Malaysian Foreign Minister, Saifuddin Bin Abdullah, stressed yesterday that his country will not backtrack on its decision to deny entry to Israeli athletes seeking to participate in an upcoming...

The Israeli-US war declared on the Palestinian boycott movement is coming to a head, culminating in a well-orchestrated effort aimed at suffocating any form of tangible protest of the...

A UK activist has been denied entry to Israel for the second time, despite complying with the country’s travel restrictions. Twenty-eight-year-old Gary Spedding was yesterday prevented from entering Israel,...

They've called on democratic and civil society organisations in Tunisia to join the BDS movement

One of the founding myths of Israel is the non-existence of the Palestinian people. Tragically this myth served the country to great effect especially in denying the return of...

A pension firm in the Netherlands has removed five Israeli banks from a blacklist it previously created in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The firm...

A Muslim civil rights group yesterday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Maryland from enforcing an executive order signed by Governor Larry Hogan that bans contracting with businesses that...

Campaigners are celebrating a significant victory after a Supreme Court panel in the UK granted the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision that...

Prominent Senator Diane Feinstein voiced concern Tuesday over legislation that seeks to counter the global Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, Anadolu reports. The Combating BDS Act, introduced...

Angela Davis has spent decades fighting for civil rights in the US

United States Senator Bernie Sanders has slammed the “absurd” introduction of a bill targeting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, as the US government shutdown continues. Yesterday, Sanders...

It is ten years since Israel launched a major military offensive against the people of the Gaza Strip, which it called Operation Cast Lead. Israel started its bombardment on...

Human rights groups have claimed a major victory after HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, confirmed that it fully divested from Israeli...

Israel allocated three million shekels ($790,000) to setup an international network of lawyers and financial legal groups to combat the Boycott, Divestment of Sanctions movement last week. Palestinian co-founder...

A US software company has blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott movement following a complaint by a pro-Israel advocacy group, reported the Associated Press. The Boycott, Divestment,...

Israeli firm SodaStream is to open a manufacturing plant in the Gaza Strip. The plan was announced yesterday at Globes’ business conference, which hosted SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum in...

'CNN should reinstate Marc Lamont Hill without delay. The channel’s act of political and racist censorship should not be allowed to stand.'

Bernie Sanders and Dianne Feinstein “sent a letter on Thursday to Senate leaders urging them not to promote a controversial piece of legislation that will penalize boycotts against Israel...

A Knesset committee meeting heard criticism Monday of the secretive nature of work being done by Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry to fight the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement....

A primary school teacher in Texas has been fired for refusing to sign an anti-BDS oath embedded in her employment contract. Bahia Amawi is a language specialist who works...

Veteran Israeli journalist Gideon Levy has reaffirmed his support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, speaking in a Haaretz podcast interview. Asked about the backlash against...

Last month, Airbnb, an American company that allows homeowners to list their properties for rental to visiting tourists, announced that it will prohibit listings of properties in Israel’s illegal...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has issued a new warning about congressional efforts to pass legislation criminalising politically motivated boycotts of Israel, amid reports that the bill may...

Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December to remember the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The irony of...

The New York University (NYU) Student Government Assembly passed a divestment resolution inspired by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) last night, in what campaigners hailed as “the...

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has hailed the decision of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) Parliamentary Caucus to sign an agreement with Hamas. BDS welcomed the...

An Arab League (AL) official on Tuesday called on the United Nations to release a list of firms which cooperate with the Israeli settlement in the occupied Arab territories, Egyptian...

Democratic representative-elect Rashida Tlaib is “planning to lead a congressional delegation to the Israeli-occupied West Bank”, according to a report by the Intercept. The Intercept described the trip as...

Supporting Palestine isn’t just about heroic resistance with little more than sticks and stones in the face of one of the most technologically-advanced armies in the world. Nor is...

Pressure from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists has led South Africa’s University of Stellenbosch to withdraw invitations for Israeli academics to attend a major conference, it was reported...

Despite powerful and globally coordinated Israeli attacks against the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, BDS is not simply surviving; it is thriving. That is the conclusion of a new...

Faculty at Pitzer College in California have “overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions providing support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights”, according to a...