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Somerville, Massachusetts city council moves to enact Israel divestment vote

The ordinance would bar the city from investing in or procuring labor, services, or goods from companies that support entities identified by the ordinance as violating international law.

Demonstrators hold BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) lettering calling for action against Israel during the "No Weapons For Israel" march to Leipzig/Halle Airport in protest against German arms deliveries to Israel.
The new 9/11 Memorial Wall is seen at One Police Plaza in New York, on September 9, 2026.

Twenty-five years after 9/11: Looking back at the 'Before Times' for American Jewry

Azealia Banks performs at O2 Academy Brixton in London, England.

From 'F*** Israel' to a return to Tel Aviv: Azealia Banks schedules third Israeli concert

A man passes by an Israeli flag and a supermarket wall painted in the Jewish settlement of Karnei Shomron on September 9, 2026 in Karnei Shomron, West Bank.

'Not as bad as it sounds': Former attaché downplays UK-led settlement boycott impact


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

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

A J Street panel meeting

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.

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.

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.

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."

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

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.

Munich's New Town Hall, which hosts the city government including the city council, offices of the mayors, and part of the administration.

Sabra hummus banned by Student Senate from Dickinson College store

’A Resolution To Endorse the Banning of Sabra Hummus from the Devil’s Den’

GREEN HUMMUS

The Heschel Center’s Climate Project Pushes for Sustainability in Israel

Israel is one of the countries that is known to have so many policies when it comes to pushing for sustainability.


Call to destroy Israel at Islamist conference in Ankara

Islamists also urged BDS against the Jewish state

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in London in June 2018.