Israel BDS

Gwyneth Paltrow smeared online after Israel commercial gig

Paltrow, who is active on Instagram, did not post the commercial but many of the comments on her recent posts reiterate these accusations, calling her such epithets as “Genocide Queen.”

JUNE 10, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 10th amfAR Gala in Los Angeles, California, US, October 10, 2019.

The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop votes to boycott Israeli products

Of the 6,772 votes cast at a meeting that lasted for hours, 67% voted in favor of the boycott, 31% voted against, and 2% abstained, according to the immediate results of the vote viewed by JTA.

MAY 27, 2026|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

A drone view shows an artist from the Sand In Your Eye art team putting the finishing touches to a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark the conservationist's 100th birthday, on the beach in Morecambe, Britain, May 6, 2026.

British broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100, notable for not joining anti-Israel boycotts

The famed BBC broadcaster, whose family rescued Jewish sisters before the Holocaust, has never backed Israel boycotts and once praised Israel’s climate innovation.

MAY 8, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

Palestinians walk past a sign calling for a boycott of Israel painted on a wall in Bethlehem

Witnessing Israel’s innovation and moral purpose - opinion

From life-saving medical care to groundbreaking tech, Israel is a nation of innovation, morality, and hope in a challenging world.

JANUARY 7, 2026|ByPAUSHALI LASS

Has the Strategic Affairs Ministry achieved its goals?

With the Strategic Affairs Ministry set to be dismantled, former director-general Tzahi Gavrieli looks back at five years of fighting delegitimization of Israel

JUNE 24, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV

TZAHI GAVRIELI: Substance is what matters.

Progressive Jewish groups oppose codification of IHRA antisemitism definition

Network of left-wing Jewish organizations argues that legal adoption of IHRA definition could stifle free speech and suppress debate on Israel. Foreign Ministry laments opposition to further adoption

JANUARY 13, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON

The BDS movement, through anti-normalization, is bent on silencing Arabs

The movement’s core principle of “anti-normalization” works to restrict any interaction between Israelis and Arabs.

OCTOBER 12, 2020ByARI INGEL, KARYS R. OSCHIN

The BDS movement’s current target is the hugely popular Palestinian Arab-Israeli video blogger Nuseir Yassin, who runs the social media site Nas Daily.

Illinois U student govt passes BLM resolution, calls to divest from Israel

The university’s Office of Student Affairs condemned the nonbinding resolution, which passed last week in a 22-11 vote with seven abstentions.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA

Hallene Gateway at the University of Illinois

The dilemmas of intersectionality

The irony was that I was marching with people who likely held sharply different views than I do on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

FEBRUARY 25, 2020ByJONAH NAGHI

What I have described may be common experiences for many American Jews today who are trying to be both pro-Israel and fight for social justice

Austrian Press Council: Calling BDS 'antisemitic' not a violation of code

The Austrian Press Council wrote “numerous institutions and state institutions classify the BDS movement as antisemitic."

FEBRUARY 24, 2020ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Anti-war activists disinvite Jewish councilor, sparking antisemitism row

Munich City Council member Marian Offman was due to give the opening remarks at an anti-war event, but was disinvited, organizers claim due to his opposition to BDS.

JANUARY 16, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS