News type: In the News
Former Israeli foreign minister cancels Brussels trip after threat of arrest for ‘war crimes’
Prominent politician faced possible detainment over her role in the 2008-2009 Gaza War, which a UN fact finding mission claimed amounted to...
Open letter to the Batsheva Dance Company
Your organization can sign the letter by contacting ADALAH-NY To the Batsheva Dance Company: We are writing as activists and artists from the...
Did war crimes summons force Tzipi Livni to cancel Brussels trip?
Israel’s former foreign minister Tzipi Livni has canceled a visit to Brussels scheduled for next week. The news comes as Belgian...
France shoots down purchase of Israeli drones
Boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigners in France are welcoming their government’s decision not to spend more than $100 million on...
Coldplay Deny Reports of Israel-Palestine 'Peace Concerts'
Coldplay have denied recent reports that the band will play two "peace concerts" for Israelis and Palestinians in November. The Times of...
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: What is BDS?
What is BDS? BDS stands for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (and not, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed, for "bigotry...
Al Jazeera Investigations exposes Israel's fight against BDS in Britain
Al Jazeera Investigative Unit's series "The Lobby" goes undercover inside the Israel lobby in the UK and uncovers a tight web of relations that...
Why was BDS beaten at the MLA conference?
THE DELEGATE Assembly of the Modern Language Association (MLA), a professional organization of professors of language and literature, last week voted...
The BDS struggle in US academia
On January 7, the Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language Association (MLA) voted against a non-binding resolution to endorse the call from...
‘Progressive’ Defenders of the Racial State: Reflections on the Modern Language Association BDS vote
The news is in: on Saturday, a resolution to endorse the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions was rejected by the...