United Church of Christ Votes to Divest from Companies Complicit in Israeli...
A major US mainline Protestant church has overwhelmingly voted to sanction companies profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. The United Church of Christ (UCC), which has more than...
View ArticleEuropean Union Requires Labeling of Israeli Goods Made in Illegal Settlements
The European Union has issued new guidelines requiring the labeling of many products made in unlawful Israeli settlements in the illegally-occupied Palestinian territories. The move by the European...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Links BDS Criticism of Israel with Antisemitism in AIPAC Speech
There was never any doubt that Hillary Clinton is a staunch supporter of Israel, but the Democratic presidential frontrunner angered many pro-Palestinian activists when she linked a leading peaceful...
View ArticleIllinois Bans 11 Companies Over BDS Boycott of Israel
Illinois became the first state in the nation to ban companies which boycott Israel or its illegal settler colonies from doing business with the state. Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports the Illinois...
View ArticleNobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire: Support Boycott, Divestment & Sanction...
Support BDS Until Palestinian Right to Self-Determination Is Recognized by Israel Mairead Maguire, Transcend Media Service The Palestinian narrative is a story of a prolonged occupation by Israel based...
View ArticleDesmond Tutu Urges Boycott of ‘Apartheid’ Israel
Nobel Peace laureate and former South African archbishop Desmond Tutu has raised eyebrows and ire by declaring his support for the boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) movement targeting Israeli...
View ArticleIn Protest Against Israel, Presbyterian Church Votes to Sell Caterpillar,...
The Presbyterian Church has become the most prominent US religious group to endorse divestment from companies that aid in Israel’s illegal occupation and settler colonization of Palestine. The church’s...
View ArticleIsraeli Military Reservists Refuse to Participate in Gaza ‘Massacre’
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war in Gaza for “as long as is required,” a small but growing number of Israeli military reservists are risking alienation and...
View Article4 NFL Players Cancel Israel Trip in Solidarity with Palestinians
Four of the 11 National Football League players scheduled to visit Israel on a goodwill tour have withdrawn from the trip, with one star expressing solidarity with Palestine and saying he did not want...
View ArticleNew Israel Law Bans Boycott Activists from Entering Country
Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a law targeting the growing international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, banning activists who advocate boycotts targeting the Jewish state from...
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