South African higher education minister Blade Nzimande calls on his country’s universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions. Read more about Israeli ban on South African cabinet minister boosts boycott campaign
UCLA Jewish studies center rejects smears and calls to cancel lecture by public intellectual who has also come under attack from Obama supporters. Read more about Truth-teller Cornel West stands up to Israel lobby bullies
New attempts to repress boycott, divestment and sanctions movement with legislation civil rights defenders say is unconstitutional. Read more about Illinois law would force state to boycott companies accused of boycotting Israel
The issues of the Israeli occupation, mass incarceration and environmental justice “are all connected,” says a student. Read more about Wesleyan students demand divestment from prisons, fossil fuels and Israeli occupation
The British-Danish firm G4S provides most of the surveillance technology used in Israel’s prisons. Read more about Palestinians denied medicines in prisons equipped by G4S, says new report
The possibility of Israel joining the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is being discussed in both Washington and Brussels. Read more about Could massive EU-US trade deal be extended to Israel?
Election accusation that Scottish nationalists seek “destruction of the UK” echoes Israeli rhetoric. Read more about UK politicians adopt Israeli-style tactic to scare voters over Scotland
Noam Chomsky appears less hostile to the boycott of Israel than he was in his notorious 2014 article for The Nation. Read more about Chomsky and Pappe clash on "solutions" for Palestine in new book
The Oslo accords have reinforced Israel’s apartheid system. Read more about We cannot liberate Palestine with colonized minds
After call from Palestinians, one scholar pulls out of “boycottable” symposium, while another ignores the call. Read more about History professor pulls out of event linking Tel Aviv, Brown universities