting murals on walls; poetry on Facebook; even clowns and circus performers. The newest danger to the Zionist state is...

The tech giants in Silicon Valley are no friends to democracy. Knowledge of this basic fact is necessary to understand the modern world. The social media and other internet...

A London council is taking steps to outlaw the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement using a controversial definition of anti-Semitism. If the move succeeds it is likely to...

A landmark decision by a major Scottish pension fund to divest from Israel’s Bank Hapoalim could trigger a massive financial withdrawal by other funds in Scotland. The Falkirk Pension...

Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari has refused to be honoured by the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles, USA, in protest against Israel’s nation-state law. Harari, who authored the bestselling...

A South African model, who has given her backing to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is the latest celebrity to be banned from entering Palestine by Israeli...

Israel yesterday banned prominent Spanish BDS activist Ana Sanchez Mera from entering the country, accusing her of aiming “to cause great damage to Israel”. The ban came at the...

Forty Jewish organisations from around the world have issued a joint statement dispelling the notion that calling Israel a racist country is anti-Sematic. The group denounced sections of the...

Jewish-American activist and supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Ariel Gold, who was barred from entering Israel earlier this month, speaks to MEMO about her experience....

Responding to Israel’s passing of a new “Jewish nation state” bill earlier this week, Omar Barghouti from the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) said yesterday that “Israel is effectively...

European Union (EU) foreign minister Federica Mogherini sent a strongly-worded rebuke to Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, slamming his ministry’s “vague and unsubstantiated” claims that Brussels is financing...

The international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has said that a number of major cities in Spain announced their strong support last month for the rights of the...